Anaheim, CA (January 23, 2017)—One of the high points at every NAMM Show is the TEC Awards, and the 32nd annual ceremony, held Saturday, January 21, was no disappointment. There were winners in 31 technical and creative achievement categories, taken from a range of 180 nominees.
AVID, iZotope, Sennheiser and Solid State Logic each won in multiple categories, taking two statues each. In all, Outstanding Technical Achievement honors were chosen in 23 categories.
On the creative side, Game of Thrones won Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Television Sound Production category for the second year in a row, and David Bowie’s Blackstar LP won in two categories: Record Production Album and Single, respectively.
Joe Perry of Aerosmith received the Les Paul Award, presented to “distinguished and accomplished individuals from the music industry.” Hollywood Vampires bandmate and actor Johnny Depp presented Perry with the award. Meanwhile, Aerosmith engineer and producer Jack Douglas was inducted into the NAMM TEC Awards Hall of Fame.
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Amplification Hardware – Studio & Sound Reinforcement
Crown — XLS DriveCore 2
Ancillary Equipment
Rupert Neve Designs — RNHP: Precision Headphone Amplifier
Audio Apps & Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphones/Tablets
AVID — Pro Tools | Dock
Audio Education Technology (new category)
iZotope — Pro Audio Essentials
Computer Audio Hardware
Universal Audio — Apollo Twin USB Interface
DJ Production Technology – Hardware/Software (new category)
Native Instruments — TRAKTOR Kontrol S5
Headphone / Earpiece Technology
Sennheiser — HD 25 Plus
Large Format Console Technology
Solid State Logic — System T
Microphone Preamplifiers
AMS Neve — 1073DPX
Microphones – Recording
Schoeps — ORTF-3D
Microphones – Sound Reinforcement
Shure — KSM8 Dualdyne
Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Softube — Marshall JMP 2203
Musical Instrument Hardware
Moog Music — Mother-32
Musical Instrument Software
Softube — Marshall Bluesbreaker 1962
Signal Processing Hardware
Warm Audio — WA-2A Tube Opto Compressor
Signal Processing Hardware (500 Series Modules)
API — 512V
Signal Processing Software (Dynamics / EQ / Utilities)
iZotope — Ozone 7 Advanced
Signal Processing Software (Effects)
Soundtoys 5
Small Format Console Technology
Solid State Logic — Sigma Delta
Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers
Meyer Sound — MJF-208 Stage Monitor
Studio Monitors
Genelec — 8430A IP SAM
Wireless Technology
Sennheiser — evolution Wireless G3 A-1 Band
Workstation Technology / Recording Devices
AVID — Pro Tools 12.3
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
Film Sound Production
Lucasfilm Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
DICE / Electronic Arts — Star Wars: Battlefront
Record Production – Album
David Bowie — Blackstar
Record Production – Single
David Bowie — Blackstar
Remote Production – Recording or Broadcast
CBS — 58th Grammy Awards
Studio Design Project
Walters-Storyk Design Group Boston Symphony Orchestra Control Room
Television Sound Production
HBO — Game of Thrones
Tour/Event Sound Production
Sting and Peter Gabriel — Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour
TEC Awards
www.tecawards.org
