At NAMM: 2017 TEC Award Winners Named

    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.
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    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