The 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio and NAMM, was held during the NAMM Convention on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA.
The show handed out more than 25 awards to the year’s finest equipment in audio technology and sound production.
Pete Townshend of The Who received the Les Paul Award and the TEC Awards Hall of Fame induction went to Record Plant Recording Studio President Rose Mann Cherney and singer/songwriter John Sebastian, founder of The Lovin’ Spoonful hosted the night’s ceremony.
Some of the winners of the awards included such TV Shows as the 54th Grammys Broadcast and “The Walking Dead.”
A partial list of awards winners is below:
28th Annual TEC Awards Winners
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Waves Audio WLM Loudness Meter
AUDIO APPS TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS
Moog Animoog
MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Apogee Electronics 8-Channel Mic-pre Module for Symphony I/O
STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
ADAM Audio A77x
RECORDING DEVICES
Zoom H2n Handy Recorder
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS TECHNOLOGY
Line 6 POD HD Pro Guitar Processor/Amp Simulator
AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE / STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Dangerous Music “Dangerous Source” USB Monitor Controller
COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE
Universal Audio Apollo High Resolution Audio Interface
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
Moog Minitaur
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Native Instruments Kontakt 5
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
Rupert Neve Designs Portico II: Master Buss Processor
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Universal Audio Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in
SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
Meyer Sound CAL Column Array Loudspeaker
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / SOUND REINFORCEMENT
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M81
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / RECORDING
Blue Microphones Spark Digital
HEADPHONE/EARPIECE TECHNOLOGY
Sennheiser HD700 Headphones
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Shure Axient Wireless
WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Avid Pro Tools 10
SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Avid VENUE SC48 Remote
SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite Mixer
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
Record Production/Single or Track“Somebody That I Used To Know”, Gotye
Record Production/Album
Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
Tour Sound Production
Foo Fighters “Wasting Light” Tour
Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
54th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
Film Sound Production
The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.
Television Sound Production
Breaking Bad, AMC
Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
Journey, Sony Computer Entertainment
Studio Design Project
Dreamworks Animation Studios, Glendale, CA
Founded in 1985, the Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards is the foremost program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. Presented annually by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards recognizes the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games, and other media.
TEC Awards nominations are made by a panel of industry professionals and voted upon by members of various professional organizations and audio industry websites. The awards are divided into two categories: Technical Achievement and Creative Achievement. Through its Hall of Fame, the TEC Awards honors the pioneers of audio technology and the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians. The Les Paul Award pays tribute to musical artists and others whose work has exemplified the creative application of audio technology.
For a complete list of nominations in both the Creative and Technical fields:The 28th Annual TEC Awards Nominees
http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/12nomineestech.html
http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/12nomineescreat.html
For more information and tickets:www.tecfoundation.com
