EXAMINER.COM — James Taylor and The Foo Fighters among winners at NAMM TEC Awards
The NAMM TEC Awards celebrated the pro audio community by recognizing the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind today’s sound recordings, live performances, films, television, video games and other media. The 31st annual event took place on Saturday, January 23 at the Hilton hotel in Anaheim The award show was hosted by comedian Sinbad. In addition to acknowledging the companies pushing the boundaries of sound, they also honored the creators behind these game-changing products, and celebrate the musical powerhouses who bring them to life.
Don Was beinf honored at the TEC Awards
Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAMM
The show awarded winners in 31 categories, as well as the induction of Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and the founders of Record Plant into the TEC Hall of Fame. The awards also presented the Les Paul Award to Don Was. The show has an all-star lineup of presenters, including BT, Elliot Scheiner and Jimmy Douglass.
Wnners in the technical field included Shure, Avid and Senheiser.
Winners in the creative field included James Taylor winning Record Production for his “Before This World” and the Foo Fighters won Tour/Sound Production for their Sonic Highways Tour. The television show “Game of Thrones won the award for Television Sound Production to name a few
Hete ia a complete list of winners:
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE – STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT | ANTELOPE AUDIO SATORI MONITORING CONTROLLER
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT | RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS RNDI: ACTIVE TRANSFORMER DIRECT INTERFACE
AUDIO APPS FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS | PRESONUS NOTION 2 FOR IOS
COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE | UNIVERSAL AUDIO APOLLO 8P THUNDERBOLT 2 AUDIO INTERFACE
HARDWARE / PERIPHERALS FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS | SHURE MOTIV MV88 IOS DIGITAL STEREO CONDENSER MIC
HEADPHONE / EARPIECE TECHNOLOGY | AUDIO-TECHNICA ATH-R70X PRO REFERENCE HEADPHONES
LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY | SOLID STATE LOGIC XL DESK
MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS | MANELY LABS MANLEY FORCE
MICROPHONES – RECORDING | NEUMANN U47 FET
MICROPHONES – SOUND REINFORCEMENT | SHURE 5575LE UNIDYNE 75TH ANNIVERSARY VOCAL MICROPHONE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS | EVENTIDE H9 MAX
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HARDWARE | MOOG MUSIC MODULAR RECREATION
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE | IZOTOPE IRIS 2
RECORDING DEVICES | ZOOM F8 MULTITRACK FIELD RECORDER
SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE | TUBE-TECH HLT 2A EQUALIZER
SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE (500 SERIES MODULES) | SOLID STATE LOGIC 500-FORMAT LMC+
SIGNAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE (DYNAMIC/EQ/UTILITIES) | IZOTOPE RX 4 COMPLETE AUDIO REPAIR & ENHANCEMENT
SIGNAL PROCESSING SOFWARE (EFFECTS) | AMS NEVE AMS RMX16 DIGITAL REVERB PLUG-IN FOR UAD-2 PLATFORM
SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY | AVID PRO TOOLS | S3
SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKERS | MEYER SOUND LEOPARD
STUDIO MONITORS | GENELEC 8351A SAM
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY | SENHEISER EVOLUTION WIRELESS D1
WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY | AVID PRO TOOLS 12
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
FILM SOUND PRODUCTION | BIRDMAN
INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOUND PRODUCTION | BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT
RECORD PRODUCTION / SINGLE OR TRACK | “DREAMS” BY BECK
RECORD PRODUCTION / ALBUM | BEFORE THIS WORLD BY JAMES TAYLOR
TOUR / EVENT SOUND PRODUCTION | SONIC HIGHWAYS WORLD TOUR, FOO FIGHTERS
REMOTE PRODUCTION / RECORDING OR BROADCAST | FOO FIGHTERS SONIC HIGHWAYS
TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION | GAME OF THRONES
STUDIO DESIGN PROJECT | PAUL EPWORTH’S THE CHURCH STUDIOS
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