Frankfurt Musikmesse: The award winners have been announced for the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award 2005. Award winners include Apple Garageband; Access Virus synth; Korg’s Oasys synth; the Korg Legacy Collection; Genelec 8000 monitors; Ableton Live; and Native Instruments Guitar Rig.

Nominees and Winner

Best innovative product

• Apple GarageBand
• Line 6 Variax Acoustic
• Spectrasonics Stylus RMX

Bass

Bass Amp

• Hughes & Kettner Quantum QT600
• Yamaha BBT 500H
• Ampeg Porta Bass PB800

Bass Cabinet

• Mark Bass Traveller
• Ampeg Pro Series
• Yamaha BBT-Serie

E-Bass

• Music Man – Bongo
• Line6 Variax Bass
• Warwick Katana

Drums

Acoustic Drums

• DW VLT Drums
• Pearl Reference Series Drums
• Tama Superstar Drums

Cymbals

• Sabian Artisan Ride Cymbals
• Meinl Soundcaster Cymbals
• Zildjian K Custom Dry Complex Ride

Hardware

• DW 9000 Bass Drum Pedals
• Pearl Advanced Hardware
• Sonor 600 Series Double Pedal

Drumsticks

• Vic Firth Diamond Tip Sticks
• Regal Tip E Series Sticks
• Ahead Tommy Lee Concert & Studio Sticks

Drumheads

• Remo Emperor X Snare Drum Heads
• Aquarian Focus X Drum Heads
• Evana MX Snare Drum Heads

E-Drums

• Roland TD-12 V-Drums
• Yamaha DTXplorer
• Pintech Visulite HiHat-Pads

Percussion Instrument

• Meinl Luis Conte Artist Series Congas
• Pearl Horacio Hernandez Signature Cowbells
• Remo Cuba Collection Congas

Drum-Microphone

• Sennheiser Evolution 900 Series
• Earthworks DK 25 Microphone Sets
• Beyer Dynamic Opus Series

Guitar

E-Guitar

• PRS 513
• Fender 50th Anniversary Strat
• Burns Brian May

Acoustic Guitar

• Martin D-28
• Line6 Variax Acoustic
• Yamaha LJ36

Guitar Combo

• Mesa Engineering Lone Star
• Hughes & Kettner Matrix 100
• Fender Cyber Twin

Guitar Top

• Marshall DSL100
• Peavey JSX
• Mesa Stiletto Head

Acoustic Guitar Amp

• Fishman Loudbox
• AER Acousticube 3
• Rivera Sedona

Guitar Effects (19″ or Floor)

• Line 6 PODxt Live
• Boss GT-8
• DigiTech GNX4

Pick-Ups

• L.R. Baggs M1
• Seymour Duncan JB
• Di Marzio PAF Joe

Strings

• Elixir Nanoweb
• D’Addario EXL
• Dean Markley Blue Steel

Keyboards/Software

Synthesizer (Hardware)

• Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver
• Alesis Micron
• Access Virus

Sampler (Hardware / Software)

• E-mu Emulator X
• Steinberg HALION 3
• NI Kontakt 2

Stage Piano

• Roland RD-700
• M-Audio ProKeys 88
• Yamaha P250

Keyboard Workstation

• Korg Oasys
• Roland Fantom X 2.0
• Yamaha Motif ES

Sound Libraries

• Garritan Personal Orchestra
• Vienna Symphonic Library Horizon-Series
• Apple Jam Pack

Software Instruments

• Korg Legacy Collection
• NI Absynth 3
• Arturia Arp 2600 V

Organ/Portable Keyboard

• Hammond XK-3
• Clavia Nord Electro 2
• Roland V-Combo/VR-760

Live-Sound

Mixing Desk (Live)

• MIDAS Verona
• Innovason Sy80
• Soundcraft GB4

Portable Sound

• Dynacord Madras
• JBL SRX 700
• Bose Personalized Amplification System

Tour Sound

• L-Acoustics KUDO
• HK Audio Cohedra Compact
• EAW KF730 Line Array

Live Microphone

• AKG WMS 4000
• Sennheiser Evolution G2
• Shure SLX

Recording

Mixing Desk (Project Studio)

• Mackie Onyx 1640
• Yamaha 01x
• Yamaha DM-2000

Mixing Desk (High End)

• SSL AWS900
• SmartAV The Smart Console
• Studer Vista 8

Studio Microphone

• AKG C414 B-XLII
• Neumann M149
• Schoeps CMD 2U

Studio Monitor (Nearfield)

• Genelec 8000 Series
• Blue Sky Media Desk
• Dynaudio Air Series

Surround Tools

• Steinberg Nuendo 3
• Steinberg Wavelab 5.0
• SPL MMC1

Recording Software

• Apple Logic Pro 7
• Cakewalk Sonar 4
• Ableton Live 4

Desktop Recording Workstations

• Korg D32XD
• Roland VS-2400CD
• Tascam 2488

Recording I/O Devices

• RME Fireface 800
• Motu 828 MkII
• E-MU 1820 / 1820M

Recording Hardware

• Digidesgin Protools HD
• Tascam 2488
• RME Fireface 800

Recording Effects (Hardware/Software)

• PSP Nitro
• Universal Audio UAD-1
• NI Guitar Rig

Dance/Groove-Gear

Groove Box

• Roland MC-909
• Akai MPC1000
• Korg Electribe SX

DJ-Software/DJ-Tools

• Ableton Live 4
• Stanton Final Scratch
• NI Traktor