The TEC Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ‘recognizing and furthering excellence in audio, video, music and other communications media arts’ announced the winners of its annual TEC Awards at the 2012 NAMM Show.
The TEC Awards celebrate Technical Excellence & Creativity in audio, video, music and other communications media arts
Winners include Genelec, Eventide, Avid Pro Tools and Moog.
Here’s the presentation of the Musical Instrument Technology/Hardware award:
And here’s the presentation of the Musical Instrument Technology/Software award:
A complete listing of the 27th Annual TEC Award winners is included below.
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Ancillary Equipment
Manley Labs MicMAID mic/preamp auditioner
Microphone Preamplifier Technology
Rupert Neve Designs Portico 517
Studio Monitor Technology
Genelec 1238CF
Recording Devices
JoeCo BlackBox 2.1
Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects Technology
Eventide Space
Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound Reinforcement
Lab Gruppen PLM 20000Q
Computer Audio Hardware
Avid Pro Tools | HD Native
Musical Instrument Technology/Hardware
Moog Slim Phatty Synthesizer
Musical Instrument Technology/Software
Spectrasonics Omnisphere v1.5
Signal Processing Technology/Hardware
Radial Engineering WR8 Workhorse
Signal Processing Technology/Software
Universal Audio Studer A800 tape recorder plug-in
Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker Technology
Meyer Sound Labs MINA
Microphone Technology/Sound Reinforcement
Shure Beta 181
Microphone Technology/Recording
Royer Labs R-101
Wireless Technology
Shure PGX Digital Wireless
Workstation Technology
Avid Pro Tools 9
Sound Reinforcement Console Technology
Avid VENUE 2.9
Small Format Console Technology
Solid State Logic Nucleus
Large Format Console Technology
Solid State Logic AWS 948
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
Record Production/Single or Track
“Angel Dance”, Robert Plant
Record Production/Album
21, Adele
Tour Sound Production
Roger Waters. “The Wall Live” Tour, Clair
Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, Live in Concert, NPR Music
Television Sound Production
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Film Sound Production
Inception, Warner Bros. Pictures
Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
Call of Duty: Black Ops , Activision Publishing
Studio Design Project
Jungle City Studios, New York City
Avid? Really? I’ve never really followed the TEC awards, are they kind of a joke?
How can the fairlight be up for a tech award? It’s a recreation of decades old stuff!
Like every awards group, this is just a collection of self indulgent people treating themselves as if they were a whole lot more special than they actually are. And in the end, it promotes sales.