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2012 Technical Nominees
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28th Annual TEC Awards for
Outstanding Technical Achievement

Listed below are the nominees in 20 categories of Outstanding Technical Achievement as selected by the 2012 TEC Awards Nominating Panel.
Winners are in BLUE.

ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT detail
API 1608 Automation
Argosy AURA Sit-Stand Workstation
Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z Mic Activator
Dangerous Music “Dangerous Liaison” Digitally Controlled Analog Router
Royer Labs Sling-Shock Mic Mount
Waves Audio WLM Loudness Meter

AUDIO APPS TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS detail
Genelec SpeakerAngle
Moog Animoog
Native Instruments iMaschine
PreSonus QMix
WaveMachine Labs Auria iPad DAW
Yamaha StageMix V3.0

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY detail
A-Designs Ventura Mic Preamp
Apogee Electronics 8-Channel Mic-pre Module for Symphony I/O
Audio Engineering Associates RPQ500
Focusrite ISA Two
Millennia Media HV-32
Radial PowerTube

STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY detail
ADAM Audio A77x
Dynaudio Acoustics DBM 50
Event Electronics 2030
Focal Professional SM9
Pelonis Acoustics Model 4288
Trident Audio HG3

RECORDING DEVICES detail
JoeCo BBR64-Dante
Roland R-26 Field Recorder
Sound Devices PIX 220i
TASCAM DR-40
Zoom H2n Handy Recorder

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS TECHNOLOGY detail
Blackstar HT-1R Guitar Amplifier
DigiTech iStomp Pedal
Kemper Profiling Amplifier
Line 6 POD HD Pro Guitar Processor/Amp Simulator
Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer
TC Electronic BG250 Bass Amp

AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE / STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT detail
Aphex Headpod 4
Bryston BHA-1 Balanced Headphone Amplifier
Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD Power Amplifier
Dangerous Music “Dangerous Source” USB Monitor Controller
Lake LM 44 System Controller
QSC Audio Q-Sys Core 250i/500i Processing Platform

COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE detail
Apogee Electronics Symphony I/O 16x16 Analog Module
Avid Pro Tools 10 HDX
MOTU Track 16
PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL
Solid State Logic Alpha-Link MX
Universal Audio Apollo High Resolution Audio Interface

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE detail
Arturia MiniBrute
Clavia Nord Stage 2
Dave Smith Instruments Mopho x4
Korg Kronos X
Moog Minitaur
Peavey | Muse Research MuseBox


MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE detail
Arturia Oberheim SEM V
iZotope Iris
MOTU Mach Five 3.1
Native Instruments Kontakt 5
Steven Slate Drums 4.0
Synthogy Ivory II-American Concert D

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE detail
Dave Hill Designs TITAN Compressor
Empirical Labs DocDerr
Endless Analog CLASP 16
Little Labs I-VOG Bass Enhancer
Millennia Media NSEQ-4 Equalizer
Rupert Neve Designs Portico II: Master Buss Processor

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE detail
Avid Channel Strip Plug-in
CEDAR Retouch 5
iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced
Slate Digital VCC Console Emulation
Universal Audio Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in
Waves Audio Bass Rider

SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY detail
Adamson Energia E-15
JBL VTX V25
L-Acoustics ARCS II
Line 6 StageSource L3t
Martin Audio Compact MLA
Meyer Sound CAL Column Array Loudspeaker

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / SOUND REINFORCEMENT detail
Audio-Technica ATM510
Countryman H6 Headset Microphone
DPA Microphones d:fine Headset Mic
Earthworks WL40V Wireless Mic Capsule
Neumann KK204/205 Wireless Mic Capsules
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M81

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / RECORDING detail
Audio-Technica AT4050URUSHI Limited Edition
Blue Microphones Spark Digital
Bock Audio iFet Large Diaphragm Mic
Mojave Audio MA-301fet
sE Electronics RN17 Small Diaphragm Condenser Mic
Sterling Audio ST6050 Ocean Way Edition


HEADPHONE/EARPIECE TECHNOLOGY detail
Audio-Technica ATH-M50WH Headphones
Aurisonics AS1 Custom IEM Transducers
Future Sonics MG6Pro 13mm Ear Monitors
Roland RH-A7 Headphones
Sennheiser HD700 Headphones
Shure SRH1840 Headphones

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY detail
AKG DMS70D Digital Wireless
Audio-Technica System 8 Wireless
Lectrosonics HH Handheld Transmitter
Line 6 XD-V75 Digital Wireless System
Shure Axient Wireless
Sony DWX-02 Series Digital Wireless


WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY detail
Avid Pro Tools 10
CEDAR Cambridge V8
PreSonus Studio One Professional V2
Propellerhead Reason 6.5
Sony SpectraLayers Pro
Steinberg Cubase 6.5

SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY detail
Allen & Heath GLD-80
Avid VENUE SC48 Remote
DiGiCo SD5
Midas PRO2/PRO2C
Soundcraft Si Compact V2
Yamaha CL5


SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY detail
Behringer X32
Line 6 StageScape M20d
Mackie DL1608
Maselec MTC-1 Mastering Transfer Console
PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2
Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite Mixer

LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY

A 2012 TEC Award was not given in this category due to an insufficient number of entries.


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