NAMM 2020 TEC Awards – all the winners
Posted on: Sunday 19th of January 2020
The NAMM Foundation held the 35th Annual NAMM TEC AWARDS on Saturday 18th January. Winners include Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who was awarded the Les Paul Innovation Award. Herbie Hancock, who presented Mitchell with the award, said, “it’s hard to imagine a world without this courageous woman’s brave songs and records.” Mitchell herself remarked that she was “truly honoured”, several musicians made their way onstage to play a few songs from her illustrious career.
For the technical achievement awards, here is the full list of nominees/winners:
Amplification Hardware/Studio and Sound Reinforcement
Auratone – A2-30
Lab.Gruppen – FAD2402
Linea Research – 48M20
Powersoft – T-Series
QSC – MP-A Series
XTA Electronics – DPA Series
Audio Apps & Hardware / Peripherals For Smartphones & Tablets
Apogee – HypeMiC
Avid – Link
Genelec – Aural ID
Roland – Go:Mixer Pro
Shure – MV88+ Video Kit
Steinberg – Cubasis
Audio Education Technology
Drumeo – App
iZotope – Pro Audio Essentials
Mix With the Masters – 2019 Edition
Sennheiser – Pro Talk Series Season 2
SoundGym – The Gym For Your Ears
Universal Audio – Apollo Artist Sessions Volume XIII
Computer Audio Hardware
Apogee – Symphony I/O MkII Dante + Pro Tools HD
Flock Audio – The PATCH System
Merging Technologies – Anubis
PreSonus – Studio c-Series
RME – M-32 Pro
Universal Audio – Apollo x16
DJ Production Technology (Hardware / Software)
Audio–Technica – AT-LP140XP Turntable
Audionamix – XTRAX Stems 2
Denon DJ – SC5000M Prime
KORG – Minilogue XD
Numark – Scratch
Roland – Serato TR-SYNC
Headphone / Earpiece Technology
64 Audio – N8
ADAM AudioStudio Pro – SP-5
Clear Tune Monitors – Da Vinci X
InEarz AudioZen – Universal IEM with ADEL Technology
Neumann – NDH 20
Sennheiser – IE PRO Series
Large Format Console Technology
Allen & Heath – dLive Mixing System Firmware V1.8
API – 2448 Console
Avid – VENUE S6L-24C Control Surface
DiGiCo – SD Series KLANG Integration
Solid State Logic – L550
Yamaha – Rivage V3.0
Microphone Preamplifiers
API – 312 50th Anniversary
Black Lion Audio – B173Quad
Metric Halo – ULN-8/3d
Royer Labs – dBooster In-Line Preamplifier
Rupert Neve Designs – 5211 Dual Mic Pre
Useful Arts Audio – SFP-30
Microphones – Recording
AEA – KU5A
Chandler Limited – TG Microphone
sE Electronics – sE2300
TELEFUNKEN – Alchemy Microphone Series
Townsend Labs – Sphere L22 v1.3
Vanguard Audio Labs – V1S+LOLLI
Microphones – Sound Reinforcement
Aston Microphones – Stealth
Audio-Technica – ATM350GL – Mic With Guitar Mount
DPA – d:fine 6066 Headset Mic
Earthworks – SR314
Electro-Voice – RE520
Shure – TwinPlex
Musical Instrument Application & Effects
Blackstar – HT20R MkII
BOSS – Nextone Guitar Amps
Eventide – Rose
Line 6 – HX Stomp
Strymon Engineering – Volante
VOX – VX50 GTV
Musical Instrument Hardware
Akai Professional – Force
Erica Synths – Sample Drum
Moog Music – Moog One
Nord – Grand
PreSonus – ATOM: Pad Controller
Musical Instrument Software
Bitwig – Studio 3: The Grid
EastWest Sounds – Hollywood Pop Brass
PreSonus – Notion 6.5
Softube – Monoment Bass
SoundMagic – Neo Piano
Spectrasonics – Omnisphere 2.5
Waves – Inspire Virtual Instruments Collection
Production Essentials
Cable Wrangler – Cable Wrangler
Carl Tatz Design – PhantomFocus Master Engineer Series eChair
Drawmer – CMC7 Surround Monitor Controller
Fredenstein – meterHUB
Sound Credit – Publisher/Tracker
Triad-Orbit – Starbird SB-1 Large Format Stand
Signal Processing Hardware
Bettermaker – Mastering Compressor
Gyraf Audio – G23-S Ambler Tilt Equalizer
Roland – VT-4 Voice Transformer
Solid State Logic – Fusion
Thermionic Culture – The Kite – Stereo EQ with Attitude
Whitestone Audio – P331 Tube Loading Amplifier
Signal Processing Hardware (500 Series Modules)
API – 550A 50th Anniversary Editon
Black Lion Audio – PBR8
Phoenix Audio – Gyrator EQ/500
Pulse Techniques – Pultec EQP-500X Equalizer
WesAudio – _dione
WesAudio – _prometheus
Signal Processing Software (Dynamics/EQ/Utilities)
Apogee – Apogee FX Native and Hardware DSP Plugins
FabFilter – Pro-Q 3
iZotope – Neutron 3
iZotope – RX 7
Kazrog – True Iron 7
Sonarworks – Reference 4.3
Signal Processing Software (Effects)
Acon Digital – Verberate 2
Eventide – SP2016 Reverb
iZotope – Nectar 3
Leapwing Audio – StageOne
Universal Audio – Capitol Chambers
Valhalla DSP – ValhallaDelay
Small Format Console Technology
Allen & Heath – SQ Digital Mixer Series V1.3
API – THE BOX 2
PreSonus – StudioLive 64
Solid State Logic – SiX
Tree Audio – Roots 500 Console
Yamaha – TF Console V4.0
Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers
Clair Brothers – C10
d&b audiotechnik – KSL Line Array
JBL Professional – VTX A8 Line Array
L-Acoustics – ARCS A Series
Meyer Sound – ULTRA-X40
PreSonus – CDL12
Studio Monitors
ATC Loudspeaker Technology – SCM12i Pro
Augspurger Monitors – Treo 1015-V
Focal – Trio11 Be
Genelec – S360A SAM
IK Multimedia – iLoud MTM
Neumann – KH 750 DSP
Wireless Technology
Audio-Technica – 5000 Series (Third Generation)
Electro-Voice – RE3 UHF Wireless
Lectrosonics – D Squared System
Line 6 – Relay G10S
Sennheiser – XS Wireless Digital
Shure – Axient Digital ADX Transmitter
Workstation Technology/Recording Devices
Avid – Pro Tools 2019
Magix – ACID Pro Next
Merging Technologies – Pyramix 12.0
MOTU – Digital Performer 10
PreSonus – Studio One 4.5 Professional
Steinberg – Cubase Pro 10
Outstanding Creative Achievement Awards
Film Sound Production
20th Century Fox, Regency Enterprises, GK Films | 20th Century Fox – Bohemian Rhapsody
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment | Sony Pictures Releasing – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Marvel Studios | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures – Avengers: Endgame
Partiicpant Media Esperante Filmoj | Netflix – Roma
Warner Bros. Pictures – A Star Is Born
Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
EA DICE | Electronic Arts – Battlefield V
Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment – Marvel Spider-Man
Massive Entertainment | Ubisoft – Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts – Apex Legends
Treyarch | Activision – Call of Duty – Black Ops 4
Ubisoft Quebec | Ubisoft – Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Record Production / Album
Blue Note Records – Begin Again, Norah Jones
Capitol Records – Egypt Station, Paul McCartney
DFA and Columbia Records – Electric Lady Sessions, LCD Soundsystem
Interscope Records – A Star Is Born (Soundtrack), Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Virgin EMI Records – It’s About Time, Chic
Record Production / Single or Track
i.am MEDIA / Entertainment One – “Be Nice” Black Eyed Peas feat Snoop Dogg
Capitol Records – “Back in Brazil”, Paul McCartney
Darkroom / Interscope Records – “Bad Guy”, Billie Eilish
Interscope – “Always Remember Us This Way”, Lady Gaga
RCA – “Talk”, Khalid
Remote Production / Recording or Broadcast
CBS – 61st Annual Grammy Awards
CMT – 2019 CMT Music Awards
HBO – 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
NBC – 2019 Billboard Music Awards
Red Bull TV – Sir Paul McCartney Live at ACL 2018
Studio Design Project
Francis Manzella Design Ltd. – Old Mill Road Recording, East Arlington, VT
Horacio Malvicino – Malvicino Design Group – Noisematch Studios, Miami, FL
Steven Durr Designs, LLC – Battery Lane Music, Nashville, TN
Walters-Storyk Design Group – Stitcher Studios, New York, NY
Walters-Storyk Design Group – Zhejiang Conservatory Of Music (ZJCM), Hangzhou, East China
Yanchar Design & Consulting Group/Carl J. Yanchar – One Union Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA
Television Sound Production
AMC – Better Call Saul
Fox – The Orville
HBO – Game of Thrones
NBC – Saturday Night Live
Netflix – Black Mirror
Tour Sound Production
Britannia Row – Beautiful Trauma World Tour, P!nk
Clair Global – An Evening With Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
Clair Global – This Is America Tour, Childish Gambino
Clair Global – Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
Clair Global – Freshen Up, Paul McCartney
