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The 35th Annual NAMM TEC AWARDS, Saturday, January 18 2018, at the global NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA

January 19, 2020 By admin Leave a Comment

Winners in 23 technical and eight creative excellence categories were announced at the 35th Annual NAMM TEC AWARDS, Saturday, January 18, from the global NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Presented by The NAMM Foundation and held annually, the event recognizes the exemplary achievements and innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games and multi-media. Comedian, actor and musician Fred Armisen took to the podium to host.

For the first time, three companies won two awards each in Outstanding Technical Achievement. They were Genelec (for their Aural ID and S360 A SAM products), Universal Audio (for Apollo x16 and their Capital Chambers PlugIn), and API (2448 Console and the 550A 50th Anniversary Edition 3 band EQ product).

In Technical Achievement, winners picked up honors in Wireless Technology (Shure), Microphones-Recording (Townsend Labs), DJ Production (KORG), and several additional categories in Headphone/Earpiece Technology, Music Instrument Amplification & Effects, Production Essentials and beyond, that celebrated companies producing impactful products that have landed at the top of the field among their peers.

The Outstanding Creative Achievement category winners in one case, reflected a year (2019) filled with a slew of superhero films, and featured Marvel’s Spider-Man from Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment, taking home the top prize for Interactive Entertainment Sound Production. Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” from Darkroom/Interscope Records was the top slot in Record Production/Single or Track. (Eilish’s brother Finneas O’Connell presented a TEC Tracks panel earlier at a Friday NAMM Show event themed to the recording techniques of his famous sibling). “Bohemian Rhapsody” (20th Century Fox, Regency Enterprises, GK Films) won in Film Sound Production and The Grammy Awards continued to sweep its multiple year-to-year NAMM TEC Award wins, with another trophy for its 61st Annual Grammy® Awards (CBS).

Innovative producer, songwriter and artist Joni Mitchell was given one of the night’s most anticipated honors from The Les Paul Foundation: The Les Paul Innovation Award. The Foundation’s Executive Director Michael Braunstein introduced the award and called Mitchell “a true renaissance woman,” while pianist/composer Herbie Hancock presented the award to Mitchell and noted “it’s hard to imagine a world without this courageous woman’s brave songs and records.”

Mitchell remarked that she was “truly honored,” as several artists took the stage to give the folk songwriting heroine a musical celebration worthy of her long and revered career. The repertoire included Suzanne Santo for “The River;” Kevin Ross for “A Case of You;” Weyes Blood for “Woodstock;” and Venice performing “Free Man in Paris.” The Les Paul Innovation Award has been presented annually to remarkably-distinguished individuals from the music industry, such as Jackson Browne, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Paul McCartney, Neil Young, and 2019’s recipient, Peter Frampton.

Earlier in the evening, recording engineer Dave Pensado and record industry veteran Herb Trawick, the creative duo behind the weekly web series Pensado’s Place, were named recipients of the 2020 TEC Hall of Fame award. Both were honored for successful and impactful careers in the music industry, as well as long-standing efforts to share their knowledge through their global online show. The duo has also engaged in tireless mentoring opportunities and teaching tomorrow’s audiologists, producers and musicians. The announcement was made from the stage by Maureen Droney, Sr. Managing Director for the Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing®. “I’ve always felt like the next best thing to music is to talk about it,” said Pensado. Trawick noted, “I thank the sponsors, guests, legends, artists, streamers, tech companies. We’ve had a very lucky career and worked very hard at it.” Trawick also thanked their peers in the audience “because of all of your gifts, tools, talents, abilities.” Pensado’s Place reaches an audience of over six million per year.

The TEC Awards ceremony kicked off with a Don Wilson Tribute performance and medley of Ventures tunes that warmed up the crowd before guitarist “Skunk” Baxter presented Wilson with a Music for Life Award, saying “You gave us a great gift that keeps on giving!” Billy Bob Thornton added a special video greeting calling his in-studio time with Wilson one of the “greatest honors of my life.”

The NAMM TEC Awards is held during the global crossroads of the music, pro audio and entertainment technology industries, The NAMM Show. NAMM TEC Awards supporters include The Les Paul Foundation, Amazon Musical Instruments, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, Neumann, Solid State Logic, Softube, Yamaha, Antelope Audio, Universal Audio, AVN Systems, Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance, Hal Leonard, Broadjam, Inc., Pioneer DJ, PreSonus Audio Electronics, d&b audiotechnik, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., United States Postal Service, L-Acoustics, Cable Wrangler, Slick Audio, Genelec, The Recording Academy: Producers & Engineers Wing, Izotope, Inc., Leapwing Audio, Adam Hall Group, Oktava Design & Marketing, Musilla, Inc., NTi Audio, Inc., IMSTA (International Music Software Trade Association), Gearslutz.com United, CITT/ITS (Canadian Institute of Theater and Technology), Sonic Scoop, Wonder Wonder Sound and AMS Consultants, among many others.

Congratulations to the 2020 TEC Award recipients:

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound Reinforcement
Auratone – A2-30

Audio Apps & Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets
Genelec – Aural ID

Audio Education Technology
iZotope – Pro Audio Essentials

Computer Audio Hardware
Universal Audio – Apollo x16

DJ Production Technology (Hardware/Software)
KORG – minilogue xd

Headphone/Earpiece Technology
Neumann – NDH 20

Large Format Console Technology
API – 2448 Console

Microphone Preamplifiers
Rupert Neve Designs – 5211 Dual Mic Pre

Microphones – Recording
Townsend Labs – Sphere L22 v1.3

Microphones – Sound Reinforcement
Aston Microphones – Stealth

Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Line 6 – HX Stomp

Musical Instrument Hardware
Moog Music – Moog One

Musical Instrument Software
Spectrasonics – Omnisphere 2.5

Production Essentials
Cable Wrangler

Signal Processing Hardware
Solid State Logic – Fusion

Signal Processing Hardware (500 Series Modules)
API – 550A 50thAnniversary Edition

Signal Processing Software (Dynamics/EQ /Utilities)
FabFilter – Pro-Q 3

Signal Processing Software (Effects)
Universal Audio – Capitol Chambers

Small Format Console Technology
Allen & Heath – SQ Digital Mixer Series V1.3

Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers
JBL Professional – VTX A8 Line Array

Studio Monitors
Genelec – S360A SAM

Wireless Technology
Shure – Axient Digital ADX Transmitter

Workstation Technology/Recording Devices
Avid – Pro Tools 2019

CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT

Film Sound Production
Bohemian Rhapsody (20thCentury Fox, Regency Enterprises, GK Films)

Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Record Production/Album
A Star is Born (Soundtrack), Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Interscope Records)

Record Production/Single or Track
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish (Darkroom / Interscope Records)

Remote Production/Recording or Broadcasting
61stAnnual Grammy Awards (CBS)

Studio Design Project
Old Mill Road Recording (Francis Manzella Design Ltd.)

Television Sound Production
Game of Thrones (HBO /Warner Bros. Television)

Tour Event Sound Production
Freshen Up, Paul McCartney

ABOUT THE TEC AWARDS
Presented annually by the NAMM Foundation during The NAMM Show, The NAMM TEC Awards recognizes the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games, and other media in 23 Technical and 8 Creative Achievement Categories. The Les Paul Award is given at the event in tribute to musical artists and others whose work has exemplified the creative application of audio technology. Through its Hall of Fame, The TEC Awards also honors the pioneers of audio technology and the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians. The NAMM Foundation’s TECnology Hall of Fame celebrates innovations and groundbreaking technical achievements of the past. For more information, visit www.tecawards.org

About NAMM
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $17 billion music products industry. NAMM is comprised of approximately 10,400 members located in 104 countries and regions. NAMM events and members fund The NAMM Foundation’s efforts to promote the pleasures and benefits of music, and advance active participation in music making across the lifespan. For more information about NAMM, please visit www.namm.org, call 800.767.NAMM (6266) or follow the organization on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

SOURCE NAMM
http://www.namm.org

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