Η 30η τελετή απονομής των φετινών TEC Awards (Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards) θα πραγματοποιηθεί σε ειδική εκδήλωση το Σάββατο 24 Ιανουαρίου 2015 στο Anaheim της Καλιφόρνια στα πλαίσια της έκθεσης NAMM. Οσο για την επιλογή των υποψηφίων προϊόντων που παραθέτουμε πιο κάτω, αυτή έλαβε χώρα από ένα επιλεγμένο πάνελ 130 επαγγελματιών και audio specialties, ενώ τα προϊόντα, αλλά και όλες οι παραγωγές που συμμετέχουν, βγήκαν στην παραγωγή μεταξύ 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013 έως 31 Αυγούστου 2014…

Ιδού όλες οι κατηγορίες (και οι 22) και τα υποψήφια προϊόντα για τα TEC Awards 2015…

ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
API 505 DI 500-Series DI Module
IsoAcoustics Modular Aluminum Isolation System
Little Labs Pepper Pedal/Pro/Blender/DI Box/Re-amp
Radial Engineering SW8 Backing Track Switcher
Rational Acoustics Smaart 7.5 Analysis Software
Solid State Logic Network I/O: MADI-Bridge

AUDIO APPS FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS
Akai Professional iMPC Pro
Cakewalk ScratchPad for iPad
PreSonus Capture for iPad
Shure Inc. ShurePlus Channels
Waldorf Nave Wavetable Synth v1.5
WholeWorldBand Collaboration/Platform

HARDWARE / PERIPHERALS FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS
Alesis iO Dock II
Apogee MiC 96k
Focusrite iTrack Dock
iConnectivity iConnectMIDI4+
IK Multimedia iLoud
Radial Engineering StageBug SB-5 Laptop DI

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS
Audient ASP880
Chandler Limited TG2-500
Crane Song Syren
Manley CORE Channel Strip
Rupert Neve Designs Shelford 5052
Tube Tech MP2A

STUDIO MONITORS
Focal Alpha 65
Genelec 8010
JBL Professional 3 Series 
Neumann KH 120 D
PreSonus Temblor T10
Tannoy Reveal 502

RECORDING DEVICES
Allen & Heath ICE-16D 
JoeCo BlackBox BBR1MP
Sony PCM-D100
Sound Devices 970 
TASCAM DA-3000 
Zoom H5 Handy Recorder

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS
Bugera G5 Infinium
Fender Ramparte Amplifier
Line 6 POD HD Pro X
Quilter Labs Tone Block 200
TC Electronic Ditto X2 Looper
Vox Tone Garage Series Pedals

AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE — STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Crown DriveCore Install Network Display Series
dbx Professional DriveRack PA2 System Controller
Grace Design m920 Monitoring System
Lab.Gruppen D Series Amplifier
Meyer Sound Calisto 616 AES Array Processor
PreSonus Monitor Station V2

COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE
Antelope Audio Zen Studio
Focusrite RedNet 6 MADI Bridge
Lynx Aurora TB 
MOTU 1248 
RME FireFace 802
Universal Audio Apollo Twin

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HARDWARE
Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 
Hammond XK-1c Organ
Kurzweil Forte
Moog Music Theremini
Nord Lead A1
Roland RD-800 Stage Piano

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE
Arturia Spark 2
FXpansion BFD 3
Native Instruments Razor 1.5
PPG WaveGenerator For Mac and PC
PreSonus Notion 5 Notation Software
Toontrack EZdrummer 2

SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE
BSS Audio Soundweb London BLU-50
Dangerous Music The Dangerous Compressor
elysia xfilter Rack 
Maselec MLA-4 Triband Compressor/Expander
Sennheiser Esfera 
Waves Audio SoundGrid Studio System

SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE (500-SERIES MODULES)
API 565 Filter Bank 
Bettermaker 542 EQ
Eventide DDL-500 Digital Delay
Maag Audio EQ2
Rupert Neve Designs 551 EQ
Valley People dyna-mite Compressor

SIGNAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE
CEDAR Studio 6
iZotope RX3 Audio Repair Suite
McDSP AE400 Active EQ
Solid State Logic X-Phase
Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp/EQ Collection
Waves Audio Abbey Road Collection

SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKERS
Bose Asymmetrical Patterns RoomMatch 
Electro-Voice ETX Series
JBL Professional EON615 
L-Acoustics K2
Meyer Sound LYON 
PreSonus StudioLive AI Series Speakers

MICROPHONES — SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Audio-Technica BP894
Audix M3
DPA d:screet Necklace
Lewitt Audio MTP 940 CM
Microtech Gefell KEM 975
MXL Microphones CR77

MICROPHONES — RECORDING
AEA Nuvo N22
Blue Microphones Spark Digital Lightning
Bock Audio 407
Cloud Microphones 44-A 
Neumann TLM 107
Schoeps V4U

HEADPHONE / EARPIECE TECHNOLOGY
AKG K812 Headphones
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones
Blue Microphones Mo-Fi Powered Headphones
Jerry Harvey Audio Roxanne In-Ear Monitors
Sennheiser HD8 DJ Headphones
Shure SRH1540 Headphones

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
AKG DMSTetrad Wireless
Alto Stealth Wireless Speaker Feed
Audio-Technica System 10 Camera-Mount Wireless 
Beyerdynamic TG 100 Wireless
MIPRO MI-909 Digital In-Ear Monitoring 
Shure GLXD6 Guitar Pedal Receiver with Tuner

WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Cakewalk SONAR X3
Cockos Reaper 4.7
Merging Technologies Pyramix 9
PreSonus Studio One 2.6.2
Steinberg Cubase 7.5
Yamaha Nuage 1.5

SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Allen & Heath Qu-32 
Cadac CDC four:m 
PreSonus StudioLive 32.4.2AI
Softube Console 1
Solid State Logic Matrix 2 
Yamaha QL Series

LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
API Audio "The Box" 
Avid Pro Tools | S6
Calrec Summa 
DiGiCo V685 Software for SD5/8/9/10/11
Soundcraft Vi3000
Trident 88 Series

Outstanding Creative Achievement

RECORD PRODUCTION / SINGLE OR TRACK
"A Sky Full of Stars," Coldplay
"Anything Goes," Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett
"Fever," The Black Keys
"Happy," Pharrell Williams
"Not a Bad Thing," Justin Timberlake

RECORD PRODUCTION / ALBUM
Ghost Stories, Coldplay
GIRL, Pharrell Williams
Lazaretto, Jack White
Morning Phase, Beck
New, Paul McCartney

TOUR / EVENT SOUND PRODUCTION
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band—High Hopes Tour
Justin Timberlake—The 20/20 Experience World Tour
Katy Perry—Prismatic World Tour
Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden—2014 Tour
Sting & Paul Simon: On Stage Tour

REMOTE PRODUCTION / RECORDING OR BROADCAST
29th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, HBO
56th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
86th Annual Academy Awards, ABC
Back To Front: Peter Gabriel Live In London (DVD)
Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (DVD)

FILM SOUND PRODUCTION
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Frozen
Gravity
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug
X-Men: Days of Future Past

TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America
The Walking Dead

INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOUND PRODUCTION
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
Battlefield 4
Call of Duty: Ghosts
The Last of Us: Left Behind
Titanfall

STUDIO DESIGN PROJECT
Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA
Fly By West II, Nashville, TN
Studio Baumhaus, Houston, TX
The Orchard, New York City, NY
Windmark Studios, Santa Monica, CA

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