Τα TEC Awards θεωρούνται ως τα πλέον αξιόπιστα βραβεία της παγκόσμιας Audio βιομηχανίας και περιλαμβάνουν δυο κατηγορίες βραβεύσεων. Η μια αφορά νέες συσκευές και εξοπλισμό (Outstanding Technical Achievement) και απευθύνεται στους κατασκευαστές, ενώ η άλλη κατηγορία αφορά πρόσωπα και περιλαμβάνει σχεδιαστές studio, παραγωγούς, rental εταιρίες και εταιρίες παραγωγής κλπ.
Οι νικητές των φετινών βραβείων θα ανακοινωθούν στις 20 Ιανουαρίου του 2012 σε ειδική τελετή στην οποία θα συμμετέχουν όλα τα στελέχη της ευρύτερης βιομηχανίας του Audio. Μαζί θα ανακοινωθεί και ο φετινός ‘εισακτέτος’ στο Hall of fame αλλά και ο νικητής του φετινού Les Paul Award (πέρυσι το εν λόγω βραβείο απονεμήθηκε στον Steve Vai).
Ιδού οι λίστες με τις συνολικές υποψηφιότητες ανά κατηγορία:

27th Annual TEC Awards Nominees - Outstanding Technical Achievement

ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Focusrite VRM Box monitor simulator
Little Labs Redeye 3D Phantom direct box
Manley Labs MicMAID mic/preamp auditioner
Rational Acoustics Smaart v7.3 analysis software
Shure SRH940 headphones
Sony Electronics MDR-7520 headphones

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Aphex CHANNEL
Dave Hill Designs Europa 1
Millennia Media HV-35
Rupert Neve Designs Portico 517
Tonelux MP5A preamp with TILT
Universal Audio 4-710d

STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
Blue Sky International eXo2
Genelec 1238CF
KRK ROKIT RP10-3
Neumann KH 120
Pelonis Sound and Acoustics Model 42
PMC AML2

RECORDING DEVICES
Boss Micro Br BR-80
Fostex AR-4i
JoeCo BlackBox 2.1
Korg MR-2
TASCAM DR-680 v1.20
Zoom R24

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS TECHNOLOGY
Eventide Space
Line 6 DT50 Guitar Amplifier Series
Line 6 POD HD500
TC Electronic Blacksmith Bass Amp
TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch
Tech 21 Roto Choir

AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE / STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Crown ComTech Drive Core Series
JBL Pro MSC1 monitor controller with RMC (Mac version)
Kush Audio Main Gain monitor controller
Lab Gruppen PLM 20000Q
QSC Audio GX7
Radial Engineering H-Amp Speaker to Headphone Converter

COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE
Apogee Symphony I/O
Avid Pro Tools | HD Native
PCAudioLabs Rok Box MC 7xs
PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL
RME Fireface UFX
Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
Dave Smith Instruments Tempest analog drum machine
Fairlight CMI-30A Computer Musical Instrument
Korg Kronos music workstation
Moog Slim Phatty synthesizer
Novation UltraNova analog modeling synthesizer
Roland Jupiter 80 synthesizer

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Arturia Spark
FXpansion Geist
iZotope Stutter Edit
Native Instruments “Abbey Road Modern Drums”
Spectrasonics Omnisphere v1.5
Synthogy Ivory II Grand Piano

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
A Designs EM-EQ2
CEDAR Cambridge 7
Drawmer 1968 MKII
Radial Engineering WR8 Workhorse
TASCAM TA-1VP Vocal Processor with Autotune
Tonelux EQ5P Series EQ

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Avid HEAT
Dave Hill Designs RA
iZotope RX 2 restoration software
Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec
Universal Audio Studer A800 tape recorder plug-in
Waves OneKnob

SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
JBL Professional EON 515XT
K-Array KR 400S
Martin Audio MLA Multi Cellular Array
Meyer Sound Labs MINA
QSC Audio KLA Series
Yamaha DSR Series

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Audio-Technica BP893 MicroEarset Headworn Microphone
Blue enCORE 300
DPA 2011A
Earthworks SR40V
Heil PR 31BW
Shure Beta 181

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / RECORDING
Audio-Technica AT2022 X/Y Stereo Microphone
Bock Audio 241
DPA 4099P Stereo Piano Miking System
Mojave Audio MA-300
Royer Labs R-101
Sennheiser MK 4

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
AKG DMS 700 V2
Audio-Technica SpectraPulse mtu301 Body-pack Transmitter
Lectrosonics Quadra Digital IEM
Line 6 XD-V70 Digital Wireless
Shure PGX Digital Wireless
Yamaha M7CL/LS9 StageMix iPad app

WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Avid Pro Tools 9
Cakewalk SONAR X1
Prism Sound SADiE 6
Steinberg Nuendo 5.5
PreSonus Studio One Pro v1.6
MOTU Digital Performer 7.2

SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Avid VENUE 2.9
DiGiCo SD10
Midas PRO9
Midas VeniceF
Roland M-480 V-Mixer
Soundcraft Vi1 with VM2

SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
DiGiCo SD11
Focusrite Control 2802
PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2
Solid State Logic Nucleus
Soundcraft Si Compact-16
Toft Audio Designs ATB-08M

LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Allen & Heath GS-R24M
Harrison 950m-24
Lawo Sapphire
Solid State Logic AWS 948
Studer Vista 5 M2
Tonelux 1628

27th Annual TEC Awards Nominees - Outstanding Creative Achievement

Record Production/Single
“Angel Dance”, Robert Plant
“Beg Steal Or Borrow”, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
“Empire State of Mind”, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“F**k You”, Cee Lo Green
“Teenage Dream”, Katy Perry

Record Production/Album
Band of Joy, Robert Plant
God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
The Beginning, Black Eyed Peas
21, Adele

Tour Sound Production
Lady Gaga “Born This Way” Tour, Eighth Day Sound
Paul McCartney “On the Run” Tour, Clair
“Robert Plant and the Band of Joy” Tour, Thunder Audio
Roger Waters “The Wall Live” Tour, Clair
Sade and John Legend, Black Box
Taylor Swift “Speak Now” Tour, Sound Image

Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
83rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC
53rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway (CD/DVD), Sony/Columbia
Robert Plant and Band of Joy, Live in Concert, NPR Music
65th Annual Tony Awards, CBS

Television Sound Production
American Idol, Fox
Glee, Fox
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Treme, HBO
True Blood, HBO

Film Sound Production
Black Swan, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Inception, Warner Bros. Pictures
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures
True Grit, Paramount Pictures

Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
Call of Duty: Black Ops, Activision Publishing
Dead Space 2, Electronic Arts
L.A. Noire, Rockstar Games
LIMBO, Playdead
Portal 2, Valve

Studio Design Project
Airshow Mastering, Takoma Park, MD
Architect or Studio Designer: Sam Berkow, SIA Acoustics
Acoustician: Sam Berkow, SIA Acoustics
airshowmastering.com

Blade Studios, Shreveport, LA
Architect or Studio Designer: Russ Berger, RBDG Design Group
Acoustician: Russ Berger
bladestudios.com

Jungle City Studios, New York City
Architect or Studio Designer: John Storyk, WSDG
Acoustician: John Storyk, WSDG
www.wsdg.com, www.junglecitystudios.com

Manifold Recording, Pittsboro, NC
Architect or Studio Designer: Wes Lachot, Wes Lachot Design
Acoustician: Wes Lachot
manifoldrecording.com

Pianella Studios, Malibu, CA
Architect or Studio Designer: Gary L. Williamson/John J. Kurlander
Acoustician: Jay Kaufman
www.pianellastudios.com/

Revolution Recording, Toronto, Ontario
Architect or Studio Designer: Pilchner Schoustal International Inc.
Acoustician: Pilchner Schoustal International Inc.
www.revolutionrecording.com