More than 600 audio industry professionals gathered at the Marriott Marquis on Saturday, December 1, to honor the nominees and winners at the 17th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. Highlights of the show included the awarding of custom Gibson guitars to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, recipients of the Les Paul Award, and a touching tribute to legendary engineer Roy Halee, the newest inductee into the TEC Hall of Fame, presented by Phil Ramone and accepted by Halee’s three children. For more details, and photos, visit TecAwards.org, or wait for next month’s Mix.
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
RECORD PRODUCTION/SINGLE
“Music” Music, Madonna
Recording Engineer/Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent
Producers: Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai
Recording Studios: Sarm Studios, London; Mix Suite at Olympic Studios, London
Mastering Engineer: Tim Young
Mastering Facility: Metropolis Studios, London
RECORD PRODUCTION/ALBUM
Riding With the King, B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Recording Engineer: Alan Douglas
Mixing Engineer: Alan Douglas, Mick Guzauski
Producers: Eric Clapton, Simon Climie
Recording Studio: Record One, Los Angeles
Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Mastering Facility: Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
TOUR PRODUCTION
Steely Dan
Tour Company: Clair Bros.
FOH Engineer: David Morgan
Monitor Engineer: Don Garber
REMOTE PRODUCTION/RECORDING OR BROADCAST
“Hotter Than That” with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Remote Facility: Record Plant Remote
Remote Engineer: Edward Haber
Production Mixer: Irene Trudel
Music Mixer: Sandy Palmer-Grassi
FILM SOUND PRODUCTION
Gladiator
Supervising Sound Editor: Per Hallberg
Re-recording Mixers: Bob Beemer, Scott Milan
Production Sound Mixer: Ken Weston
Score Mixer: Alan Meyerson
Facility: Livewire Studios
TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION
“Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns”
Supervising Sound Editor: Ira Stiegel
Re-recording Mixers: Lee Dichter, Dominick Travella
Audio Post Facility: Sound One, New York City
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Furman HDS-16/HRM-16
Headphone Cue System
DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Apogee Electronics Trak2
AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Crown CE 4000
MIC PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Avalon AD2022
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Earthworks SR69
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/STUDIO
B.L.U.E. Dragonfly
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Shure PSM400
SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER
JBL VerTec VT4889
STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
Westlake Audio Lc5.75
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY
Kurzweil PC2X
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/HARDWARE
Lexicon 960L
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/SOFTWARE
Antares Auto-Tune 3
RECORDING DEVICES
Tascam MX-2424
WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Digidesign Pro Tools 5.1
SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Yamaha PM-1D
SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Sony DMX-R100
LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
SSL SL 9000 J Scoring System
HALL OF FAME
Roy Halee
LES PAUL AWARD
Steely Dan