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The official eligibility year is April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008. Extended descriptions of each product can be found at www.mixonline.com. Please note that the Creative Awards are nominated by project. In each category, the engineers, mixers, producers and production facilities will receive TEC Awards recognition. For the Studio Design Project category, please check our Web page at www.mixfoundation.org for project photos and descriptions. Please take time to read through each category before voting.
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
A. TOUR SOUND PRODUCTION
Bruce Springsteen, Audio Analysts
The Police, Clair Showco
Justin Timberlake, Clair Showco
Tool, Eighth Day Sound
Roger Waters, Clair Showco
B. REMOTE PRODUCTION/RECORDING OR BROADCAST
2007 Academy of Country Music Awards, CBS
2007 American Idol Finale, Fox TV
50th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
Garth Brooks: Live in L.A., CBS
VH1 Rock Honors, Genesis/Heart/ZZ Top/Ozzy Osbourne, VH1
C. TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION
24, Fox
American Idol, Fox
Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi Channel
Lost, ABC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
D. FILM SOUND PRODUCTION
3:10 to Yuma, Lionsgate
Ratatouille, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studios
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, DreamWorks Pictures
The Bourne Ultimatum, Universal Pictures
Transformers, Dreamworks LLC, Paramount Pictures
E. STUDIO DESIGN PROJECT
2 Hard Records, Kingston, Jamaica
Cream Recording Studios, London
Inner Machine, Buffalo, NY
Red Bull Studio, Red Bull North America, Santa Monica, CA
Setai Recording Studio, South Beach, FL
F. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOUND PRODUCTION
Bioshock, 2K Games
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision
Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios
The Orange Box, EA Games
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, SCEA
G. SURROUND SOUND RECORDING
Fear of a Blank Planet, Porcupine Tree, Atlantic
James Taylor: One Man Band, James Taylor, Hear Music
Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour, Shakira, Sony BMG
The McCartney Years, Paul McCartney, Rhino
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Fantasia on a Theme By Thomas Tallis; Serenade to Music, Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Telarc
H. RECORD PRODUCTION/SINGLE OR TRACK
“1234,” The Reminder, Feist, Universal/Polydor
“Icky Thump,” Icky Thump, the White Stripes, Warner Bros.
“No One,” As I Am, Alicia Keys, RCA
“Umbrella,”Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, Def Jam
“The Pretender,”Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters, RCA
I. RECORD PRODUCTION/ALBUM
Icky Thump, the White Stripes, Warner Bros.
Just a Little Lovin’, Shelby Lynne, Lost Highway
Long Road Out of Eden, The Eagles, Polydor
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rounder
Revival, John Fogerty, Fantasy
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
A. ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Bag End E-Trap electronic acoustic absorber
Dangerous Music D-Box DAW analog summing/monitor control/D-to-A converter/talkback system
Frontier Design Group AlphaTrack DAW fader/encoder controller
Primacoustic Recoil Stabilizer studio monitor platform/decoupler/stabilizer
SE Electronics Instrument Reflexion Filter microphone isolator/absorber
Sensaphonics 3-D HW Active Ambient IEM System in-ear system with integrated ambience mics
B. AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Aphex HeadPod headphone amplifier/distribution amp
Hot House Pro Audio Four Hundred SV studio power amplifier
Lab.gruppen PLM 10000Q power amp with integrated Dolby Lake processing
PreSonus HP60 studio headphone mixing system
QSC PowerLight 3 Series touring/installed power amplifiers
C. DIGITAL CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY
Apogee Duet portable FireWire audio interface for Macs
Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro compact USB-powered Pro Tools LE system
MOTU 828mk3 cross-platform FireWire interface with onboard effects and mixing
PreSonus FireStudio Project recording system with eight mic pre’s, converters and mixing
Prism Sound Orpheus FireWire interface with eight analog and 10 digital I/Os
TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48 studio interface with 48 I/Os, onboard DSP, talkback and monitor control
D. MIC PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Focusrite LIQUID4PRE 4-channel unit with vintage preamp emulation
Grooves Tubes SuPRE high-res, 2-channel tube preamp
Millennia Media HV-3R remote-controllable 8-channel preamp
Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5015 single-channel preamp/compressor
SSL X-Rack VHD Pre 4-channel preamp with Variable Harmonic Drive
Universal Audio DCS Remote Preamp remote-control stereo preamp with headphone amp and M/S encoder
E. MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/SOUND REINFORCEMENT
AKG GN ESP Series gooseneck mics with five capsule choices
Audio-Technica PRO 92cW headworn condenser mic with IEM earpiece
Audix M1250 ultraminiature condenser mics with instrument, hanging or podium mounts
beyerdynamic TG-X 930 handheld condenser vocal mic
Heil PR-35 handheld dynamic vocal mic
Royer Live Series ribbon mics for live performance
F. MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/RECORDING
Audio-Technica AT2020 USB side-address condenser mic with USB digital out
Brauner Phanthera cardioid studio condenser mic
Earthworks PM40 PianoMic internal-mount stereo miking system
Sennheiser MKH 8000 Series studio RF condenser mic
Soundfield DFS-2 multi-capsule stereo surround mic
Telefunken|USA Ela M 260 small-diaphragm tube mic with three capsules
G. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
AKG IVM 4 in-ear system with binaural simulations and dbx compressor/parametric EQ
Audio-Technica SpectraPulse Ultra-Wideband System pulse-based, interference-free 6GHz wireless
Electro-Voice REV Series handheld/bodypack UHF wireless systems
Kaltman Spectran HF4040 RF Analyzer compact wireless spectrum-analysis tool
Mipro ACT-51 handheld/bodypack UHF wireless systems
H. SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
Adamson Metrix ultracompact line source series
JBL VRX932LAP powered constant curvature line array
Mackie SRM450v2 active portable loudspeaker system
Meyer Sound UPJunior compact high-output powered system
Nexo GEO S12 compact tangent-array loudspeakers
QSC WideLine-8 compact line array system
I. STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
Blue Sky EXO 2.1 stereo monitoring system with subwoofer
Dynaudio Acoustics BM12A two-way active near-field
Genelec SE DSP System ultracompact subwoofer/satellite monitors
Klein + Hummel O 410 three-way midfield/main monitors
KRK Systems VXT Series powered studio near-fields
Mackie HR824 mk2 active reference monitors
J. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08 analog 8-voice poly synth
Digidesign Structure RTAS virtual instrument
Korg M3 music workstation/sampler
Propellerhead Software Reason 4 virtual music workstation/sequencer
Waves iGTR pocket-sized guitar processor/effects
Yamaha Motif XS6 music synthesizer workstation
K. SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/HARDWARE
CEDAR DNS3000 Dialogue Noise Supressor background noise eliminator
Chandler Germanium Compressor modern dynamics with vintage heritage
Elysia Mpressor stereo analog compressor
Empirical Labs DerrEsser dynamic HF processor
Solid State Logic Duende Mini DSP-powered SSL processing
Universal Audio 2-LA-2 stereo tube compressor
L. SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/SOFTWARE
Antares Harmony Engine real-time harmony plug-in
Roger Nichols Digital Spl-izer multiband frequency splitter/router
Solid State Logic X-Comp compressor plug-in
Universal Audio SPL Transient Designer transient processor plug-in
URS Classic Console Strip Pro input channel/EQ compressor plug-in
Waves The API Collection compressor/EQ bundle based on API modules
M. WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Abelton Live 7 music creation/production/performance software
Apple Logic Studio DAW bundle with Logic Pro 8, SoundtrackPro 2, MainStage, studio effects and instruments
Bias Peak Pro 6 Mac-based stereo editing/processing/mastering/delivery app
Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4 DAW for music and post-production
Solid State Logic Pro-Convert DAW Project Conversion Utility
Steinberg Nuendo 4 DAW for music and post-production
N. RECORDING DEVICES
ATR Master Analog Tape analog tape formulation
Fostex PD606 8-track HD/DVD location recorder
Korg D888 8-track digital recorder/mixer
M-Audio MicroTrack II compact 2-channel recorder
Sony PCM D50 digital 2-track field recorder
Tascam X-48 48-track hard disk recorder
O. SOUND REINFORCEMENTCONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Allen & Heath iLive-80 64-input/80-fader digital mixer
DiGiCo SD7 large-format digital mixer
Roland RSS V-Mixing System digital snake/mixer combination
Soundcraft FX Series analog console with onboard Lexicon effects
Studer Vista 5 SR live version of Vista 5 digital console
Yamaha PM5DV2 large-format digital mixer
P. SMALL FORMAT CONSOLETECHNOLOGY
Allen & Heath MixWizard3 12M rackmount monitor mixer
Dan Dugan Sound Design Model E-1 automatic mic mixer
Digidesign C|24 control surface for Pro Tools HD/LE systems
Euphonix MC Mix Controller compact DAW mixing surface
Mackie Control Universal Pro Series DAW controller/mix surface
Soundcraft GB2R small-format, rackmountable mixer
Q. LARGE FORMAT CONSOLETECHNOLOGY
Euphonix S5 Fusion large-format digital console
Lawo c290 large-format digital console
Rupert Neve Designs 5088 large-format analog mixer
Solid State Logic C300 HD large-format digital console
StageTec Auratus large-format digital console
Trident 8T-32 RTB large-format analog mixer
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Voting begins on AUGUST 1 and ends at midnight on AUGUST 31.
