Listed below are the nominees chosen by the Nominating Panel ofthe 17th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. Aspecial TEC Awards nominees supplement and voting ballot willappear in the August issue of Mix. Please note that in theOutstanding Creative Achievement category, significant changes havebeen made to more accurately reflect the contributions toindividual projects.
The TEC Awards will be held Saturday, September 22, at theMarriott Marquis in New York City. For more information, contactKaren Dunn at 925/939-6149, [email protected] or www.tecawards.org.
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Aguilar DB900 Tube Direct Box
Equi=Tech ET12.5W Balanced Power System
Furman HDS-16/HRM-16 Headphone Cue System
Neutrik Minilyzer ML1 Handheld Analyzer
Omnirax F2 Workstation Furniture
Prism Sound dScope Series III Analyzer
DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Apogee Electronics Trak2
Benchmark Media AD2k+
dB Technologies M•AD-824
Euphonix FC727 Format Converter
Lucid SRC9624 Sample Rate Converter
Prism Sound Dream ADA-8
AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Apogee Sound CA-1000
Crest LT Series
Crown CE 4000
Hafler GX2600
QSC PowerLight 236a
Stage Accompany ES 40
MIC PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Avalon AD2022
Earthworks 1024
Focusrite ISA 110
Grace Designs Model 101
Millennia Media STT-1 Origin
Oram Octasonic Plus
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/SOUND REINFORCEMENT
AKG Emotion D 880
Audix VX-10
Beyerdynamic Opus 69
Earthworks SR69
Electro-Voice Cobalt Co9
Sennheiser Evolution e865
MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY/STUDIO
AKG C 2000B
B.L.U.E. Dragonfly
Brauner VM1 Klaus Heyne Edition
Royer Labs SF-1
Sennheiser MKH800
Shure KSM44
Soundelux ELUX 251
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Audio-Technica ATW-7373
Electro-Voice N/DYM SCU w/ClearScan
Samson Airline AX1
Sennheiser Digital 1000
Shure PSM400
SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
BSS Audio FDS-334/-336 Minidrives
Community XLT500
dbx DriveRack 480
JBL VerTec VT4889
Mackie SR1530/SRS1500
Nexo PS8
STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
Event Electronics PS6
Hafler M5
KRK Systems V88
Meyer Sound Labs X-10
Quested VS3208
Westlake Audio Lc5.75
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY
E-mu E-IV Platinum
Fender Cyber Twin
Korg CX-3
Kurzweil PC2X
Native Instruments B4
Roland HPD-5
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/HARDWARE
Alesis airFX
CEDAR DNS1000
Empirical Labs Model EL8-SX Distressor
Focusrite ISA 430
Lexicon 960L
TC Helicon VoicePrism
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY/SOFTWARE
Antares Auto-Tune 3
Waves Renaissance Reverb
Kind of Loud SmartCode Pro DTS Encoder
McDSP MC2000 Multiband Compressor V.1.0
Metric Halo Channel Strip MAS
Wave Mechanics Speed
RECORDING DEVICES
Euphonix R-1 Version 3.0
Fairlight Merlin
HHB CDR830 BurnIT
iZ Technology RADAR 24
Mackie HDR 24/96
Tascam MX-2424
WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Digidesign Pro Tools 5.1
Emagic Logic Audio Platinum V.4.7
MOTU Digital Performer 2.7
Steinberg Nuendo 1.5
TC Works Spark 2.0
Yamaha AW4416
SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Allen & Heath ML5000
Crest X-VCA
Midas Heritage 1000
Peavey SRM 2410 HC
Soundcraft Series Four
Yamaha PM-1D
SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Digidesign Control | 24
Mackie VLZ Pro 1642
Manley Mastering Console
Shure FP24
Sony DMX-R100
Tascam US-428 USB
LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Amek Media 51
Harrison MPC II
Neve 88R
Oram BEQ Pro 24
SSL SL 9000 J Scoring System
Studer D950 M2
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
RECORDPRODUCTION/SINGLE
Awards go to all members of the production team, including theRecording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Studio,Mastering Engineer and Mastering Studio.
“Music”: Music. Madonna.Maverick/Warner Bros.
“The Real Slim Shady”: The MarshallMathers LP. Ent./Interscope Records
“Bye Bye Bye”: No Strings Attached.‘N Sync. Zomba Recording Company
“Wonderful”: Songs From an American Movie,Vol. 1. Everclear. Capitol Records Inc.
“Country Grammar”: Country Grammar.Nelly. Universal Records, A division of UMG Recordings Inc.
RECORD PRODUCTION/ALBUM
Awards go to all members of the production team, including theRecording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Studio,Mastering Engineer and Mastering Studio.
The Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem. AftermathEnt./Interscope Records
Riding With the King: B.B. King & Eric Clapton.Reprise Records, a Time Warner Company
Music: Madonna. Maverick/Warner Bros.
No Strings Attached: ‘N Sync. Zomba RecordingCompany
Mad Season: Matchbox 20. Atlantic RecordingCorporation
TOUR PRODUCTION
Includes Tour Company, FOH Engineer and Monitor Engineer.
Joni Mitchell
‘N Sync
Nine Inch Nails
Bruce Springsteen
Steely Dan
REMOTE PRODUCTION/RECORDING OR BROADCAST
Includes Remote Engineer and Remote Facility.
2000 Grammys
Live From Liberty State Park with Lincoln Center JazzOrchestra
MTV Music Video Awards
‘N Sync Live On HBO
Supernatural Live
FILM SOUND PRODUCTION
Includes Production Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor,Re-recording Engineers and Audio Post Facility.
Cast Away
Gladiator
The Patriot
U-571
Unbreakable
TELEVISION SOUND PRODUCTION
Includes Production Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor,Re-recording Engineers and Audio Post Facility.
Ken Burns Jazz
Late Night With David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
The Sopranos
West Wing
HALL OF FAME
Roy Halee
LES PAUL AWARD
Steely Dan