category. They are JBL and AKG both recognized for professional gear in several categories including Amplification Hardware-Studio & Sound Reinforcement, Headphone/Earpiece Technology, and respectively, as well as additional categories listed below. “Despite the global pandemic, the industry continued to innovate, creating one of the largest collectives of product Nominees in the 35-year history of the awards. And given the world engaged in virtual interaction on an unprecedented level, the products honored helped connect us all by delivering music and sound across the world,” shared Eric Geer, TEC Entries & Nominations Supervisor. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 36TH ANNUAL NAMM TEC AWARDS: TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Amplification Hardware - Studio & Sound Reinforcement JBL - DSi 2.0
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Audio Apps & Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets Eventide - Blackhole Computer Audio Hardware Universal Audio - Apollo x4 DJ Production Technology Native Instruments - TRAKTOR KONTROL S3 Headphone/Earpiece Technology AKG - K300 Series Large Format Console Technology Solid State Logic - ORIGIN Microphone Preamplifiers Neve - 1073OPX Microphones - Recording AKG - Lyra Microphones - Sound Reinforcements sE Electronics - V Series for Drums Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects Ampeg - Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT Musical Instrument Hardware Moog - Matriarch Musical Instrument Software Celemony - Melodyne 5 Production Essentials Audinate Dante AVIO Adapters Signal Processing Hardware API - 2500+ Stereo Bus Compressor Signal Processing Hardware - 500 Series Modules AMS Neve - RMX16 Signal Processing Software - Dynamics/EQ/ Utilities Universal Audio - Neve 1084 Preamp & EQ Plug-In
Signal Processing Software - Effects Waves - Abbey Road Saturator Small Format Console Technology Allen & Heath - Avantis Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers JBL - EON ONE Compact Studio Monitors Genelec - W371A Adaptive Woofer System Wireless Technology Shure - Axient Digital AD3 plug-on wireless transmitter Workstation Technology/Recording Devices Universal Audio - LUNA Recording System CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT TEC AWARDS Studio Design Project Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU-FM Design Film Sound Production “1917,” Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Entertainment One Interactive Entertainment Sound Production “Star Wars Jedi - Fallen Order,” Respawn Entertainment Record Production/Album Hyperspace, Beck, Capitol Records Record Production/Single or Track Fear Inoculum, Tool, Tool Dissectional and Volcano and RCA Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince,” CBS Television Sound Production “The Mandalorian (Season 1),” Disney+
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