AUDIO PRO AWARDS: Finalists revealed

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Rob Hughes Sep 8 2009, 12:41pm

Nominees announced for the first Audio Pro Industry Excellence Awards

The finalists in a new virtual awards ceremony, the Audio Pro Industry Excellence Awards, have been revealed.

The awards acknowledge the best products, companies and people in all sectors of the business. Our readers have sent in their nominations for the award categories and a wide judging panel, drawn from all sectors of the business, will now choose the winners. The final results will be announced in the October issue of Audio Pro.

Good luck to all finalists, which are as follows:

Live & Installed Sound

BEST LIVE SOUND EVENT

     * Download Festival 09 Main Stage – SSE Audio
     * Glade Main Stage – Audio Plus
     * Take That, Circus Tour – Capital Sound
     * Roskilde Orange Stage – Seelite
     * U2 360° Tour – Clair Global

MOST INNOVATIVE INSTALLATION

     * Ecco Ultra Lounge, Hollywood – Joe Lodi
     * Rock City Nottingham – SSE Audio Group
     * Matter Club 02 London – Void Acoustics
     * The Atrium, Westfield London shopping complex – Delta Sound
     * Tripod, Dublin – Acoustic Audio

BEST NEW LIVE SOUND PRODUCT

* L-Acoustics – K1/SB2B PA
http://www.audioprointernational.com/news/668/L-Acoustics-K1KUDOLA8-programm -launched

     * Digico – SD8
http://www.digico.biz/docs/products/SD8.shtml

     * MC2 – E90
http://www.mc2-audio.co.uk/e90/spec.asp

     * Midas – Pro6
http://www.midasconsoles.com/pro6.php

     * Tannoy – VQ Live
http://www.tannoy.com/ProSummary.aspx

BEST NEW INSTALLATION PRODUCT

     * Lab.gruppen – C 88:4
http://www.labgruppen.com/products/c_series/c/c_884/

     * Powersoft – Due Canali 5204
http://pro-audio.powersoft.it/news_list.php?obj=475&id_menu=351

     * Adamson – Point Series
http://www.adamsonsystems.com/products/point_series/index.php

     * Furman – Pl-Pro Dmc E Power Conditioner
http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PL-PRODMC

     * d&b audiotechnik – Q-Series
http://www.dbaudio.com/en/systems/q_series/

BEST LIVE SOUND ENGINEER

     * Gary Bradshaw – (FOH) Take That, George Michael, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd and Brian Ferry
     * Robbie McGrath – (FOH) Kasabian, Rolling Stones, The Pet Shop Boys
     * Kenneth OEPooch’ Van Druten – (FOH) Linkin Park, Kiss
     * Clem Bennett – (FOH) The Script, Just Jack, Bullet for my Valentine, Arch Enemy, Funeral for a Friend, The Horrors, Fightstar

* Andy OEBaggy’ Robinson – George Michael's personal monitor engineer, Live8, The Big Chill

BEST AFTER-SALES SUPPORT
     * SSE Audio Group
http://www.sseaudiogroup.com/

     * Digico
http://www.digico.biz/

     * Adamson Systems Engineering
http://www.adamsonsystems.com/

     * Audio-Technica
http://eu.audio-technica.com/en/

     * Midas Consoles
http://www.midasconsoles.com/

BEST NEW COMPANY

     * Ward Steedsy Associates
http://www.ward-steedsy.co.uk/

     * EM Acoustics
http://www.emacoustics.co.uk/

     * Seesound SL
http://www.seesound.es

     * HD Pro Audio
http://www.hdproaudio.co.uk/

     * Red Square Audio
http://www.redsquareaudio.co.uk

Studio & Broadcast Sound

BEST NEW STUDIO PRODUCT

     * Analogue Tube – AT-101

http://www.analoguetube.com/mainpage.html

     * Avid – Pro Tools 8
http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=100&navid=507&itemid=35911&ref=pt 8-hpb

     * Universal Audio – UAD-2 Nevana 32 card
http://www.uaudio.com/products/uad/uad2neve32/index.html

     * SE Electronics – RNR1 Neve ribbon microphone http://www.seelectronics.com/sE_RNR1.html

     * Bricasti Design – M7 reverb
http://www.bricasti.com/m7.html

BEST STUDIO ENGINEER
     * John Agnello – Sonic Youth, Dinosaur JR.
     * Dan Carey – Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Hot Chip
     * Hayden Bendall – Paul McCartney, Rush, Fleetwood Mac
     * Mick Glossop – Frank Zappa, Van Morrison
     * Tony Platt – AC/DC, Bob Marley

BEST BROADCAST SOUND
     * The Brits – ITV
     * Eurovision Song Contest – Channel One, Moscow
     * X Factor – ITV
     * Wimbledon – BBC
     * Guinness Premiership Ruby – Sky Sports

BEST NEW STUDIO

     * Motor Museum – Liverpool, UK
http://www.miloco.co.uk/studios/motormuseum.php

     * Odds On Records and Studios – Henderson, NV, USA http://www.oddsonrecording.com/studio/

     * The Doghouse – Oxfordshire, UK
http://www.thedoghousestudio.co.uk/

     * Kore Studios – West London, UK
http://www.kore-studios.com/

     * Black Rock Studio – Santorini Island, Greece
http://www.miloco.co.uk/studios/blackrock.php

MOST ORIGINAL STUDIO INITIATIVE

     * The Way Studio – music, media and marketing scheme
http://www.thewaystudio.com/

     * All Studios website – discounted recording time opportunities
http://www.allstudios.co.uk/

     * APRS – New revenue streams for studios
http://www2.aprs.co.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=267964

     * Metropolis Studio – Multi-media DVD authoring/mastering and imastering, studio and live venue combination http://www.metropolis-group.co.uk/

     * GHQ Sonic Cuisine – Referral scheme set up and loyalty programmes
http://www.myspace.com/ghqsoniccuisine

BEST AFTER-SALES SUPPORT

     * Studiospares
http://www.studiospares.com/

     * Yellow Technology
http://www.yellowtechnology.co.uk

     * Audio-Technica
http://eu.audio-technica.com/en/

     * Sonic Distribution
http://www.sonic-distribution.com/uk/

     * KMR Audio
http://www.kmraudio.com/

BEST NEW COMPANY
     * T2
http://www.t2.com.pt/

     * Dangerous Music
http://www.dangerousmusic.com/index2a.html

     * JDK Audio

     * Rupert Neve Designs
http://rupertneve.com/

     * Bricasti Design
http://www.bricasti.com/m7.html

Lifetime Achievement Award

     * Fred Heuves – Synco/Ampco Flashlight

    * Steve Levine – producer and MPG chairman

    * Peter Gabriel – Real World Studios

     * Charlie Watkins – WEM

     * Mike Lowe – Britannia Row

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“See who's up for a prize!!”
Posted by: John Barker - Sep 10, 9:14am

Don't know who nominated us yet!!!

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“Lifetime achievement awards”
Posted by: John Beer - Sep 14, 2:11pm

Hello,

I would just like to say that I think that Mr Charlie Watkins of W-E-M is well deservid if this award, for his fantastic contributions to the music industry. The inventor of the tape echo Watkins Copicat echo units that were made by the tens of thousands. Soon followed by other manufactures, but it was his original design from 1958. Also the first to produce large concert PA rigs, any stage during the 60's - 70's would have a WEM PA setup. Now at close to 90 years old the man is still working and manufacturing Watkins / WEM Echo units, amplifiers and equipment. From the early 1950's through to today a span of nearly 60 years, if that is not a lifetime achievement, then nothing is.

Thanks Johnn Beer

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“Re: Lifetime achievement awards”
Posted by: Reg Godwin - Sep 14, 2:41pm

Reference CHARLIE WATKINS.

Few individuals have played such a monumental part in the shaping of the pop/rock music revolution which started in the late fifties. Charlie Watkins and his Copicat were very much the 'sound of the sixties' and he is justifiably known as the 'father of modern PA'. Some of his other products like the Rapier guitar and the Dominator amp have become iconic examples of British originality.

Always a quiet innovator rather than a man seeking personal promotion, Charlie has constantly been working away in the background whilst the others were receiving the accolades.

Retirement is a word which is not in his vocabulary. Let's now show how much we appreciate his energy and generosity of spirit and for the unstinting service he has given to the music industry for the past 60 years.

My vote goes to Charlie every time!

Reg Godwin

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