The nominations for the third annual Audio Pro Industry Excellence Awards came in thick and fast this year and only the 85 most suggested products, people and projects have made the final cut.
Submissions for the awards were extended to the entire industry so that the best in live sound, installation, broadcast and studio sectors were brought to the fore. The awards have a transparent voting procedure, which saw five finalists chosen per category, following a free-of-charge lobbying period. A large judging panel, drawn from all sectors of the business will choose the winners. The winner for each category will be announced during the PLASA 2011 show in London.
New for this year is the Grand Prix award. This is our highest accolade and rewards any pro audio brand or company which has enjoyed commercial and critical success, while also showing the highest level of support for the business in general. This award will be chosen exclusively by the Audio Pro International team, as will the Lifetime Achievement Award which will once again be presented to the individual who has shown an outstanding level of commitment to the pro audio industry.
NAMM has signed up as headline sponsor of the awards for the second year in a row. NAMM CEO Joe Lamond expressed his excitement about the awards: “Pro audio and live sound innovation and excellence is a driving force in the rapidly changing world of making and performing music – and naturally very close to NAMM’s heart. We are grateful to see an ever-increasing presence of this dynamic market segment at the NAMM Show.”
“With the support of NAMM member companies around the world, we welcome the opportunity to sponsor the Audio Pro Awards again. We wish all the nominees the very best of luck."
API Editor Andrew Low said: “Among this year’s finalists are some of the biggest names in the business matched against some smaller, innovative firms who have created a product or worked on a project that caught the ears of the industry. In both cases, the innovation in this industry is represented by the finalists for each category.”
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And the finalists are as follows:
LIVE AND INSTALLED:
Live Sound Event:
The Pope’s visit to Glasgow - SSE Audio
Hard Rock Calling - Britannia Row
Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage – RG Jones
Take That Progress Live Tour – Capital Sound
Solfest 2010 Dance Tent – Ward Steedsy and Associates
New Live Sound Product – Consoles:
DiGiCo SD10
PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2
Allen & Heath iLive-R72
Midas Venice F
Soundcraft Si Compact
Roland M-480
New Live Sound Product – Amps:
Hoellstern Delta 8.4-DSP
MC2 E100
Bose PowerMatch
Crown Audio XTi2 Series
QSC GX-7
New Live Sound Product – PAs:
Funktion-One PSM12
OHM HD-MX monitors
QSC KLA Series
dBTechnologies DVA T12
Tannoy VX Series
Live Sound Engineer:
Matt Kettle
Dave Swallow
Chris Madden
Brandon Knights
Marc Carolan
New Installation Product:
D&B Audiotechnik - White Range
Riedel Mediornet Compact
Powersoft Ottocanali1204 amplifier
SurgeX SEQ
Work Pro CA series
Installation Innovation:
Doctor Who Experience - Sarner
Space, Ibiza – Funktion-One
Eurovision Song Contest – Riedel Communications
Pulse London – Void Acoustics
Schauburg Kino and Theatre, Karlsruhe, Germany – Alcons Audio
After Sales Support:
DiGiCo
SSE Sales
Shure Distrbution UK
Audio-Technica
Sennheiser UK
STUDIO & BROADCAST:
New Studio Product – Microphone:
DPA MMC2011
Audio-Technica BP 4001
Blue Microphones Reactor
MXL Genesis II
Beesneez Jade
New Studio Product – Outboard:
Lynx Hilo
Generic Audio Compactor
AMS Neve 1073LB
Dave Hill Designs EUROPA I
Crane Song STC-8
New Studio Product – Monitor:
Pioneer S-DJ08
Genelec 1238CF
Neumann KH120
Se Electronics/Andy Munro – The Egg
Focal CMS50
Recording Studio Engineer:
Toby Alington
Wes Maebe
Dan Parry
Marcella Araica
Dave Sardy
Broadcast Sound:
The BAFTA Film Awards
Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool Special
Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite - Les Folies Tour 2011
Later...with Jools Holland
Wimbledon 2011
Studio of the Year:
Goldcrest Post
Metropolis Group
British Grove
Hackenbacker Post
RAK
Studio Initiative:
Metropolis - Live to vinyl recordings
APRS - MYAPRS site
Graphic Nature – Loyalty card programme
Abbey Road - Anthem competition
Revolution Mastering – Track mixing programme
After Sales Support:
Source Distribution
Audio-Technica UK
Sound Network
KMR Audio
Studiospares
Related Stories
- Send us your nominations for the Audio Pro Industry Excellence Awards May 20th 2011 at 10:00AM
- NAMM sponsors Audio Pro Industry Excellence Awards Aug 25th 2010 at 4:47PM
- AUDIO PRO AWARDS: Finalists revealed Sep 8th 2009 at 1:41PM
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