DreamWorks Receives TEC Award

DreamWorks Animation was recognized last week at the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards [1] in Anaheim, taking home an award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Studio Design Project category.

Honoring architect Peter Grueneisen and acousticians from Charles M. Salter & Associates and Veneklasen Associates for their exceptional design work at the studio, the award was presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio and the 2013 NAAM Show.

Recognizing the achievements of innovative audio professionals, including music producers, artists, technicians and designers, the annual TEC Award nominations are made by a panel of audio industry
professionals and voted upon by members of various organizations and top industry websites. This award marks DWA’s first TEC Award.

The full list of winners is shown below:

ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Waves Audio WLM Loudness Meter

AUDIO APPS TECHNOLOGY FOR SMARTPHONES & TABLETS
Moog Animoog

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
Apogee Electronics 8-Channel Mic-pre Module for Symphony I/O

STUDIO MONITOR TECHNOLOGY
ADAM Audio A77x

RECORDING DEVICES
Zoom H2n Handy Recorder

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION & EFFECTS TECHNOLOGY
Line 6 POD HD Pro Guitar Processor/Amp Simulator

AMPLIFICATION HARDWARE / STUDIO & SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Dangerous Music “Dangerous Source” USB Monitor Controller

COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE
Universal Audio Apollo High Resolution Audio Interface

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
Moog Minitaur

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Native Instruments Kontakt 5

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / HARDWARE
Rupert Neve Designs Portico II: Master Buss Processor

SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE
Universal Audio Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in

SOUND REINFORCEMENT LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY
Meyer Sound CAL Column Array Loudspeaker

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / SOUND REINFORCEMENT
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M81

MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY / RECORDING
Blue Microphones Spark Digital

HEADPHONE/EARPIECE TECHNOLOGY
Sennheiser HD700 Headphones

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Shure Axient Wireless

WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY
Avid Pro Tools 10

SOUND REINFORCEMENT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Avid VENUE SC48 Remote

SMALL FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite Mixer

LARGE FORMAT CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
A 2012 TEC Award was not given in this category due to an insufficient number of entries.

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT

Record Production/Single or Track
“Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye

Record Production/Album
Wasting Light, Foo Fighters

Tour Sound Production
Foo Fighters “Wasting Light” Tour

Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
54th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS

Film Sound Production
The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.

Television Sound Production
American Idol, Fox

Interactive Entertainment Sound Production
Journey, Sony Computer Entertainment

Studio Design Project
Dreamworks Animation Studios, Glendale, CA

Source: Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards