18th Annual TEC Awards Sponsors

(Held Monday, October 7, 2002, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in LosAngeles.)

PLATINUM

AMD: Official Sponsor—Technical Awards. AMD is a globalsupplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computerand personal connectivity solutions markets. AMD producesmicroprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry forcommunications and networking applications. The company's productsallow users to access, process and communicate information atever-greater speeds.

Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD employsapproximately 14,000 people in manufacturing facilities in the UnitedStates, Europe, Japan and Asia, as well as sales offices in majorcities around the world. AMD derives more than half of its revenuesfrom international markets.

Gibson Musical Instruments: Gibson Labs, the technologydivision of Gibson Guitar Corp., has a new line of patent-pending soundreinforcement speakers, amplifiers and MaGIC-enabled digital audiodistribution systems (digital snakes). The speakers and amps aredesigned to provide high-quality sound and withstand the heavy abuse oflive applications. Gibson Labs will provide 24/7support and a hot swapprogram. The digital snakes provide up to 64 bi-directional channels of24-bit, 48kHz audio with remote routing and gain control. Gibson is theofficial sponsor of the Les Paul Award, presented annually toindividuals or institutions that have set the highest standards ofexcellence in the creative application of recording technology.

JBL Professional: JBL Professional is proud to serve, for the18th consecutive year, as Platinum Sponsor of the TEC Awards.Headquartered in Northridge, California, JBL Professional is adesigner, manufacturer, and marketer of professional loudspeakers forrecording, musician, cinema, tour sound, and installed soundapplications. JBL Professional is part of the Harman Pro Group, theprofessional segment of Harman International IndustriesIncorporated.

Mix Magazine: As a magazine for the professionalrecording and sound production industry, Mix covers the entirespectrum of professional audio and music: studio recording, live soundproduction, sound for picture and multimedia, digital audio technology,facility design and construction, tape/CD replication, broadcastproduction, education and more. Founded in 1977, Mix reachesmore than 51,000 professionals worldwide. Mix also publishes theannual AES New Products Guide, the Mix Master Directory, theMix“Finest” series, the MixLine e-newsletter, and mixonline.com. Mix is theleading sponsor of the TEC Awards.

Shure: Founded in 1925, Shure is a manufacturer ofmicrophones and audio electronics. Best known for reliable,high-performance microphones such as the SM57 and SM58®, Shure isalso a global leader in wireless systems, circuitry products, and phonocartridges. Recent products such as the ULX wireless systems, KSMcondenser microphones, PSM® personal (in-ear) monitors, and P4800system processor confirm Shure’s commitment to providing productsthat help people produce their personal sound.

GOLD

AKG Acoustics: AKG Acoustics is a manufacturer ofmicrophones, headphones, wireless systems, sound processing electronicsand OEM acoustic devices. Company operations are located in the musiccities of Vienna, Austria; Nashville, Tennessee; and Munich, Germany.Product introductions in 2002 include the K240 Studio and K141 Studiolow-impedance headphones and the WMS 40 microtools, featuring theminiature wireless transmitters GB 40 guitarbug, SO 40 snapontransmitter and the MP 40 micropen.

Audio-Technica: Audio-Technica has been dedicated toadvancing the art and technology of electro-acoustic design andmanufacturing since 1962. From a beginning in state-of-the-art phonocartridges, Audio-Technica has expanded over the years intohigh-performance microphones, wireless microphone systems, headphonesand other audio equipment. Best known for the 40 Series line ofprecision capacitor microphones, Audio-Technica strives to createinnovative, problem-solving products in each new area it enters.

Eastern Acoustic Works/Mackie Designs: For over 20 years, EAWhas designed and manufactured high-performance, professionalloudspeakers. Across its many loudspeaker families, EAW offers adiverse selection of main system, stage monitor, and subwoofer productsfor the portable, touring, installation, cinema and dance clubmarkets.

Mackie Designs Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of high-qualityprofessional audio systems that include the brands Mackie, EAW and RCF.A global company, Mackie Designs Inc. products are marketed by 60distributors to over 100 countries around the world. Applicationsinclude project recording studios, video and broadcast suites,post-production facilities, as well as sound reinforcement applicationsfor churches, nightclubs, retail locations, and major musicaltours.

Electro Voice: Electro Voice, a Telex Communications brand,is currently celebrating its 75th year of providing innovativemicrophone, electronic and loudspeaker systems to the professionalaudio community.

Ex’pression Center for New Media: Ex’pressionCenter for New Media is a new media arts college located in SanFrancisco’s East Bay. Ex’pression graduates can earn aBachelor of Applied Science degree in Sound Arts, Digital Visual Mediaand Web Design in less than a year and a half, or an Associate ofApplied Science degree in less than a year. During an intensive 14months of study, students are taught by, and work with, some of thebest practitioners and equipment in the industry. Located in a65,000-square-foot building, Ex’pression features classrooms,professional studios and labs designed by studio designer John Storyk,professor of Studio and Architecture at Ex’pression.

Kurzweil Music Systems: Kurzweil Music Systems is a creatorof audio systems for professional and studio use. Kurzweil’s lineof products includes the popular Mark Series and V Series DigitalPianos, the versatile PC2 Performance Controllers, and theaward-winning K2600 Series instruments. New products include the KSP8Effects Processor.

Sennheiser: Established in 1945 in Wedemark, Germany,Sennheiser is known for microphone technology, RF-wireless and infraredsound transmission, headphone transducer technology, and most recently,for the development of active noise-cancellation. Brands distributed bySennheiser Electronic Corporation in the U.S. include Neumannmicrophones, InnovaSON digital consoles, True Systems preamplifiers andTurbosound loudspeaker systems.

Solid State Logic: Solid State Logic (SSL) has grown over 30years to become a professional audio high technology enterprise. Eachconsole introduced incorporates SSL’s latest generation ofprocessing and is tailored to different applications in music,broadcast, film and post-production. SSL supports its technology withan international network of offices.

TC Electronic: TC Electronic was founded in 1976 with theobjective of developing, manufacturing and marketing first-class audioproducts. Since 1992, the primary focus of the company has been thedevelopment of advanced DSP-based products. TC is now a primarysupplier of products to the music, film, broadcast, and videopost-production markets.

Yamaha: Yamaha, a manufacturer of analog and digitalproducts, offers a diverse scope of recording, post-production, andsound reinforcement products through its Commercial Audio SystemsDivision. Yamaha professional audio products range from signalprocessors (including this year’s TEC-nominated SREV1 digitalreverb), powered and reference monitors, digital audio workstations,powered amplifiers, speakers, digital mixing engines, and analogconsoles to the PM1D live digital console and recently introducedDM2000 and 02R96 production consoles.

VIP RECEPTION: Guitar Center, Inc.

SILVER: Aphex Systems, Ltd., Clair Brothers, CrownInternational, Digidesign, Recording Academy, Roland Corporation, SonyCorporation, Tascam

BRONZE: AMS Neve, Apogee Electronics, Chicago RecordingCompany, Future Sonics, Meyer Sound Labs, Skywalker Sound, Studer NorthAmerica

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