TEC AWARDS

26th TEC Awards Winners
2011 Technical Nominees

2011 Creative Nominees
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Voting Process
The nominees and winners of the TEC Awards are determined through a three-step process. In June, a “Call for Entries” is posted on the TEC Foundation website, and emailed to audio manufacturers and sound production professionals. Initial selections are made in August by a Nominating Panel comprising more than 200 prominent professionals from all areas of the audio industry.

Nominees are selected in 27 categories of Technical Achievement and Creative Achievement. Eligible nominees are those projects or products that, in the opinion of the Nominating Panel, represent superior accomplishment in their respective fields. This year, these products or works must have been completed, released or performed during the period beginning July 1, 2010 and ending August 31, 2011.

Names and descriptions of the nominated products and projects are posted in October on the TEC Foundation website. Members of various professional organizations and qualified subscribers to leading pro audio publications may register online and vote for the TEC Awards using a secure online ballot during the month of November. The winners’ names are kept in confidence until the TEC Awards ceremony, presented in January at the NAMM Show.

The following industry organizations or publications send emails to their members or subscribers that provide voting registration instructions:

  • APRS - Association of Professional Recording Services
    CAS - Cinema Audio Society
    GANG - Game Audio Network Guild
    Mix Magazine
    MPG - Music Producers Guild
    MPSE - Motion Picture Sound Editors
    NAMM - National Association of Music Merchants (select member groups)
    P&E Wing - Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy
    Pro Audio Review
    Pro Sound News
    SPARS - Society of Professional Recording Services

Voting Deadline: DECEMBER 15



If you have questions about the nominations or voting process, please email jane@tecfoundation.com.