The NAMM TEC Awards’ TECnology Hall of Fame will honor five defining audio products and innovations as the newest inductees to the prestigious TECnology Hall of Fame. The 2024 awards will be presented at a ceremony held at 5:00 pm on January 27, 2024, during the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Founded 20 years ago, in 2004 by noted audio/music journalist George Petersen as a historic adjunct to the annual TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Awards, and presented since 2015 by the NAMM Museum of Making Music, the TECnology Hall of Fame honors products and innovations that have made significant contributions to the advancement of audio and music technology.
Joining the 180 previous honorees in the TECnology Hall of Fame, are five inductees for 2024: the RCA 12AX7 vacuum tube (1947); Neumann M49 variable pattern tube microphone (1951); Shure SM7 vocal microphone (1973); AMS RMX16 digital reverb (1981); and Harrison Systems Series Ten (1985) — the first totally automated mixing console.
“Each of these innovations made a major contribution to how sound is created and reproduced – even years after their debut,” says TECnology Hall of Fame Director George Petersen.
The TECnology Hall of Fame takes place on Saturday, January 27, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. in the NAMM Member Center inside the Anaheim Convention Center and is a free event open to all NAMM attendees.
For more about the NAMM Show, go to: www.namm.org/thenammshow
ABOUT THE TEC AWARDS
Presented annually during The NAMM Show at The TEC Experience, The NAMM TEC Awards recognize the individuals, companies, and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games, and other media in Technical and Creative Achievement Categories. Through its Hall of Fame, The TEC Awards also honors the pioneers of audio technology and the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians. The NAMM Foundation’s TECnology Hall of Fame celebrates innovations and groundbreaking technical achievements of the past. For more information, visit www.tecawards.org.