These are the nominees in 22 categories of Outstanding Technical Achievement.
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Akai
Professional iMPC Pro
Alesis
iO Dock II
Allen & Heath
ICE-16D
API
505 DI 500-Series DI Module
Apogee
MiC 96k
Cakewalk
ScratchPad for iPad
CEDAR
Studio 6
Focusrite
iTrack Dock
iConnectivity
iConnectMIDI4+
IK Multimedia
iLoud
IsoAcoustics
Modular Aluminum Isolation System
iZotope
RX3 Audio Repair Suite
JoeCo
BlackBox BBR1MP
Little Labs
Pepper Pedal/Pro/Blender/DI Box/Re-amp
McDSP
AE400 Active EQ
PreSonus
Capture for iPad
Radial Engineering
StageBug SB-5 Laptop DI
Radial Engineering
SW8 Backing Track Switcher
Rational Acoustics
Smaart 7.5 Analysis Software
Shure
ShurePlus Channels
Solid State Logic
X-Phase
Solid State Logic
Network I/O: MADI-Bridge
Sony
PCM-D100
Sound Devices
970
TASCAM
DA-3000
Universal Audio
Neve 1073 Preamp/EQ Collection
Waldorf
Nave Wavetable Synth v1.5
Waves Audio
Abbey Road Collection
WholeWorldBand
Collaboration/Platform
Zoom
H5 Handy Recorder

Amplification Hardware / Studio & Sound Reinforcement

Crown
DriveCore Install Network Display Series
dbx
DriveRack PA2 System Controller
Grace Design
m920 Monitoring System
Lab.Gruppen
D Series Amplifier
Meyer Sound
Calisto 616 AES Array Processor
PreSonus
Monitor Station V2

Computer Audio Hardware

Antelope Audio
Zen Studio
Focusrite
RedNet 6 MADI Bridge
Lynx
Aurora TB
MOTU
1248
RME
FireFace 802
Universal Audio
Apollo Twin

Headphone / Earpiece Technology

AKG
K812 Headphones
Audio-Technica
ATH-M50x Headphones
Blue Microphones
Mo-Fi Powered Headphones
Jerry Harvey Audio
Roxanne In-Ear Monitors
Sennheiser
HD8 DJ Headphones
Shure
SRH1540 Headphones

Large Format Console Technology

API
"The Box"
Avid
Pro Tools S6
Calrec
Summa
DiGiCo
V685 Software for SD5/8/9/10/11
Soundcraft
Vi3000
Trident
88

Microphone Preamplifiers

Audient
ASP880
Chandler Limited
TG2-500
Crane Song
Syren
Manley
CORE Channel Strip
Rupert Neve Designs
Shelford 5052
Tube-Tech
MP2A

Microphones – Recording

AEA
Nuvo N22
Blue Microphones
Spark Digital Lightning
Bock Audio
407
Cloud Microphones
44-A
Neumann
TLM 107
Schoeps
V4U

Microphones – Sound Reinforcement

Audio-Technica
BP894
Audix
M3
DPA Microphones
d:screet Necklace
Lewitt Audio
MTP 940 CM
Microtech Gefell
KEM 975
MXL Microphones
CR77

Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects

Bugera
G5 Infinium
Fender
Ramparte Amplifier
Line 6
POD HD Pro X
Quilter Labs
Tone Block 200
TC Electronic
Ditto X2 Looper
Vox
Tone Garage Series Pedals

Musical Instrument Hardware

Dave Smith Instruments
Pro 2
Hammond
XK-1c Organ
Kurzweil
Forte
Moog Music
Theremini
Nord
Lead A1
Roland
RD-800 Stage Piano

Musical Instrument Software

Arturia
Spark 2
FXpansion
BFD 3
Native Instruments
Razor 1.5
PPG
WaveGenerator for Mac and PC
PreSonus
Notion 5 Notation Software
Toontrack
EZdrummer 2

Signal Processing Hardware

BSS Audio
Soundweb London BLU-50
Dangerous Music
The Dangerous Compressor
elysia
xfilter Rack
Maselec
MLA-4 Triband Compressor/Expander
Sennheiser
Esfera
Waves Audio
SoundGrid Studio System

Signal Processing Hardware (500 Series Modules)

API
565 Filter Bank
Bettermaker
542 EQ
Eventide
DDL-500 Digital Delay
Maag Audio
EQ2
Rupert Neve Designs
551 EQ
Valley People
dyna-mite Compressor

Small Format Console Technology

Allen & Heath
Qu-32
CADAC
CDC four:m
PreSonus
StudioLive 32.4.2AI
Softube
Console 1
Solid State Logic
Matrix 2
Yamaha
QL Series

Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers

Bose
Asymmetrical Patterns RoomMatch
Electro-Voice
ETX Series
JBL Professional
EON615
L-Acoustics
K2
Meyer Sound
LYON
PreSonus
StudioLive AI Series Speakers

Studio Monitors

Focal
Alpha 65
Genelec
8010
JBL Professional
3 Series
Neumann
KH 120 D
PreSonus
Temblor T10
Tannoy
Reveal 502

Wireless Technology

Alto
Stealth Wireless Speaker Feed
Audio-Technica
System 10 Camera-Mount Wireless
Beyerdynamic
TG 100 Wireless
DMSTetrad Wireless
AKG
MIPRO
MI-909 Digital In-Ear Monitoring
Shure
GLXD6 Guitar Pedal Receiver with Tuner

Workstation Technology / Recording Devices

Cakewalk
SONAR X3
Cockos
Reaper 4.7
Merging Technologies
Pyramix 9
PreSonus
Studio One 2.6.2
Steinberg
Cubase 7.5
Yamaha
Nuage 1.5