These are the nominees in the categories of Outstanding Technical Achievement.
Amplification Hardware / Studio & Sound Reinforcement
JBL
L-Acoustics
LEA Professional
NEXO
Powersoft
QSC
Yamaha
Audio Apps & Hardware / Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets
Eventide
IK Multimedia
Positive Grid
Sonarworks
Steinberg
Computer Audio Hardware
Antelope Audio
Apogee
Focusrite
Hotone Audio
PreSonus
Solid State Logic
Universal Audio
DJ Production Technology (Hardware / Software)
Akai
Denon
Native Instruments
Novation
Numark
Pioneer DJ
Roland
Headphone / Earpiece Technology
AKG
Audeze
Audio-Technica
Austrian Audio
PreSonus
Sennheiser
Shure
Large Format Console Technology
Avid
DiGiCo
Neve
Solid State Logic
Stage Tec
Yamaha
Microphone Preamplifiers
Focusrite
Grace Design
Neumann
Neve
sE Electronics
Soyuz
Thermionic Culture
Microphones – Recording
AKG
Austrian Audio
Earthworks Audio
Josephson Engineering
Townsend Labs
United Studio Technologies
Microphones – Sound Reinforcement
Avantone
Countryman
Earthworks
PreSonus
sE Electronics
Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Kemper
Kemper
Line 6
Softube
Softube
Strymon
Yamaha
Musical Instrument Hardware
Cre8audio
Korg
Moog
Roland
Sequential
Yamaha
Musical Instrument Software
Celemony
EastWest Sounds
Sound Magic
Spitfire Audio
Spitfire Audio
Universal Audio
Vienna Symphonic Library
Production Essentials
Audinate
Audio-Technica
GeerFab Audio
IsoAcoustics
Radial Engineering
Ultimate Support
Wes Lachot Design Group
Signal Processing Hardware
Bettermaker
Black Lion Audio
Little Labs
Pulse Techniques
WesAudio
Signal Processing Hardware (500 Series Modules)
Signal Processing Software (Dynamics / EQ / Utilities)
Leapwing Audio
oeksound Ltd
Softube
Solid State Logic
Sound Magic
Universal Audio
Signal Processing Software (Effects)
Brainworx
FabFilter
iZotope
Kazrog
PreSonus
Sound Magic
Waves
Small Format Console Technology
Allen & Heath
Mackie
PreSonus
Softube
TASCAM
Waves
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Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers
d&b audiotechnik
Electro-Voice
JBL
L-Acoustics
Meyer Sound
Yamaha
Studio Monitors
Avantone Pro
Barefoot Sound
Dynaudio
Genelec
JBL
Ocean Way Audio
PreSonus
Wireless Technology
Audio-Technica
Clear-Com
Lectrosonics
Sennheiser
Yamaha
Workstation Technology / Recording Devices
Merging Technologies
Neve®
PreSonus
Steinberg
Tracktion
Universal Audio
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