107 magazines from all over the world got together to vote for the best products of 2006/2007 in more than 40 categories. More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors of musical instruments and audio equipment have joined for the 8th mipa Awards Show including guests from the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
This proves that the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award has become the Grammy of the Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry.
Keyboards
– Synthesizer (Hardware):
* Roland V-Synth XT
* Korg Radias
* Virus TI
– Stage Piano:
* Clavia Nord Stage
* Kawai MP8
* Rhodes Piano (the new)
– Keyboard Workstation:
* Korg M3
* Yamaha Motif XS
* Roland Fantom-X
– Software Instruments:
* Native Instruments Massive
* Arturia Jupiter-8 V
* Cakewalk Rapture
– Organ/Portable Keyboard:
* Clavia Nord C1
* Yamaha Tyros 2
* Korg Pa800
– Sampler:
* Native Instruments Kontakt II
* E-MU Emulator X 2
* IK Multimedia Sample Tank XL 2.0
– Sound Libraries:
* Vienna Symphonic Library – Symphonic Cube
* Ueberschall The Voice 1 & 2 Choral Phrase Libraries
* Steinberg HALion Orchestra
Studio/Pro Audio:
– Mixing Desk (High End):
* Digidesign Icon D-Command
* Neve 88D
* Studer Vista
– Mixing Desk (Live):
* Midas XL-8
* Soundcraft Vi6
* Yamaha M7CL
– Mixing Desk (Project Studio):
* M-Audio NRV-10
* Mackie VLZ3-Serie
* Alesis Multimix i6 FireWire
Studio
– Studio Monitor (Nearfield):
* JBL LSR4326P
* Adam A7
* Genelec 8200 Series
– Recording Software:
* Apple Logic Pro 7.3
* Steinberg Cubase4
* Digidesign Protools HD
– Recording Hardware:
* TC Electronic Konnekt24
* MOTU Ultralite
* Focusrite LiquidMix
– Recording Effects:
* SSL Duende
* Celemony Melodyne 3
* TC Helicon VoicePro
Groove-Gear
– Groove Box:
* Akai MPC2500
* Roland MV-8800 Production Studio
* Radikal Technologies Spectralis
DJ-Software/DJ-Tools:
* M-Audio Torq
* Korg KAOSS Pad 3
* Native Instruments Audio 8 DJ
Check out the MIPA website for a detailed run down of all the categories and winners.