13th mipa - Musikmesse International Press Award 2012
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... we did it again!

For the 13th time, more than 100 magazines from all over the world voted for the best musical instruments and audio equipment of 2011/2012 in more than 40 categories of the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award.
The awards have been presented to the winners at a special mipa awards ceremony & party held during the Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012.

More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors of musical instruments and audio equipment got together for the 13th 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 is established as the “Grammy" of the Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry.

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Nominations an Winner 2012

Best innovative product

• Kemper Profiling Amplifier
• Peavey AT-200 Guitar
• TC Toneprint Pedals

Bass

Bass Amp

• Warwick WA600
• Fender Super Bassman
• Ibanez Promethean P500H

 Bass Cabinet

• EBS Neoline-410
• TC Electronic RS210C
• Ampeg PN-410HLF

Electric Bass

• Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass
• Yamaha BB2025X
• Warwick Star Bass

Acoustic Bass

• Stanford Robot Bass
• Warwick Alien Deluxe
• Takamine EGB2S-N

Drums

Acoustic Drums

• DW Collector's Maple/Mahogany Drums
• Mapex Black Panther Retrosonic Drumset
• Tama SLP Sound Lab Project Snaredrums

Cymbals

• Meinl Brann Dailor Ghost Ride
• Paiste Twenty Custom Collection
• Zildjian K Constantinople Renaissance Ride

Drum Hardware

• DW 9900 Air Lift Tom Stand
• Ludwig Atlas Pro
• Sakae Bassdrum-Pedal

Drumheads

• Aquarian Triple Threat
• Evans G14
• Remo X14

Drumsticks

• Regal Tip Mayhem Mallet
• Vic Firth Gavin Harrison Signature Sticks
• Zildjian Dave Grohl Artist Sticks

Electronic Drums

• Alesis DM10 Studio Kit
• Nord Drum Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer
• Roland V-Drums TD-30

 Percussion

• LP Laptop Conga
• Meinl Slap Top Cajon
• Pearl Cube Cajon

Guitar

Electric-Guitar

• PRS SC58
• Line 6 James Tyler Variax
• Ibanez M8M

Acoustic Guitar

• Taylor GS Mini
• Yamaha AC3M
• Martin LXK2 Little Martin

Guitar Amp Combo

• Fender EC Twinolux Eric Clapton Signature Amp
• Blackstar HT-5R
• Yamaha THR10

Guitar Amp Head

• Kemper Profiling Amp
• Hughes&Kettner Tubemeister 18
• Marshall YJM 100

Guitar Effects

• Digitech iPB-10
• TC Electronic TonePrint-Series
• MXR Custom Badass '78 Distortion

Pickups

• Shadow NANOflex 6 Acoustic Pickup
• Seymour Duncan Zephyr Silver Pickups
• Lindy Fralin Pure PAF

Acoustic Guitar Amp

• Trace Acoustic TA-100
• Fishman Loudbox Artist
• AER Alpha plus

Strings

• Martin SP Lifespan Strings
• D'Addario XL Pure Nickel Electric
• DR Strings Neon Bass

Keyboards / Software

Synthesizer Hardware

• Arturia MiniBrute
• Moog Minitaur
• Roland Jupiter-80

 Stage Piano

• Clavia Nord Piano 2
• Kawai MP-10
• Roland FP-7F

 Keyboard Workstation

• Korg Kronos
• Kurzweil PC 3 K-Series
• Yamaha MOX8

Controller Keyboard

• Akai MAX49
• Nektar Panorama P4
• Novation Impulse

Software Instruments

• Arturia Oberheim SEM V
• Native Instruments Komplete 8
• U-he Diva

 Organ/Portable Keyboard

• Clavia Nord C2D
• Hammond SK-Series
• Korg Pa3X Pro

Live Perfomance Tool

• Apple iPad
• Native Instruments Maschine
• Peavey Musebox

Pro Audio

Portable Sound

• Bose L1 Model II
• Dynacord Corus-Evolution
• Yamaha DXR DXS series

PA-System

• JBL VTX
• L-Acoustics K1
• Outline GTO

Live Microphone / IEM / Wireless Systems

• MXL Live Series
• Sennheiser SK5212
• Shure PSM 1000

Sound System Technologies

• Harman HiQNet Performance Manager
• Yamaha StageMix / iPad
• Allen & Heath iLive Mix Pad / iPad

Mixing Desk (Live)

• Allen & Heath GLD
• DiGiCo SD10
• Midas Pro2

Studio

Studio Microphone

• Lewitt LCT Series
• Microtech Gefell M930TS
• Miktek C Series

Studio Monitor (Nearfield)

• Adam ARTist 3
• Focal SM9
• sE Electronics The Egg

Recording Software

• Avid Protools 10
• MOTU Digital Performer 8
• Steinberg Cubase 6

Recording Hardware

• Apogee Symphony I/O
• MOTU 823mk3 Hybrid
• Universal Audio Apollo

Mixing Desk (Project Studio)

• Focusrite Control 2802
• Presonus StudioLive
• Yamaha 01V96i

Field Recorder

• Tascam DR-40
• Olympus DM-670
• Zoom H2n

DAW Controller

• Akai MPC Studio
• Avid Artist Control
• Steinberg CMC Series

MIPA-Magazines 2012

• Baterista Al Sur, Argentina
• Acordes , Spain
• Acoustic Guitar, USA
• Andante, Turkey
• Audio, Italy
• Audio Media, UK
• Audio Musica & Technologia, Brazil
• Audio Producer, Russia
• Axe - Periodico Per Chitarristi, Italy
• Backstage, Brazil
• Backstage, Italy
• Bass Player, USA
• Batteur, France
• Canadian Music Trade, Canada
• Canadian Musician, Canada
• Chitarre, Italy
• Computer Music , Spain
• Computer Music , UK
• Computer Music Studio, Italy
• De Bassist, The Netherlands
• digitalDrummer, Australia
• DJ Magazine , UK
• Downbeat , USA
• Drum Club, Italy
• Drum!, USA
• Drummer, UK
• Drummerworld.com, Switzerland
• drums & percussion, Germany
• Drumscene, Australia
• Electronic Musician, USA
• EQ, USA
• Estrada i Studio, Poland
• Future Music, UK
• Future Music , Spain
• GITAR PLUS, Indonesia
• Gitarist, The Netherlands
• Gitarre & Bass, Germany
• Guitar and Bass Magazine, UK
• Guitar Club, Italy
• Guitar Player, USA
• Guitar World, USA
• Guitarist, France
• Guitarist, UK
• Guitarra Electrica, Spain
• Guitarrista, Spain
• Harmony Central, USA
• Il Giornale Della Musica, Italy
• IMAS Pro Audio Group, UK
• InSound, Italy
• Interface, The Netherlands
• InterMedia, Russia
• Jazz Drummer World Online, Switzerland
• Keyboard, USA
• Keyboard Recording, France
• Keyboards, Germany
• Live Sound, USA
• Meet Music, Belgium
• MI PRO Magazine, UK
• Mix Magazin, USA
• Modern Drummer, USA
• Music Magazine, Spain
• Music Maker, The Netherlands
• Music Player Network, USA
• Music Trades Magazine, USA
• Música & Mercado , Brazil
• Musicplayer.com, USA
• Musikeren, Denmark
• Musikermagasinet, Sweden
• Musikkpraksis, Norway
• Musik-kultur, Norway
• musikmachen.de, Germany
• Muzikus, Czech Republic
• Muzykalnyj Zhurnal  , Belarus
• OBaterista, Brazil
• PA & Música , Portugal
• Premier Guitar, USA
• Pro Audio Review, USA
• Pro Sound News, UK
• Produção Áudio , Portugal
• Producao Profissional, Brazil
• Producao Profissional, Portugal
• Produccion Audio, Spain
• Produccion Profesional, Spain
• Production Partner, Germany
• Professional Sound, Canada
• Professional System, Germany
• pro-music-news, The Netherlands
• ProMediaNews, Germany
• Recording Magazine, USA
• Remix , USA
• Resolution, UK
• Rhythm, UK
• Ritmi, Italy
• Rytmi, Finland
• SchoolJam, Germany
• Show Master, Russia
• Slagwerkrant, The Netherlands
• Sound & Lite, Italy
• Sound & Recording, Germany
• Sound Magazine, Finland
• Sound:Check, Mexico
• Soundcheck , Denmark
• Stage, Belgium
• Sticks, Germany
• Strumenti Musicali, Italy
• Tecnoprofile , Argentina
• TOP Bass, Poland
• TOP Drummer, Poland
• TOP Guitar, Poland
• TOP Studio, Poland
• Total Guitar, UK
• UpBeat, USA
• Zenész, Hungary