Most
innovative product
-
Roland V-Accordion
-
Movek myMix
- TC Electronic PolyTune

Bass Amp
-
Fender Bassman TV
-
TC Electronic RebelHead 450
-
SWR Headlite

Bass Cabinet
- Hartke AK410
- Markbass Club 600 F32
- tc electronic RebelStack 210/212

Electric Bass
-
Flea Bass 32
-
Hagstrom HB-8
-
Warwick Starbass II

Acoustic Bass
-
Boldercreek EBR3-N4
-
Breedlove Atlas Solo BJ350/CM4
-
Warwick Alien Acoustic

Bass Strings
-
D'Addario EXL 170
- Dunlop Bass Nickel Plated Steel
- Rotosound
Nexus Coated

Acoustic Drums
-
Brady Spotted Gum
-
Drumcraft Series 8
-
Tama Starphonic Snare Drums

Cymbals
-
Meinl Byzance Sand Ride
-
Paiste Alpha Brillant Series
-
Zildjian K Light Flat Ride

Drum Hardware
- DW-3000 Series
-
Mapex Falcon Pedal
-
Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive Bass Drum Pedal

Drumheads
-
Aquarian Hi-Velocity
-
Evans EC2 SST
-
Remo Ambassador X
Drumsticks
-
Pro-Mark Autograph Sticks
-
Regal Tip Extreme Metal Sticks
-
Vic Firth Signature Series

Electronic Drums
-
Korg Wavedrum W-DX
-
Pearl E-Pro
-
Roland Octapad SPD30

Percussion Instrument
-
LP One Hand Triangle
- Meinl Taku Hirano Signature Handed Bale
-
Tycoon Swing Shake

LP One Hand Triangle

Meinl Taku Hirano Signature Handed Bale
Drum Education
-
Keith Karlock "The Big Picture" (Hudson DVD)
-
Derek "Roddy Blast Beats Evolved" (Hudson DVD)
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George Kolias "Intense Metal Drumming" (Music Sales)

Electric Guitar
- Fender Roadworn Series
-
Ibanez RGD Series
-
PRS 305

Acoustic Guitar
-
Martin DC-16OGTE
-
PRS Tonare Grand
-
Taylor Baritone 8-String

Guitar Amp Combo
-
Blackstar HT Stage 100
-
Marshall Class5
-
Peavey Vypyr 15

Guitar Amp Head
-
Blackstar Series One 100
-
Egnater Rebel-20
-
Marshall JMD:1

Guitar Effects (19'' or
Floor)
-
Boss ME-25
-
DigiTech RP 1000
-
tc electronic Nova System

Pickups
-
EMG Serie HZ SRO
-
Lindy Fralin Split-Blade Strat
-
Seymour Duncan Blackouts

Acoustic Guitar Amp
-
AER Compact XL
-
Genz-Benz Shenandoah Compak 300
-
L.R.Baggs Acoustic Reference Amplifier

Strings
-
D'Addario EXP110 Coated Nickel-Plated Steel
-
Dean Markley Alchemy GoldPhos
-
Elixir Nanoweb

Synthesizer Hardware
-
Access Music Virus TI2
-
Arturia Origin Keyboard
-
Dave Smith Instruments Tetra

Stage Piano
-
Korg SV-1
-
Roland V.Piano
-
Yamaha CP1

Keyboard Workstation
- No nominees, as there seem to be
no out standing product developments this year
Controller
Keyboard
- Cakewalk A-Pro-Series
- M-Audio Oxygen 3rd Generation
- Novation ReMote SL Mk II

Software Instruments
- Native Instruments Kontakt 4
- Synthogy Ivory II
- Waldorf Largo

Organ/Portable Keyboard
- No nominees, as there seem to be no out standing product
developments this year
Sound Libraries
-
Mixosaurus Kit A
-
Native Instruments Abbey Road 60s Drum
-
Vienna Symphonic Library
Live
Performance Tool
- Korg Kaossilator Pro
- Novation Launchpad
- Yamaha Tenori-on

Portable Sound
-
Electro-Voice ZXA-1
-
Fohhn Linea Focus steerable
-
QSC Audio K Series

PA-System
-
Alcons Audio LR7
-
d&b T-Series
- JBL VerTec VT 4886

Live Microphone
-
AKG DMS 700 Digital
-
DPA 4099 Live Instrument Mic Series
-
Neumann KMS 104 Plus

Sound System
Technologies
- Crown
HiQnet Band Manager
- Optocore
SANE
- Riedel
MediorNet Fiber Solution

Mixing Desk (Live)
-
Digidesign VENUE SC48
-
Soundcraft Vi2
-
Yamaha M7CL-48ES

Studio Microphone
-
Audio Technica AT4080
-
Blue Bottle Rocket Stage Two
-
Neumann TLM 102

Studio Monitor (Nearfield)
-
Focal CMS 65
-
Genelec 8260A
-
JBL LSR2300

Recording Software
-
Cakewalk SONAR Producer Version 8.5
-
Propellerhead Record
-
Steinberg Cubase 5

Recording Hardware
-
Cakewalk Sonar V-Studio 100
-
Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56
-
MOTU Traveler-mk3

Mixing Desk (Project Studio)
-
Allen & Heath ZED R16
-
Mackie Onyx i-Series
-
PreSonus Studio Live

Mixing Desk HiEnd
-
Audient ZEN
-
Euphonix System 5B
-
SSL Matrix

Audio
Processor (Software)
- Lexicon Native Reverb Bundle
- UAD-2
- Waves Vocal Rider

Field Recorder
- Edirol by Roland R4-Pro
- Sony PCM-M10
- Zoom H4n

DAW Controller
- AKAI APC-40
- Cakewalk Sonar V-Studio 700
- Euophonix MC Mix
