4 l October 2013
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awardsreview UNITED KINGDOM Host Alistair Williams preps up
Karma handed out the trophies
Ministry of fun!
The first Pro Sound Awards served up a glorious night of revelry and rewards for the talented people from all corners of the professional audio industry. Dave Robinson was sober enough to remember what happened
Jim Warren couldn’t make it along on the night –he was out on tour in foreign parts but did send a video message of thanks
WHAT A NIGHT! Producer Mark Ronson was DJing that evening and couldn’t come, while FOH engineer Jim Warren was away on tour in foreign lands. But that didn’t stop hundreds of guests, sponsors and nominees from pouring through the doors of London’s Ministry of Sound on Thursday 19 September for the very first Pro Sound Awards. What a night, indeed. A host of names and faces from the broad spectrum of
pro-audio filled the main room and contributed to the Martin Audio-sponsored bar bill: engineers, producers, manufacturers, acousticians, studio managers and staff, distributors, technicians, you name ’em. Outside, grabbing a burger or a quick ciggie, many more from the worlds of recording, broadcast, live and installed sound – disciplines that are rarely gathered together in one space. Newcomer Alistair Williams hosted the awards ceremony
itself (with glasses of fizz sponsored by ISE), making a suitable snipe or two at a particular brand of trendy headphones (...you can guess which one). Then on to the awards themselves. Jim Warren won
Live/Touring Sound Engineer of the Year (sponsored by Medialease), and sent a video message of thanks from Montreal, where he is currently on tour with The Reflektors. Audio Electronics Mattijsen won Tour Sound Production for
The crew of Audio Electronics Maatijsen were otherwise engaged, so Dave Robinson collected the Tour Sound Production prize on their behalf
their handling of the coronation of King Willem-Alexander in the Netherlands. Roland Mattijsen sent a message, read out by PSNEurope’s Dave Robinson: “As we have a new King or Queen only every other 30 years, we can look back at a very successful project and got a huge amount of very positive reactions from everybody, including you.” Third time lucky: Mark Saunders of Sennheiser was there in person to receive the After-Sales Support Award.
On to the Studio section, sponsored by Focusrite Novation, which saw veteran Toby Alington take Engineer of the Year. He said afterwards: “This stretch of 12 months’ work of all different types of projects from film music, concerts through to things like the Brits and MTVs. To be recognised for the energy and emotion we put into each and every one of those projects is the best reward I could have.” Al O’Connell – himself nominated in the Engineer
Martin Audio sponsored the reception
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