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M.I.P.A. Awards Nominations And Winners 2013

The 2013 M.I.P.A. nominations and results have now been unveiled.
You can view the full list of nominations and winners here, but these are some of the winning highlights:
Best innovative product - Kemper Profiling Amplifier
Guitar Amp Top - Kemper Profiling Amp
Synthesizer Hardware - Arturia MiniBrute
Sound Library - Native Instruments Komplete
Keyboard Workstation - Korg Kronos X
Controller Keyboard - Akai MAX49
Software Instruments - MOTU MachFive 3
Live Perfomance Tool - Native Instruments Maschine MK2
Snap Studios Grab MPG Studio Of The Year
What was once concieved as “the ultimate budget studio” has won the MPG Studio of the Year Award.
The original concept morphed into a studio housing some of the most wonderful vintage gear, such as a 1972 Neve console and outboard most will only ever dream of owning.
Check out the site and the video tour - the guys running it are down-to-earth and inspiring to those who think that great recording studios are a dying breed. As they say “I wasn’t looking for a studio. Indeed, it was pretty much the last thing on my mind. After all, who plants seed in a draught? And the recent string of studio closures offers testament to the dire straights of the UK recording industry.”
Pro Tools 10 Wins 2013 TEC Foundation Award

Pro Tools 10 received the 2013 TEC Foundation Award at NAMM 2013.
Pro Tools 10 won in the category of Digital Audio Workstation Technology, our congratulations to the whole team at Avid for their hard work
In the picture above is Bobby Lombardi, who is now taking care of Sibelius.
Pro Tools Expert Products Of 2012 - And The Winner
Just some of the shortlisted products of the Year 2012The team have been considering what gets our Pro Tools Expert Product of the Year Award 2012.
Without consulting one another we made recommendations for those products we wanted to win. We all threw in our own favourites and here is the shortlist…
- Universal Audio UA Apollo
- Moog Minitaur
- iZotope Alloy 2
- Nugen Audio ISL True Peak Limiter
- Neyrinck V-Control Pro for iPad
- Pro Tools HD | Native Thunderbolt
- Sugar Bytes AAX Wrapper
- PPG WaveGenerator iPad Synth
- Arturia Mini Brute
It may come as no surprise to many of you that the product that was unanimously voted as the winner with the most votes from our team is the Universal Audio UA Apollo. For many of us it sets a new benchmark for combining great features, sound and at a great price. All those short listed are worth consideration, so check them all out!

Neil Hester