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WAVES
AUDIO PRESENTED WITH A TECHNICAL GRAMMY® AWARD AT THE
53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
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for High-Res Photo File)
Shown L-R: Waves co-founder Meir Shaashua,
The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing®
Co-Chair James McKinney and Waves co-founder Gilad Keren, as Waves
accepted their Technical GRAMMY® Award during The Recording
Academy’s Special Merit Awards, which took place in Los
Angeles on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at the Wilshire Ebell
Theatre, as part of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards week-long celebration.
Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy/WireImage.com © 2011.
Photo by Rick Diamond.
— Company
acknowledged at The Recording Academy’s® Special Merit Awards
for its contribution of outstanding technical excellence to the recording
field —
KNOXVILLE,
TN, February 28, 2011 — During this year’s GRAMMY®
Week celebration, Waves Audio was
presented with a prestigious Technical GRAMMY Award, honoring its
innovative professional music production software. The special invitation-only
ceremony was part of The Recording Academy®’s Special Merit
Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 12,
2011, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. A formal acknowledgment was also
made during the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, which was held
at STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, and broadcast live on
CBS.
This
Special Merit GRAMMY is awarded by vote of the Producers & Engineers
Wing® Advisory Council and Producers & Engineers Wing Chapter
Committees and ratified by The Recording Academy’s National
Trustees. The award is presented to companies that have made outstanding
contributions of technical significance to the recording field. With
this presentation of the Technical GRAMMY, Waves joins a prestigious
list of previous recipients which includes such well-known names as
Apple, Sony/Philips, Shure and Yamaha.
“We
would like to thank the Recording Academy for this tremendous honor
you have bestowed upon us,” stated Gilad Keren, founder and
CEO of Waves Audio, addressing the crowd at the ceremony on Saturday,
February 12, 2011. “We would also like to thank the Board of
Trustees and the Producers and Engineers Wing for recognizing our
contributions of technical significance to the recording field. Additionally,
on behalf of everyone at Waves, we would like to thank all of our
users, beta testers and colleagues for their loyalty and support over
the years. What started as a dream 30 years ago has grown into a vibrant
company with hundreds of products and over 100 talented employees.
We would like to thank our staff, past and present, whose tireless
dedication continues to enable us to make the tools that are utilized
by many of you in this room. We would especially like to thank all
the producers and engineers who have collaborated with us in making
this all happen. Everyone at Waves would like to recognize the late
Michael Gerzon as a mentor and a friend, whose important industry
contributions and technical documents continue to inspire us to this
day. Thank you for this prestigious award.”
Meir
Shaashua, co-founder and CTO of Waves Audio, echoed Keren’s
statements: “On behalf of everyone at Waves, we are proud to
accept this award. It is such a beautiful experience to be part of
the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, celebrating along with our colleagues
and peers. Waves has accomplished a great deal in the two decades
since our founding, and we look forward to furthering our contributions
as the years progress.”
For more information, please visit www.waves.com.
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Photo File: Waves_TechnicalGRAMMY.JPG
Photo Caption: Shown L-R: Waves co-founder Meir Shaashua, The Recording
Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® Co-Chair James McKinney
and Waves co-founder Gilad Keren, as Waves accepted their Technical
GRAMMY® Award during The Recording Academy’s Special Merit
Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 12,
2011, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, as part of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY
Awards week-long celebration. Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy/WireImage.com
© 2011. Photo by Rick Diamond.
About
Waves Ltd.:
From its start in the early '90s with the introduction of the
Q10 equalizer plugin, Waves, a leading provider of audio DSP
solutions for professional, broadcast, and consumer electronics
audio markets, has gone on to develop a comprehensive line of
over 100 audio plugins including industry standards like the
L1 and L2 Ultramaximizers, popular vintage console models, and
innovative mixing tools like Vocal Rider and the Artist Signature
Series. Waves technologies are now used to improve sound quality
in virtually every sector of the audio market, from recording,
mixing, mastering and post production to broadcast, live sound,
and consumer electronics. Waves has over 15 years of expertise
in the development of psycho-acoustic signal processing algorithms
that leverage knowledge on the human perception of hearing to
radically improve perceived sound quality. Waves’ award-winning
processors are utilized to improve sound quality in the creation
of hit records, major motion pictures, and popular video games
worldwide. Waves offers computer software solutions as well
as hardware plus software solutions for the professional and
broadcast markets. Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers semiconductor
and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics applications.
Waves’ Maxx technologies dramatically enhance audio performance
and are used by industry leaders such as Sony, Sanyo, JVC, Toshiba,
and many others. For more information, visit the Waves web site
at http://www.waves.com.
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Waves
Contacts:
North America Offices:
Waves, Inc., 2800 Merchants Drive, Knoxville, TN 37912;
Tel: 865-909-9200, Fax: 865-909-9245, Email: info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
Corporate
Headquarters Israel:
Waves Ltd., Azrieli Center, The Triangle Tower, 32nd Floor
Tel Aviv 67023, Israel; Tel: 972-3-608-4000, Fax: 972-3-608-4056,
Email: info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
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