The ICON integrated audio console from Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, received the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award for technical achievement at the organization’s 44th annual awards ceremony, held on Feb. 16 in Los Angeles.

The Cinema Audio Society Awards recognize outstanding achievements in sound mixing and sound production technologies for television and feature films. This is the fourth year the Cinema Audio Society presented the Technical Achievement Award, which included two categories: outstanding product used in production and outstanding product used in postproduction.

The Digidesign ICON integrated console took home top honors in the postproduction category. 

“We’re exceptionally proud to once again be recognized by such a prestigious group as the Cinema Audio Society—an organization of the very top mixers in working TV and film today,” says Digidesign director of professional console sales Rich Nevens, who was on hand to accept the award.

“Receiving the CAS award is a real testament to the ongoing collaboration between our users and the development and test teams at Digidesign. We’re tremendously thankful for the support of our users worldwide and are proud to play a part in their ongoing success.” 



The Cinema Audio Society was founded in 1964, with the mission of sharing information among audio professionals and creating a viable channel of communication between individuals whose efforts play an integral role in the production and distribution of soundtracks in the motion picture and television industries. Its membership includes more than 550 movie, television, and commercial sound mixers working in the fields of production, postproduction, film and video, music scoring, video post sweetening, ADR and foley. 



WINNERS AND NOMINEES FOR THE 2007 CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

• WINNER: Zaxcom Deva 5.8
  
• Aaton Cantar X2
• Schoeps CMIT 5u
• Fostex PD606
• Sonosax SX-STD Mixer

• WINNER: Digidesign ICON
  
• iZotope RX
• Cedar DNS 2000
• Nuendo 4
• Euphonix S5 Fusion

WINNERS AND NOMINEES FOR THE 2007 CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

• 2008 CAS Career Achievement Award Honoree: Dennis Sands, CAS
• 2008 CAS Filmmaker Award Honoree: Bill Condon

• WINNER: No Country for Old Men
  Production Mixer: Peter Kurland, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, CAS
• The Bourne Ultimatum
  Production Mixer: Kirk Francis, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Scott Millan, CAS, David Parker
• Into the Wild
  Production Mixer: Edward Tise
  Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Minkler, CAS, Lora Hirschberg
• 300
  Production Mixer: Patrick Rousseau
  Re-Recording Mixers: Chris Jenkins, CAS, Frank Montano
• Transformers
  
  Production Mixer: Peter J. Devlin, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, CAS

• WINNER: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  Production Mixer: George Tarrant
  Re-Recording Mixers: Rick Ash, Edward C. Carr III, CAS
• The Company, part 2
  Production Mixer: Mac Ruth, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Nello Torri, CAS, Alan Decker, CAS
• High School Musical 2
  Production Mixer: Douglas Cameron
  Re-Recording Mixers: Terry O’Bright, CAS, Keith Rogers, CAS
• The Kill Point, "The Great Ape Escape" (part 5)
  Production Mixer: James M. Emswiller, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Robert Appere, CAS, Ethan Beigel
• Tin Man, "Into The Storm" (part 1)
  Production Mixer: Eric Lamontagne
  Re-Recording Mixers: Iain Pattison, Paul A. Sharpe, Graeme Hughes

• WINNER: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Living Doll"
  Production Mixer: Mick Fowler, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Yuri Reese, CAS, Bill Smith
• Jericho, "Why We Fight"
  Production Mixer: Phillip W. Palmer, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Sherry Klein, CAS, Fred Tator, CAS
• Scrubs, "My Musical"
  Production Mixer: Joe Foglia, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: John W. Cook, CAS, Peter Nusbaum, CAS
• The Sopranos, "The Blue Comet"
  Production Mixer: Mathew Price, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Kevin Burns, CAS, Todd Orr
• 24, "Day 6: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M."
  Production Mixer: William Gocke, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Olman, CAS, Kenneth Kobett, CAS

• WINNER: Great Performances at the Met, "The Magic Flute"
  Production Mixer: Bill King
  Music Mixer—Live Performance: Jay Saks
  Re-Recording Mixers: Ken Hahn, CAS, John Bowen
• A&E Rocks, "Bon Jovi"
  Audio/Stereo & 5.1 Mixer: Obie O’Brien
• Deadliest Catch, "The Unforgiving Sea"
  Re-Recording Mixer: Bob Bronow, CAS
• Faces of Earth, "The Human World"
  Original Dialogue Recording: Aaron Mason
  Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Olman, CAS, Kenneth Kobett, CAS
• The War, "When Things Get Tough" (episode 2)
  Re-Recording Mixer: Dominick Tavella, CAS
  Voiceover Recording: Lou Verrico
  Location Sound Recording: Brenda Ray, Mark Roy

• WINNER: Species: The Awakening
  Production Mixer: Gabriel Coll Barberis
  Re-Recording Mixers: Alec St. John, Derek Marcil, CAS
• Bring It On: In It To Win It
  Production Mixer: Joe Foglia, CAS
  Re-Recording Mixer: Kelly Vandever, CAS
• Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme
  Original Dialogue Recording: Eric Lewis
  Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Draghi, CAS
• Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
  English Dialogue Recording: Collin McQueen
  Re-Recording Mixer: Christopher Elam, CAS
• The Invincible Iron Man
  Original Dialogue Recording: Eric Lewis
  Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Draghi, CAS