58 magazines from all over the world voted at Musikmesse / ProLight & Sound for the best products of 2004/2005 in more than 40 categories. Here is the full list of nominees and winners :

BEST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
Apple GarageBand
Line 6 Variax Acoustic
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX

BASS :

Bass Amp
Hughes & Kettner Quantum QT600
Yamaha BBT 500H
Ampeg Porta Bass PB800

Bass Cabinet
Mark Bass Traveller
Ampeg Pro Series
Yamaha BBT-Serie

Electric Bass
Music Man - Bongo
Line 6 Variax Bass
Warwick Katana


DRUMS : 

Acoustic Drums
DW VLT Drums
Pearl Reference Series
Tama Superstar Drums

Cymbals
Sabian Artisan Ride
Meinl Soundcaster Cymbals
Zildjian K Custom Dry Complex Ride 

Hardware
DW 9000 Bass Drum Pedals
Pearl Advanced Hardware
Sonor 600 Series Double Pedal

Drumsticks
Vic Firth Diamond Tip Sticks
Regal Tip E Series
Ahead Tommy Lee Concert & Studio Sticks
 
Drumheads
Remo Emperor X Snare Drum Heads
Aquarian Focus X Drum Heads
Evana MX Snare Drum Heads

Electronic Drums
Roland TD-12 V-Drums
Yamaha DTXplorer
Pintech Visulite HiHat-Pads

Percussion Instrument
Meinl Luis Conte Artist Series Congas
Pearl Horacio Hernandez Signature Cowbells
Remo Cuba Collection Congas

Drum Microphone
Sennheiser Evolution 900 Series
Earthworks DK 25 Microphone Sets
Beyer Dynamic Opus Series


GUITARS :

Electric Guitar
Paul Reed Smith 513
Fender 50th Anniversary Strat
Burns Brian May

Acoustic Guitar
Martin D-28
Line6 Variax Acoustic
Yamaha LJ36

Guitar Combo
Mesa Engineering Lone Star
Hughes & Kettner Matrix 100
Fender Cyber Twin
 
Guitar Top
Marshall DSL100
Peavey JSX
Mesa Stiletto Head 

Acoustic Guitar Amp
Fishman Loudbox
AER Acousticube 3
Rivera Sedona

Guitar Effects (19" / Floor)
Line 6 PODxt Live
Boss GT-8
DigiTech GNX4

Pick-Ups
L.R. Baggs M1
Seymour Duncan JB
Di Marzio PAF Joe

Strings
Elixir Nanoweb
D'Addario EXL
Dean Markley Blue Steel

KEYBOARDS / SOFTWARE :
 
Synthesizer (Hardware)
Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver
Alesis Micron
Access Virus

Sampler (Hardware / Software)
E-mu Emulator X
Steinberg HALion 3
NI Kontakt 2

Stage Piano
Roland RD-700
M-Audio ProKeys 88
Yamaha P250

Keyboard Workstation
Korg Oasys
Roland Fantom X 2.0
Yamaha Motif ES

Sound Libraries
Garritan Personal Orchestra
Vienna Symphonic Library Horizon-Series
Apple Jam Pack

Software Instruments
Korg Legacy Collection
NI Absynth 3
Arturia Arp 2600 V

Organ/Portable Keyboard
Hammond XK-3
Clavia Nord Electro 2
Roland V-Combo/VR-760


LIVE-SOUND :

Mixing Desk (Live)
MIDAS Verona
Innovason Sy80
Soundcraft GB4

Portable Sound
Dynacord Madras 
JBL SRX 700
Bose Personalized Amplification System

Tour Sound
L-Acoustics KUDO
HK Audio Cohedra Compact
EAW KF730 Line Array

Live Microphone
AKG WMS 4000
Sennheiser Evolution G2
Shure SLX


RECORDING :

Mixing Desk (Project Studio)
Mackie Onyx 1640
Yamaha 01x
Yamaha DM-2000

Mixing Desk (High End)
SSL AWS900
SmartAV The Smart Console
Studer Vista 8

Studio Microphone
AKG C414 B-XLII
Neumann M149
Schoeps CMD 2U

Studio Monitors (Nearfield)
Genelec 8000 Series
Blue Sky Media Desk
Dynaudio Air Series

Surround Tools
Steinberg Nuendo 3
Steinberg Wavelab 5.0
SPL MMC1

Recording Software
Apple Logic Pro 7
Cakewalk Sonar 4
Ableton Live 4

Desktop Recording Workstations
Korg D32XD
Roland VS-2400CD
Tascam 2488

Recording I/O Devices
RME Fireface 800
Motu 828 MkII
E-MU 1820 / 1820M

Recording Hardware
Digidesign ProTools HD
Tascam 2488
RME Fireface 800

Recording Effects (Hardware/Software)
PSP Nitro
Universal Audio UAD-1
Native Instruments Guitar Rig


DANCE/GROOVE GEAR :

Groove Box
Roland MC-909
Akai MPC1000
Korg Electribe SX

DJ-Software/Tools
Ableton Live 4
Stanton Final Scratch
NI Traktor

MIPA Lifetime Achievement Award
Mr. Robert Zildjian, founder of Sabian

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