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Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console wins NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award
Knoxville, TN, January 26, 2026 — Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, received a NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award at the 41st Annual TEC Awards, held on Thursday, January 22, at The 2026 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The eMotion LV1 Classic, a fully integrated live mixing console, received top honors in the Small Format Console Technology category. Finalists from all categories were selected by industry professionals across major music, sound, and game audio associations, along with pro-audio-focused media groups.
Noam Raz, General Manager of Waves’ Live Division, stated, “We’re honored and proud to receive a TEC Award for the eMotion LV1 Classic, a strong endorsement of our vision for the future of live sound. Recognition from the TEC Awards voters validates the impact this platform is having for engineers and live productions worldwide.”
eMotion LV1 Classic offers 64 stereo channels (128 inputs) and 44 stereo buses of industry-leading sound, with the option to expand to 80 stereo channels (160 inputs), 52 buses, and 32 auxes. The console also features 16 inputs powered by Waves Signature Preamps with fully discrete analog design for maximum headroom and ultra-low noise, the live sound industry’s deepest built-in processing, and an intuitive workflow, easy scalability, and maximum portability – all in a classic hardware form factor.
LV1 Classic builds upon the industry-proven sound quality of the Waves LV1 mixer engine and delivers its benefits in the preferred console workflow of live sound engineers worldwide. Featuring a pristine-sounding mixer engine, quick-access UI combining a large 21.5-inch multi-touch screen with powerful tactile control, state-of-the-art processing integration, and a robust physical build, LV1 Classic packs more live mixing power into a compact console than ever before.
Presented annually at The NAMM Show, The NAMM TEC Awards recognize the individuals, companies, and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games, and other media in Technical and Creative Achievement categories. Through its Hall of Fame, The TEC Awards also honors the pioneers of audio technology and the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians. The NAMM Foundation’s TECnology Hall of Fame celebrates innovations and groundbreaking technical achievements of the past. For more information, visit www.tecawards.org.
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Photo caption 1: Pictured L-R: Oran Moked, Waves Audio Director of Creative Marketing; Noam Raz, Waves Audio General Manager Live Division; and Mick Olesh, Waves Audio CEO, pictured at the 41st annual TEC Awards, held on Thursday, January 22, at The 2026 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.About Waves Audio Ltd.:
Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio DSP solutions for music production, recording, mixing, mastering, sound design, post-production, live sound, broadcast, commercial and consumer electronics audio markets. Since its start in the early ‘90s, Waves has developed a comprehensive line of over 240 audio plugins and numerous hardware devices. For its accomplishments, Waves received a Technical GRAMMY® Award in 2011; an Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award for its Waves Clarity Vx Pro plugin in 2023; and NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards for its Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro plugin in 2024 and eMotion LV1 Classic console in 2026. Additionally, its early flagship plugin, the Q10 equalizer, was selected as an inductee into the TECnology Hall of Fame.Increasingly leveraging pioneering techniques in artificial intelligence, neural networks and machine learning, as well as the company’s three decades of accumulated expertise in psychoacoustics, Waves technologies are being used to improve sound quality in a growing number of market sectors. Around the world, Waves’ award-winning plugins are utilized in the creation of hit records, major motion pictures, and top-selling video games. Additionally, Waves now offers hardware-plus-software solutions (including the revolutionary eMotion LV1 Classic live mixing console) for professional audio markets. The company’s WavesLive division is a leader in the live sound sector, spearheading the development of solutions for all live platforms. Products from Waves Commercial Audio enable A/V system integrators and installers to deliver superior sound quality for corporate, commercial, government, educational, entertainment, sports and house-of-worship applications. Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers semiconductor and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics applications, used in laptops, smartphones, smart speakers, gaming headsets, TVs and more from industry leaders such as Dell, Google, Fitbit, Acer, Asus, Hisense and others.
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