Following The Cinema Audio Society announcement of the nominees for the 53rd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2016, they have now announced the nominees for the CAS Outstanding Product Awards for Production and Post-Production. 

Bob Bronow, Chair of the CAS Awards Committee told us...

There were many innovative and outstanding choices in both production and post-production workflows. Our Blue Ribbon panel was challenged to whittle the list of products down to only five in each category.

Outstanding Product - Production

CEDAR DNS2 Dynamic Noise Suppression Unit
Manufacturer: Cedar Audio

CL-12 Linear Fader Controller
Manufacturer: Sound Devices, LLC.

Green and Blue Sleeves for Boom Poles
Manufacturer: Greensleeve

SB4 Sync Box Time Code Generator
Manufacturer: Deneke, Inc.

SRc Slot-in Dual Wireless Microphone Receiver
Manufacturer: Lectrosonics

Outstanding Product - Post Production

Halo Upmix
Manufacturer: Nugen Audio

Indoor
Manufacturer: Audio Ease

Neutron
Manufacturer: iZotope

SA-2 Dialog Processor
Manufacturer: McDSP

Sound Particles
Manufacturer: Sound Particles

The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope dinner on February 18th in the Bunker Hill Ballroom of the OMNI Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza. During the awards the highest honour of the CAS, the CAS Career Achievement Award, will be presented to Production Mixer John Pritchett, CAS and the CAS Filmmaker Award will be given to Jon Favreau.