HARMAN Professional Releases JBL® HiQnet Performance Manager™ 1.1: Includes Advanced Support For Crown VRACK 4x3500 and JBL V5 Preset Data For JBL VTX and VerTec®

NORTHRIDGE, California — Demonstrating its commitment to make JBL^® HiQnet Performance Manager™ the most comprehensive and useful system configuration and control application in professional live sound audio, HARMAN Professional today released JBL HiQnet Performance Manager version 1.1 featuring support for the Crown VRACK 4x3500 and updated JBL V5 Preset Data.  In doing so, the company is coupling the most efficient and best sounding audio hardware technologies with the industry’s most advanced yet intuitive configuration and control application.

“HARMAN’s stated goal for JBL HiQnet Performance Manager is that it should make the complex simple and enable better sounding performance audio systems to be designed and deployed more efficiently and economically,” stated Adam Holladay, Market Manager, HARMAN System Development and Integration Group.  “With the release of version 1.1 and the addition of support for Crown VRACK 4x3500 and updated JBL V5 Preset Data for VTX Series and VerTec Series models, we’re making JBL HiQnet Performance Manager more inclusive and valuable to our customers for theatre, worship, and corporate and all live sound applications.”

JBL HiQnet Performance Manager dramatically reduces design time, simplifies networking and automates control interface configuration.  With considerable expert system design knowledge embedded directly into the software, Performance Manager cleverly disguises the complexity of system configuration and guides even the less-experienced user through the process so as to achieve a far more optimal result than would otherwise be possible.

New in version 1.1:

·       Support for the Crown VRACK 4x3500 with full integration into the Performance Manager workflow

·       JBL V5 Preset Data for VerTec VT4889 (V5 R1) and VerTec VT4888 (V5 R1)

o    Short Throw (ST) and Long Throw (LT) preset support for VT4888 and VT4889, with HF shelving characteristics that are consistent with VTX V25

o    Sub / low preset (X, 60, 80) support for VT4888 and VTX G28, S28 subwoofers

o    Sub / low preset (X, 60, 80) support for VT4889 and VTX G28, S28 subwoofers

o    Cardioid preset (X, 60, 80) support for VT4882, VT4880, VT4880A subwoofers

o    Cardioid preset (X, 60, 80) support for VT4880 (2x front-firing) and VTX S28 (1x rear-firing)

o    Cardioid preset (X, 60, 80) support for VT4880A (2x front-firing) and VTX S28 (1x rear-firing)

o    Revised subwoofer model limiter thresholds

·       JBL V5 Preset Data for VTX V25 for Crown Audio IT12000HD (V5 R1.1)

o    Minor changes to subwoofer model limiter thresholds

·       JBL V5 Preset Data for VTX V25 for Crown Audio IT4x3500HD (V5 R1.2)

o    Minor changes to subwoofer model limiter thresholds

o    New extra long throw (XLT) support, compatible with IT12000HD XLT

Performance Manager 1.1 is available for purchase on the HiQnet website.  A single license is available for $399, with volume discounts available for 2 license key purchases or more.  The Performance Manager 1.1 installer will automatically utilize a valid, existing license key activated for a current installation of Performance Manager 1.0.  Existing users should simply download and install Performance Manager 1.1 below to upgrade.

Performance Manager 1.1 supported devices include:

·       JBL VTX Series V25, G28 and S28 models

·       JBL powered VerTec DrivePack Series with DP-DA input card

·       JBL passive VerTec Series

·       Crown I-Tech HD Series

·       Crown Macro-Tech i Series

·       Crown VRACK 12000

·       Crown VRACK 4x3500

·       Crown I-Tech Series [discontinued]

·       dbx DriveRack® 4800 / 4820

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets – supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 20 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,400 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported sales of $4.4 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.