Shure Incorporated announced today that it has combined the sales, marketing, and support staff of the Company’s International Americas Business Unit with the U.S. Business Unit to form the new Americas Business Unit. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: The N8000-1500 represents all that is state-of-the-art in pro audio signal processing. Based on the technology in the Electro-Voice NetMax N8000, this technology has proven itself time and again in the most demanding installations and live performances. Ranging from the World Cup to LIVE8, from the Houston Rodeo to Kenny Chesney’s ground-breaking tours, NetMax has established itself as a roadworthy tool that can take even the most sophisticated PA systems to the next level. more

Lake Forest, CA (June 18, 2009) — Saddleback Church, located in southern Orange County, has upgraded the performance sound systems at two of the venues at its main campus with the addition of Radian Audio APEX-1200 and APEX-1500 low-profile, two-way coaxial stage monitor speakers. Saddleback Church was founded in April 1980, when pastor Rick Warren held an Easter Sunday service for 200 people, and has grown in less than 30 years to attract an average weekly attendance of 22,000, ranking it among the largest churches in the U.S. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Bosch Communications Systems is pleased to announce the release of IRIS-Net V2.0. Since its debut in 2002, IRIS-Net has set new standards as a unified software package supporting DSP design, device control, custom user interface creation, and system integration spanning multiple Bosch Communications Systems brands.

Used in thousands of the most high-profile and cutting-edge live, touring, and installed applications around the world, IRIS-Net has received rave reviews from users about its ease of use, flexibility and power. IRIS-Net V2.0 continues to expand IRIS-Net’s impressive array of features by adding new devices such as EV REV Wireless Microphones. more

The first remote control to utilize haptic technology, the MX-5000 confirms touch screen button presses with a click the user feels.

Orlando, FL – InfoComm 09 – Booth 3506 – June 17-19, 2009 – Universal Remote Control®, Inc. (URC), the pioneer in control technology, today unveiled the MX-5000, a wand-style two-way color touch screen remote control designed to serve as the primary user interface for a networked commercial or residential A/V installation. Sanctity URC, which has provided tens of millions of remote controls to consumers, residential custom installers and subscription cable customers, as well as consumer electronics manufacturers through its substantial OEM business, is officially entering the commercial market at InfoComm 09. Its solution-focused approach will address various installation scenarios in relatively inexpensive and more easily programmable ways than current solutions do. more

Austin, TX (June 18, 2009)–Nomad Sound, Inc. has added four Radian Audio APEX-1500 stage monitor speakers to its rental inventory. The new 15-inch wedges were acquired following evaluation during the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX earlier this year, and bring to 16 the total number of Radian Audio wedges owned by the production sound company. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Electro-Voice is pleased to announce the latest addition to the IRIS-Net and NetMax tool kit – the FIR-Drive Array controller. IRIS-Net has proven itself time and again as an industry-leading tool for configuration, control, and supervision of live concert sound systems. NetMax, with the release of the N8000-1500, has become the most powerful live audio processor on the market and has been used in some of the world’s largest shows, including the Houston Rodeo and Kenny Chesney’s most recent tour. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Electro-Voice is pleased to introduce the EVF series of loudspeakers for installed sound at InfoComm 2009.

Part of the EV-Innovation (EV-I) loudspeaker family, the EVF Series of two-way, front-loaded, full-range systems is available with 12� or 15� woofers, a wide range of coverage patterns, and includes low-frequency systems. The EVF Series offers exceptional versatility for fixed-install applications where high-quality audio is required in a compact, lightweight, and simple-to-use package. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Electro-Voice is please to introduce the EVH Series of loudspeakers for installed sound at InfoComm 2009.

Part of the groundbreaking EV-Innovation (EV-I) family of installation-dedicated loudspeakers, the EVH Series comprises two-way, full-range, horn-loaded, coaxial speaker systems with 15� woofers. more

Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Electro-Voice is pleased to introduce the EVA (Expandable Vertical Array) series of loudspeakers for installed sound. Part of the EV-Innovation (EV-I) family, EVA offers the benefits of concert line arrays in a new, simpler format. more