Symetrix, manufacturer of high-performance digital audio products for installed
sound applications, announces the latest addition to its DSP line up: the open
architecture Solus NX series. Designed to serve in standalone DSP applications not
requiring Dante network audio, Solus NX provides the same DSP power and delay
memory as Symetrix’ Radius, Prism and Edge DSPs. Solus NX is ideal for small to
large installed sound applications, easily handling DSP-intensive processing, routing
and delay in complex environments requiring sophisticated loudspeaker
management, automixing, paging, zone mixing, routing and distribution, mic/line
processing, AGC, room combining, and more.
The series includes the Solus NX 4×4, 8×8 and 16×8, the models differing only in
their number of analogue audio inputs and outputs. All three feature a high-
resolution graphic OLED which displays system status and metering. A single push-
button is used to navigate menus. On-board GPIO adds one more layer of control,
flexibility, and economy.
Solus NX’s integration with Symetrix’ award-winning Composer CAD based design
software is especially significant. Now integrators need only to be familiar with a
single programming platform to manage all Symetrix open-architecture DSPs,
including Solus NX, Radius, Prism and Edge. Composers’ Remote Control Manager
provides a true central hub for all aspects of control, listing every parameter in the
site file, with filtering options that make locating and assigning a parameter quick
and easy. Additionally, an embedded server enables metering and diagnostics
support, while providing integrators the tools to monitor any Composer-designed
system by simply launching a web browser and entering a specific unit’s IP address.
User control was top-of-mind in designing the Solus NX Series. As Mark Ryals,
Symetrix Director of Marketing explains, “our customers demand flexible and
intuitive user control options. We have them covered with the Solus NX Series: the
convenience of zero-cost ARC-WEB to control volume, mute, source selection and
other important parameters of sound systems from smartphone and tablet web
browsers; the flexibility and utility of the entire line of low cost ARC wall panels,
including the universal mount ARC-3; and support for SymVue, our runtime
application for Windows that enables design and testing of GUIs without low-level
coding. Last but not least, we offer a stable, human-readable control protocol for
programming third-party touch-control systems such as AMX and Crestron.”
Dane Butcher, Symetrix Founder and CEO adds, “the level of control and DSP
processing power that is harnessed in the Solus NX series will serve our customers
well. Design and commissioning of robust audio processing along with user control
device integration has never been easier or more cost effective.”
