Crestron Electronics has announced two new solutions designed to simplify how organizations deliver professional, AI-ready meeting experiences at scale: the DM NAX Intelligent Audio platform and the 1 Beyond i12D intelligent camera. Together, these solutions bring network-based audio and intelligent multi-camera video to everyday huddle, medium, and large meeting rooms without the complexity of traditional custom systems.
“Hybrid meetings have made it painfully clear that audio and video can’t be an afterthought,” said Joel Mulpeter, senior director of product marketing at Crestron. “With DM NAX Intelligent Audio and the 1 Beyond i12D, we’re giving organizations a simple, scalable way to deploy crystal-clear audio and engaging, intelligent video in the rooms people use every day so AI assistants hear every word, remote participants stay engaged, and IT teams aren’t buried in complexity.”
The DM NAX Intelligent Audio platform is a network-based audio ecosystem that delivers crystal-clear collaboration across an expanding lineup of microphones, speaker pods, and PoE speakers, all orchestrated by the DM NAX AP-100 audio processor. It’s designed to eliminate the installation nightmares and inconsistent performances that have historically plagued meeting room audio.
Built on a network-first architecture, DM NAX leverages Crestron DM NVX technology for audio-over-IP, PoE for single-cable simplicity, and AES67 compatibility to integrate additional third-party microphones such as Sennheiser® TeamConnect Ceiling solutions. Devices auto-discover on the network, cutting configuration time and making it easy to scale from a single huddle room to a global estate of collaboration spaces.
“For our dealers, DM NAX is about reducing time-to-audio and callbacks,” noted Mulpeter. “You get PoE-powered devices that discover themselves on the network, validated room designs for every space type, and Teams certification that takes the guesswork out of compatibility. It’s a platform you can standardize on for years to come.”
Many meeting rooms need professional speaker tracking and dynamic views but don’t warrant the infrastructure of a fully customized multi-camera system. The 1 Beyond i12D bridges that gap by delivering three 4K cameras, built-in microphones for speaker detection, and Visual AI for speaker framing and tracking in a single, streamlined device.
The i12D features dual 4K PTZ lenses with 12x optical zoom for crisp speaker close-ups and a 4K wide-angle lens for full-room framing and AI analysis. Onboard Visual AI powers automatic group framing, speaker tracking, and composition modes, including picture-in-picture and Conversation Mode.
“The 1 Beyond i12D takes the intelligence of a multi-camera system and packages it into a single device that you can just plug in and go,” said Mulpeter. “It’s ideal for the medium and large rooms that are too important for a basic webcam but don’t need the complexity of a fully custom deployment.”