Obsidian Control Systems Debuts New Consoles

Obsidian Control Systems has announced the first two lighting control products under the ONYX lighting control platform, the extremely powerful NX 2 and the portable NX Wing.

The powerful NX 2 is the ultimate compact yet fully-integrated lighting controller. As a member of the innovative ONYX platform from Obsidian Control Systems. The NX 2 is feature rich and never restricted in its capabilities. It offers a slate of professional features like a high brightness, full-HD multi touchscreen, 8 assignable parameter encoders, an assistive mini touchscreen, full keypad and command section, a dedicated grand master, and 10 full playbacks with four freely assignable buttons. Utilizing the latest in industrial components, the NX 2 contains a powerful Intel Hexa-Core processor, high-speed NVMe SSD drive and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. Fast boot times, instant operation and the ability to process 64 Universes right inside the console without the need for costly external processing networks result in unprecedented power in this small form factor. The NX 2 has all the connectivity and power the ever-increasing size of shows demands.

The NX Wing is the complementary USB control surface to Obsidian Control Systems’ ONYX platform. Based on the NX 2 console, the NX Wing utilizes the same rugged design and components with an identical footprint and layout. Through its USB connection, the NX Wing provides a responsive professional hardware surface to operate ONYX on any PC system without compromises. Any user of ONYX will feel instantly familiar with the NX Wing and no setup or additional installation is required. Simply plug it into a user-provided PC with ONYX and get started instantly. NX Wing provides extensive connectivity with 4 DMX Ports, MIDI and Timecode ports while unlocking 128 Universes of control when connected to ONYX on a PC.