One Platform for Audio, Video & Control
Q-SYS is much more than an audio DSP or meeting-room control system.
It is a full-stack AV platform designed to bring audio processing, video distribution, cameras, room control, network I/O, conferencing integration, automation and remote management together within a common architecture.
At the centre is the Q-SYS platform and its intelligent operating environment. Q-SYS describes the architecture as combining connected devices and data with a cloud-first, open platform, while Q-SYS Open provides development tools and standards for third-party integrations.
Instead of designing a complex room as several separate technology islands — one system for DSP, another for control, another for video distribution and another for monitoring — Q-SYS can allow many of those functions to operate as parts of the same coordinated AV environment.
That is particularly valuable in rooms where the technology must change depending on how the space is being used.
How Does Q-SYS Work?
A Q-SYS system is built around software, processing and network-connected endpoints.
For engineered AV environments, a Q-SYS Core processor runs the system design and coordinates the audio, video and control functions assigned to it. Q-SYS Designer Software is then used to build and configure the system.
The result might be relatively simple — one boardroom with microphones, cameras, loudspeakers, displays and control — or significantly larger, with several spaces sharing processing, AV-over-IP distribution, networked I/O and monitoring.
Q-SYS also supports third-party integrations. This is important because real corporate AV environments rarely use hardware from only one manufacturer. Displays, ceiling microphones, lighting interfaces, occupancy devices, wireless presentation systems and other technologies may all need to participate in the room experience. Q-SYS specifically positions its platform around native products together with an ecosystem of partner and third-party integrations.
The objective is not simply to put more devices onto the network.
It is to make the room behave as one system.
Q-SYS for Divisible Meeting Rooms
Divisible rooms are one of the applications where Q-SYS becomes particularly powerful because the AV system may need to completely change when movable walls are opened or closed.
Consider three adjoining meeting spaces.
When divided, each room may need its own display, microphones, loudspeakers, conferencing system, presentation source and control interface.
Open one partition and Rooms A and B may need to become one larger collaboration environment while Room C continues operating independently.
Open both partitions and the complete area may become an all-hands space, training room or town-hall environment.
Q-SYS can be programmed so audio zones, microphones, loudspeakers, video sources, cameras, displays and user controls respond to the selected room configuration. Its Room Combiner functionality is specifically designed to combine separate audio systems into larger configurations. Q-SYS also demonstrates automated divisible-room configurations at its UK Experience Centre.
Partition sensors or other control inputs can also be incorporated into the design so the AV configuration follows the physical state of the room rather than relying entirely on the user to manually reconfigure it.
A Divisible Room Should Feel Simple
When a partition is opened, the room should not suddenly require somebody to understand audio routing, matrix switching or DSP programming.
A properly engineered system can present the controls that are relevant to the current room configuration while the Q-SYS programming manages what happens underneath.
That may include microphone routing, speaker zones, display destinations, camera selection, conferencing audio, content distribution and environmental controls.
Q-SYS for Boardrooms and Executive Meeting Rooms
Executive boardrooms frequently require more than a video bar and display.
Longer tables can increase microphone and camera distances. Multiple displays may be required. Presenters might need several content sources. Remote participants may need better views of individual speakers, and the room may also be used for presentations, leadership meetings or customer events outside normal video calls.
This is where the wider Q-SYS platform becomes useful.
Q-SYS can coordinate DSP, multiple network cameras, microphone systems, loudspeakers, displays, AV-over-IP endpoints and room control while presenting the user with a simpler interface.
For example, selecting Video Conference could configure the displays, conferencing system, cameras, microphones and audio path.
Selecting Presentation could instead route a local source to the required displays and optimise the room for an in-person session.
The user chooses what they want to do.
The Q-SYS system manages what needs to happen.
Q-SYS VisionSuite and Intelligent Camera Automation
VisionSuite is one of the most advanced parts of the current Q-SYS ecosystem, but it should be presented as a capability of the wider Q-SYS platform rather than the platform itself.
Q-SYS VisionSuite combines intelligent video with the wider audio, control and automation environment.
As of Q-SYS Designer Software 10.4.1, native VisionSuite functionality includes Speaker Spotlight and Presenter Spotlight, together with VisionSuite Designer.
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight is designed around conversation.
It combines audio-location information with vision-assisted framing so the system can identify the active speaker and provide an appropriate camera view to remote participants.
This is particularly useful in larger boardrooms and collaborative spaces where a single wide camera image can make individual participants appear distant.
Presenter Spotlight
Presenter Spotlight is designed around people moving through a presentation area.
Q-SYS uses computer vision for full-body presenter tracking, allowing the camera experience to follow a presenter without requiring them to remain behind a lectern or manually operate camera presets.
Beyond Camera Tracking
VisionSuite sits within Q-SYS allowing camera intelligence to form part of the wider room automation.
The platform can use audio or visual activity as part of workflows involving displays, microphones, lighting or other third-party devices.
VisionSuite supports conference rooms, all-hands spaces, classrooms and lecture halls, extending intelligent video beyond a conventional meeting room.
Q-SYS Cameras and Multi-Camera Meeting Rooms
Q-SYS NC Series cameras connect natively into the Q-SYS environment and include fixed ePTZ and motorised PTZ options for different room types.
The current NC Series includes products ranging from the NC-90-G2 and NC-110 fixed cameras to motorised PTZ models including the NC-12x80, NC-20x60 and NC-Pro15x.
Because camera feeds become part of the wider platform, larger rooms can use multiple camera positions rather than expecting one camera to cover every participant.
That becomes especially useful in executive boardrooms, training spaces and all-hands rooms where one camera might cover the audience while another focuses on a presenter, whiteboard or presentation area.
Q-SYS can then provide a single video output to the conferencing application while handling camera selection within the room architecture. Q-SYS specifically supports multi-camera collaboration workflows across its larger collaboration applications.
Professional Audio and DSP with Q-SYS
Audio remains fundamental to Q-SYS.
A Q-SYS Core can perform the processing required to connect microphones, conferencing systems, program audio, amplifiers and loudspeakers while managing functions such as mixing, routing and conferencing audio.
For larger collaboration rooms, Q-SYS can work with both native Q-SYS products and supported third-party audio technologies.
This means GT can engineer the audio system around the room rather than forcing every project into one microphone or loudspeaker architecture.
A boardroom could therefore combine Q-SYS processing with ceiling-array microphones, while another environment might use tabletop microphones or wireless presentation microphones.
The DSP becomes part of the complete room design.
Q-SYS AV-over-IP and Network Video
Video distribution becomes increasingly important as spaces grow.
A simple room may only require one laptop connected to one display.
A boardroom could require several presentation inputs across two displays.
A divisible room might need video sources to follow changing room configurations.
A training centre or all-hands environment might distribute content to multiple displays or overflow areas.
Q-SYS provides two principal network-video families: NV Series and NVM Series.
Q-SYS NV Series
NV Series is aimed particularly at interactive collaboration environments.
Q-SYS NV endpoints support network video distribution up to 4K60 4:4:4, with models offering functionality including HDMI, USB-C and AV bridging depending on the endpoint. Q-SYS uses its Shift codec within NV Series for low-latency network-video transport.
The NV-1-H-WE wallplate encoder is specifically positioned by Q-SYS for flexible and divisible spaces, while products such as NV-21-HU and NV-32-H provide broader video and AV-bridging options
Q-SYS NVM Series
NVM Series expands Q-SYS network video toward larger-scale deployments.
The current NVM-302E and NVM-302D provide encoder and decoder roles and support video up to 4K60 4:4:4. Q-SYS is introducing NVM through a phased regional rollout, so EMEA availability should be confirmed for individual projects rather than assumed.
Microsoft Teams Rooms with Q-SYS
Q-SYS can form the professional AV layer around Microsoft Teams Rooms where a standard meeting-room system is not sufficient.
That can be particularly valuable in boardrooms, training environments and other spaces requiring professional microphones, multiple cameras, room control or more sophisticated display and content-routing requirements.
For Windows-based Teams Rooms, Q-SYS Connect now provides Q-SYS control integration and replaces the previous Q-SYS Control for MTR application.
Q-SYS also offers RoomSuite collaboration solutions and a UC Compute Bundle for Microsoft Teams Rooms.
The key point is that Teams remains the meeting interface while Q-SYS can manage the wider AV environment around it.
Zoom Rooms with Q-SYS
Q-SYS is also continuing to expand its certified Zoom Rooms ecosystem.
In September 2026, Q-SYS announced Zoom Rooms certification for the RoomSuite Modular System, NC-90-G2 network camera and VisionSuite VSA-100 AI Accelerator. The RoomSuite Modular System can operate with supported Q-SYS cameras, microphones and loudspeakers as well as certified partner microphone solutions.
That gives organisations another route to build larger professional Zoom Rooms without separating conferencing from the wider room AV architecture.
Q-SYS, BYOD and Flexible Conferencing
Not every room should be locked to one conferencing platform.
Client-facing boardrooms, executive environments and shared facilities frequently receive visitors who need to join meetings hosted on different platforms.
Q-SYS can support BYOD and BYOM workflows by providing room audio and video to a user's computer through appropriate Q-SYS AV-bridging hardware.
This means the same professional cameras, microphones and room audio can potentially be used while somebody runs their meeting from their own laptop.
Q-SYS positions this flexibility across collaboration environments including training rooms, all-hands spaces and flexible meeting rooms.
Q-SYS RoomSuite or a Core-Based Q-SYS System?
Q-SYS RoomSuite Collaboration Bar is intended for repeatable collaboration spaces where an integrated system and relatively standard room architecture are appropriate. The current system includes four 50 MP cameras, a 16-element microphone array, integrated loudspeakers, Windows compute and a 10.9-inch controller.
Q-SYS RoomSuite Modular System provides greater flexibility for medium and larger meeting spaces, supporting external cameras, microphones, loudspeakers and controllers.
A Core-based engineered Q-SYS system is the better route when the room needs deeper customisation: divisible spaces, extensive room automation, specialist microphones, multiple cameras, complex AV-over-IP, unusual presentation workflows or integration with wider room systems.
Q-SYS in the Real World
Veritas — Divisible Rooms & BYOD
At Veritas' facility in Pune, Q-SYS was used within a three-room divisible environment designed to support meetings, training and all-hands events.
The deployment used a Q-SYS Core 110f for audio, video and environmental control, while Q-SYS Room Combiner functionality allowed audio routing to change depending on the arrangement of the movable walls.
The system also incorporated Q-SYS network video endpoints to support a BYOD conferencing model with applications including Microsoft Teams and Zoom
Sika — Flexible Divisible Meeting & Training Spaces
At Sika's Stuttgart headquarters, Q-SYS was used to modernise flexible meeting and training environments.
The published Q-SYS case study describes a Core 8 Flex managing AV functions across the flexible environment alongside Q-SYS cameras, Sennheiser ceiling microphones, Q-SYS Reflect and NV Series network video technology.
The room configuration was designed to adapt between meetings, events and training applications.
Experience Q-SYS in the UK & Ireland
Choosing the right Q-SYS architecture is much easier when stakeholders can see the platform operating before the final design is agreed.
GT can help arrange remote Q-SYS demonstrations for customers across the UK and Ireland, allowing project teams to explore relevant capabilities directly with Q-SYS without needing to travel.
A remote demonstration can be tailored around the requirements of the project rather than simply presenting individual products. This could include Q-SYS audio processing, room control, intelligent cameras, VisionSuite, AV-over-IP, Microsoft Teams or Zoom integration, divisible-room automation and Q-SYS Reflect remote monitoring.
For customers planning larger boardrooms, divisible spaces, training environments or more complex workplace AV systems, GT can also coordinate in-person Q-SYS demonstrations in the UK, subject to vendor and facility availability.
Q-SYS UK Experience Centre — Egham
The dedicated Q-SYS UK Experience Centre at Q-SYS House in Egham, Surrey provides an opportunity to experience the wider Q-SYS platform within purpose-built demonstration environments.
The facility showcases applications including collaboration spaces, divisible rooms, high-impact environments and Q-SYS Reflect, giving customers the opportunity to understand how audio, video, control and automation can operate together within one Q-SYS architecture.
The divisible-room environment is particularly useful for organisations considering flexible meeting, training or town-hall spaces where the AV system must adapt as partitions are opened and closed.
Located close to Heathrow, the Experience Centre is also convenient for customers travelling from Ireland as well as other parts of the UK and Europe, with Heathrow providing extensive connections to Dublin, Belfast, Cork and other major airports.
Audiologic Demonstration Centre — Harlow
GT can also explore demonstrations at Audiologic's Training and Demonstration Centre at Harlow Innovation Park in Essex.
The facility provides working environments including boardroom, huddle and larger conferencing spaces where Q-SYS forms part of wider professional AV systems.
This can be particularly useful where a project needs to demonstrate how Q-SYS integrates with microphones, loudspeakers, camera systems and other third-party AV technologies, rather than looking at Q-SYS components independently.
Q-SYS Demonstrations for Projects in Ireland
Customers in Dublin, Cork, Galway and across Ireland do not need to travel to the UK simply to begin evaluating Q-SYS.
GT can work with Q-SYS to arrange a remote demonstration tailored to the proposed environment, allowing stakeholders, consultants and IT teams to explore the platform and discuss the intended system architecture.
If a more detailed hands-on demonstration becomes valuable later in the project, GT can help explore appropriate in-person demonstration options with Q-SYS and its channel partners, including coordinating a visit to the Q-SYS UK Experience Centre where appropriate.
Whether the project is in London, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway or elsewhere across the UK and Ireland, the objective is the same: give the customer an opportunity to understand how Q-SYS could work in their environment before the final AV system is designed.
Frequently Asked Questions About Q-SYS
What is Q-SYS?
Q-SYS is a full-stack professional AV platform combining audio, video, control, networked I/O, software, connected hardware and cloud-based management capabilities. It can be used in meeting rooms, boardrooms, divisible spaces, training rooms, all-hands environments and wider professional AV applications.
Is Q-SYS an audio DSP?
Yes, Q-SYS provides professional audio processing, but describing it only as a DSP understates the platform. Q-SYS can also manage video distribution, cameras, room control, automation, network I/O, conferencing integration and monitoring.
Can Q-SYS control divisible meeting rooms?
Yes. Core-based Q-SYS systems can support room combining and can be designed so audio, video and control adapt to different room configurations. Q-SYS specifically provides Room Combiner functionality for this type of application.
Can Q-SYS RoomSuite be used for divisible rooms?
The current Q-SYS RoomSuite Modular System does not support divisible or combinable rooms. Q-SYS recommends considering a Core-based system where room combining is required.
Does Q-SYS work with Microsoft Teams Rooms?
Yes. Q-SYS provides solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms and Q-SYS Connect allows control integration with Windows-based Teams Rooms. More complex spaces can use Q-SYS to provide professional room audio, cameras and control around the Teams meeting experience.
Does Q-SYS work with Zoom Rooms?
Yes. Q-SYS offers Zoom Rooms solutions, including certified products such as the RoomSuite Modular System, NC-90-G2 camera and VisionSuite VSA-100 AI Accelerator.
What is Q-SYS VisionSuite?
Q-SYS VisionSuite provides intelligent camera and room-automation capabilities. Current functionality includes Speaker Spotlight for active-speaker camera experiences and Presenter Spotlight for computer-vision-based presenter tracking.
Can Q-SYS integrate third-party equipment?
Yes. Q-SYS has been designed around both native Q-SYS hardware and third-party integration. Q-SYS Open and the Q-SYS Partner ecosystem provide routes for integrating other devices and software into the platform.
Does Q-SYS support AV-over-IP?
Yes. Q-SYS offers NV Series and NVM Series network-video products for transporting video across networked AV systems. The appropriate architecture depends on whether the application is an interactive collaboration environment or a larger-scale video-distribution system.
Can Q-SYS systems be monitored remotely?
Yes. Q-SYS Reflect provides remote monitoring and management capabilities for Q-SYS systems and connected devices.
Planning a Q-SYS Project?
Q-SYS can scale from professional meeting-room systems through to executive boardrooms, divisible spaces, training environments and all-hands rooms where audio, video, conferencing and control need to operate as one coordinated system.
GT can help determine whether Q-SYS is the correct platform for the space and develop the architecture around the room, the users and the organisation's wider workplace technology strategy.
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