Avolites chose this year’s PLASA show to debut its new Diamond 7 (D7) console in the UK.
The two variants, the D7-330 and D7-215 were accompanied by another debut with Prism One, the latest version of Avolites’ Prism media software designed principally for lighting designers.
Key new features include an added preview window, crossfade on a layer, hardware decode acceleration for H.264/H.265, control over multiple banks and layers, live input and NDI input, as well as virtual return and region of interest on outputs.
Other Avolites hardware highlighted on the stand included our flagship lighting control console, the Diamond 9, with both variants D9-330 and D9-215, along with the T3 and T3-W.
The Tiger Touch II and Quartz consoles from the Essential Collection were again popular with stand visitors and constantly in use. All the Avoconsole stations complemented the company’s powerful ‘Production Grade’ Q3 media server, demonstrating the Synergy feature set (which uniteslighting and video control, offering creative programmers a streamlined workflow for all visual elements onstage).
The eight-seater theatre-style Titan software training area was also new at PLASA. Visitors could rock up and listen to a 30-minute session throughout the day covering Titan Basics, Effects Engines and Synergy or Advanced Programming.
“We presented a strengthened product line-up with the inclusion of the D7 which showcased the depth of our video & lighting control portfolio, and the show was a great opportunity to catch up with our loyal supporters,” Paul Wong, Avolites’ Managing Director, said. “This year was probably the best PLASA in recent years for Avolites! We were delighted to see a busy stand across all the show days, which is a testament to how much we’ve progressed in the past 12 months”.
