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Reinventing a legend. Avolites Diamond 9.
Designed with visual Designers, Building on four decades of
for visual Designers. experience powering the most
demanding shows, Avolites
D9 is a dramatic evolution in
production control.
Since Avolites was founded 1976, our team has
worked closely with the users of our products. With
their input we have redefined our flagship Avolites
Diamond experience for the next generation of
shows.
Right from its inception, Avolites has always been a
pioneer in the development of the integrated visual
canvas. Now with our new hardware combined with
our powerful software platforms, Titan and Ai, we
are able to control not just lights, but integrate the
control of lighting, video, generative content and
special effects.
Designed from the ground up to power our
proprietary Avolites Synergy software feature set,
every component has been carefully chosen for its
quality and precision to control the most demanding D E S I G N E D T O P I O N E E R T H E N E X T G E N E R AT I O N O F S H O W S Created in consultation with leading visual
productions for years and decades to come. We designers, and alongside expert industrial designers,
believe the Diamond 9 will become the visual canvas D9 is ready for the next generation of ultimate shows
console of its time. and beyond. With vast screen real-estate, all-new
controls, and unique media integration, it intuitively
combines control of all visual aspects of the show.
Hand-crafted in London, built upon Avolites’ heritage
of quality and reliability.
HOW IT WORKS This powerful, integrated system unleashes the
creativity of lighting and video designers, providing
Paul Wong - Managing Director, Avolites ultimate control of the next generations of shows.
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T- B A R F O R S U P E R S M O O T H T R A N S I T I O N S
Ultimate The T-Bar delivers more refined control with
even smoother manual fades. Paired with our
unique Scene Master functionality it brings total
sequence professionalism to live creativity.
With its non-contact design, the fader remains as
control. accurate as ever, even after years of use. The scene
master function is complimented by a double-width
Commit button and four further control buttons, plus
a dedicated LCD screen for continuous status data.
T H E F I N E S T TA C T I L E C O N T R O L S I N I N D E P E N D E N T B A N K S
Ultimate O F 15
Motorised and touch-sensitive Penny and Giles
faders: Optical high-res rotary faders: Short-travel
performance flash buttons with positive haptics for perfect timing.
I N D I C AT O R C O L O U R S F O R F L AW L E S S P E R F O R M A N C E
control. Fader and Encoder level indicator colours can be
defined to make it even easier to group and quickly
recognise controls when it counts.
11- S E G M E N T L E V E L I N D I C AT O R O N E V E R Y FA D E R
RGB level indicator on every fader which follows the
halo colour of the playback. Especially useful on
rotary faders when swapping pages.
E VERY THING IN ITS RIGHT PL ACE
Additional Macro buttons with a dedicated screen,
right in the playback section. Flash buttons under
the faders. Perfectly aligned labelling. Page banks for
every section.
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The most demanding shows require the most
Ultimate harmonious visual control experience. Up to 11
internal screens, with the option of 2 additional
external screens, all powered by Avolites software,
11 screen provides unrivalled focus and vision.
experience.
3 L A R G E M A I N W O R K S PA C E S C R E E N S
With brightness adjustable up to
1000 nits, these high definition,
high contrast, flush-mounted
touchscreens ensure that
data, visualisation and creative
programming tools are always
right where you need them.
THREE PRE VIEW SCREENS
Ultimate 4.3” preview screens ideal for media, ensuring that
the main screens remain uncluttered for maximum 3 X 4.3” PRE VIEW SCREENS M AC R O / E X E C U T E R S C R E E N D E D I C AT E D T- B A R S C R E E N
information density.
programming F I V E O P T I C A L AT T R I B U T E W H E E L S
Video previews right where you
need them.
Electronic labelling without
occupying main screen space.
No guesswork with permanent
Scene Master status.
surface. Newly designed wheels with optical encoders and
RGB led indicators, plus a vertical level-wheel puts
more parameters than ever at your fingertips.
Born out of over 40 years’ experience in control,
72 PROGRAM KEYS
designed with eyes fixed firmly on the future, the
D9’s programming surface features: 3 media preview Carefully selected Cherry MX Low Profile keys with
touchscreens, 5 + 1 attribute wheels, ergonomically RGB illumination provide optimal tactility with low
designed controls, a T-Bar and illuminated fatigue for programming sessions.
programming keys. All are integrated with Avolites D E D I C AT E D L E V E L W H E E L S C R E E N VERTICAL EDITOR TOUCHSCREEN SOF TKE Y MENU SCREEN
long serving Titan proprietary software.
OP TICAL TR ACKBALL AND ARROW KE YS Instant live intensity data, no Located in the programming Moving the softkey menu system
matter the selected attribute panel, simplifying control of and prompt to this dedicated
Manipulate data and navigate interfaces more group. complex fixtures and media screen frees up workspace and
effortlessly than ever to optimise accuracy and servers, as well as showing the unifies the layout of all main
creativity. main cue list status in an all-new screens.
display.
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T H E H E A R T O F AV O L I T E S I N T E G R AT E D S Y S T E M S O L U T I O N
Avolites powerful, integrated system enables your
control set up from lighting and video to networking
and power distribution. All designed to work in
perfect harmony with the D9 at the heart of the
system. Unleashing the creativity of lighting and
video designers, it provides ultimate control for the
next generations of shows.
C U S T O M I N T E G R AT E D K E Y B O A R D
Say hello You told us you wanted it – an integrated keyboard.
With backlit Cherry MX Low Profile keys identical
to those on the program panel, the keyboard is
to our new beautifully concealed, yet right where you need it.
Lights
LED Processors
keyboard. Lasers
Special Effects
Projections
DMX
Titan Net
A P O W E R F U L F U S I O N O F S O F T WA R E A N D H A R D WA R E Processor
Ultimate video The Avolites D9 console goes far beyond the
aesthetics. It provides more intuitive media control
integration for visual designers. Building on the Titan Net
control with ground-breaking Synergy software, released in
October 2019, allowing seamless integration between
media server and lighting control, the D9 brings this
Pioneer Pro
DJ Link
Tempo
Beat Edges
Real-Time Generative Control
Video Previews
Ai Generative
Media Server
Content Transfer
Synergy. to your fingertips with intuitive design and layouts,
ideal for media playback and integrated control.
Synergy
MIDI/SMPTE Timecode Dynamic Effect Controls
Output Configuration Ai Media Server
Video Pixel Data
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One Diamond 9 experience.
Two different sizes.
D9 –3 30 Designed from the ground up for seamlessly
integrated control of all visual elements, with the
finest materials and meticulous attention to detail,
D9 –2 15 The same intuitive, integrated control but with a
smaller footprint. The Diamond 9–215 is a more
compact version of the flagship visual canvas
the Diamond 9–330 is the flagship visual canvas controller in our collection.
controller in our collection.
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D9 –3 30 Data Sheet Software
S O F T WA R E P L AT F O R M AV O L I T E S T I TA N P L AY B AC K C O N T R O L USER DEFINED USING
M U LT I P L E FA D E R S ,
DMX CHANNELS PER DE VICE 16 , 3 8 4 ENCODERS AND BUT TONS
DMX CHANNELS PER SYSTEM 3 2 ,7 6 8 E X TERNAL CONTROLE WEB API, SMP TE, MIDI, DMX,
S -A C N , G P I O
MA X FIX TURES UNLIMITED
T I TA N N E T M U LT I - U S E R & D M X
KE YFR AME EFFECT ENGINE CUSTOM EFFECTS WITH ANY E X PA N S I O N
NUMBER OF KE YFR AMES
O U T P U T F O R M AT S A R T N E T, S -A C N , D M X 5 12
PIXEL MAPPING V I D E O V I A S Y N E R G Y, P I X E L
A N I M AT I O N S F R O M T I TA N BASE OS M I C R O S O F T W I N D O W S 10
E N T E R P R I S E LT S C 6 4 B I T
Hardware
Features
CPU I N T E L I 7- 9 7 0 0 K 9 T H G E N U P POWER CONSUMP TION MA X 400W
TO 4.9GHZ
C O N T R O L S U R FA C E 30 + 2 motorised touch-sensitive Penny & Independent paging for each playback V O LTAG E 110 – 24 0 V A C , 5 0 - 6 0 H Z
Giles faders – designer fader cap section SYSTEM R AM 16 G B
O P E R AT I N G E N V I R O N M E N T O P E R AT I N G T E M P 0 - 4 0 C /
GPU A M D R A D E O N P R O W X- 5 10 0 3 2 -10 4 F M A X H U M I D I T Y 9 5 %
11-segment RGB LED level indicator Programming buttons all RGB backlit, 4TH GEN R E L AT I V E N O N - C O N D E N S I N G
alongside each fader short travel Cherry® MX Low Profile UNIT DIMENSIONS 13 8 0 X 6 4 0 X 4 5 5 M M H E AT O U T P U T M A X 13 6 5 B T U/H R
switches (W X D X H) (S C R E E N S U P ), 13 8 0 X 7 0 5 X
24 0 M M (S C R E E N S D O W N) INTERNAL UPS U P T O 5 S E PA R AT E 4 - M I N U T E
Halo RGB indicator for each playback P E R I O D S , F U L LY S O F T WA R E
5 custom RGB backlit optical attribute 5 4 . 3 ” X 2 5 . 2 ” X 1 7. 9 ” I N T E G R AT E D
(S C R E E N S U P ), 5 4 . 3 ” X 2 7. 8 ”
70 optical rotary touch sensitive playback encoders X 9. 5 ” (S C R E E N S D O W N)
encoders with push function - designer WEIGHT 6 8 KG / 15 0 L B S
knob Dedicated level wheel, machined
aluminium with colour LCD status screen
11-segment RGB LED level indicator
alongside each encoder T-Bar with 5 control buttons and a colour
LCD status screen Connectivity
RGB halo indicator for each encoder
Dual, motorised, touch-sensitive, master
180 C&K playback function buttons with cue list fader control with 9 buttons D M X 5 12 8 X N E U T R I K 5 - P I N X L R , O P T I C A L LY A N D G A LVA N I C A L LY I S O L AT E D W I T H H A L O
A S S I G N M E N T I N D I C AT O R S
positive haptics for timing – designer
button cap 7” dual-touch high-brightness 800*1280 NE T WORK 4 X 1 G B E N E U T R I K E T H E R C O N , I N T E R N A L LY S W I T C H E D & M A N A G E D
1 X Q UA D O P T I C A L C O N 1 G B E L C C O N N E C T I O N
programming screen 1 X 1GB E THERCON, NE T WORK 2
3 x 15.6” 1000nits 1920*1080 capacitive OPTIONAL UPGRADE TO ADD:
touchscreens with adjustable brightness Full custom backlit QWERTY keyboard in 1 X 10 G B E C O N N E C T I O N T O O P T I C A L C O N
drawer, keys identical to program panel 1 X 10 G B E N E U T R I K E T H E R C O N
3 x 4.3” 1000nits 800x480 preview DATA / P E R I P H E R A L S 1 X U S B 3 .1 U N D E R A R M R E S T
touchscreens for media or workspaces X, Y, Z, optical trackball 1 X U S B 3 .1 O N F R O N T PA N E L
2 X U S B 3 .1 B AC K PA N E L
2 X U S B 2 .0 A S S I G N E D F O R E X T E R N A L T O U C H S C R E E N S
Softkey menu touchscreen 21 backlit Macro / Executor keys, all E X T E R N A L D I S P L AY 2 X H D M I U P T O 19 2 0 * 10 8 0
screen-labelled
SMP TE 1 X 3 - P I N N E U T R I K X L R T R A N S F O R M E R I S O L AT E D I N P U T W I T H S I G N A L I N D I C AT O R P L U S 3 - P I N
X L R L O O P O U T.
Supports two additional HDMI 1920*1080
touchscreens TRIGGER INPUTS G P I O 4 I N/4 O U T, I S O L AT E D, A N D D R Y C O N TAC T S
¼” J AC K F O R F O O T S W I T C H .
D M X 5 12 D E D I C AT E D I N P U T W I T H I N D I C AT O R
AU D I O I N P U T 3 - P I N X L R W I T H I N D I C AT O R
CONSTRUCTION Panels machined from single pieces of MIDI I N , T H R U , O U T O N 5 - P I N D I N W I T H S I G N A L A N D E N A B L E D I N D I C AT O R S
solid aluminium All screens flush-mounted USB MIDI SUPPORTED
AU D I O O U T D I G I TA L S/P D I F R C A
Comfortable armrest Infinitely adjustable hydraulic screen MAINS POWER N E U T R I K T R U E 1®
panel articulation – 18 to 68 degrees from
Exclusively manufactured button caps, horizontal
fader caps, encoder knobs, encoder
wheels and level wheel The Diamond 9 console comes with a 2-year systems manufacturer warranty.
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D9 –2 15 Data Sheet Software
S O F T WA R E P L AT F O R M AV O L I T E S T I TA N P L AY B AC K C O N T R O L USER DEFINED USING
M U LT I P L E FA D E R S ,
DMX CHANNELS PER DE VICE 16 , 3 8 4 ENCODERS AND BUT TONS
DMX CHANNELS PER SYSTEM 3 2 ,7 6 8 E X TERNAL CONTROLE WEB API, SMP TE, MIDI, DMX,
S -A C N , G P I O
MA X FIX TURES UNLIMITED
T I TA N N E T M U LT I - U S E R & D M X
KE YFR AME EFFECT ENGINE CUSTOM EFFECTS WITH ANY E X PA N S I O N
NUMBER OF KE YFR AMES
O U T P U T F O R M AT S A R T N E T, S -A C N , D M X 5 12
PIXEL MAPPING V I D E O V I A S Y N E R G Y, P I X E L
A N I M AT I O N S F R O M T I TA N BASE OS M I C R O S O F T W I N D O W S 10
E N T E R P R I S E LT S C 6 4 B I T
Hardware
Features
CPU I N T E L I 7- 9 7 0 0 K 9 T H G E N U P POWER CONSUMP TION MA X 380W
TO 4.9GHZ
C O N T R O L S U R FA C E 15 + 2 motorised touch-sensitive Penny & Independent paging for each playback V O LTAG E 110 – 24 0 V A C , 5 0 - 6 0 H Z
Giles faders – designer fader cap section SYSTEM R AM 16 G B
O P E R AT I N G E N V I R O N M E N T O P E R AT I N G T E M P 0 - 4 0 C /
GPU A M D R A D E O N P R O W X- 5 10 0 3 2 -10 4 F M A X H U M I D I T Y 9 5 %
11-segment RGB LED level indicator Programming buttons all RGB backlit, 4TH GEN R E L AT I V E N O N - C O N D E N S I N G
alongside each fader short travel Cherry® MX Low Profile UNIT DIMENSIONS 995 X 6 40 X 455 MM H E AT O U T P U T M A X 12 9 7 B T U/H R
switches (W X D X H) (S C R E E N S U P ), 9 9 5 X 7 0 5 X
24 0 M M (S C R E E N S D O W N) INTERNAL UPS U P T O 5 S E PA R AT E 4 - M I N U T E
Halo RGB indicatorfor each playback P E R I O D S , F U L LY S O F T WA R E
5 custom RGB backlit optical attribute 3 9. 2 ” X 2 5 . 2 ” X 1 7. 9 ” I N T E G R AT E D, W I T H B Y PA S S
(S C R E E N S U P ), 3 9. 2 ” X 2 7. 8 ” SWITCH
40 optical rotary touch sensitive playback encoders X 9. 5 ” (S C R E E N S D O W N)
encoders with push function - designer WEIGHT 5 4 KG / 12 0 L B S
knob Dedicated level wheel, machined
aluminium with colour LCD status screen
11-segment RGB LED level indicator
alongside each encoder T-Bar with 5 control buttons and a colour
LCD status screen Connectivity
RGB halo indicator for each encoder
Dual, motorised, touch-sensitive, master
90 C&K playback function buttons with cue list fader control with 9 buttons D M X 5 12 8 X N E U T R I K 5 - P I N X L R , O P T I C A L LY A N D G A LVA N I C A L LY I S O L AT E D W I T H H A L O
A S S I G N M E N T I N D I C AT O R S
positive haptics for timing – designer
button cap 7” dual-touch high-brightness 800*1280 NE T WORK 4 X 1 G B E N E U T R I K E T H E R C O N , I N T E R N A L LY S W I T C H E D & M A N A G E D
1 X Q UA D O P T I C A L C O N 1 G B E L C C O N N E C T I O N
programming screen 1 X 1GB E THERCON, NE T WORK 2
2 x 15.6” 1000nits 1920*1080 capacitive OPTIONAL UPGRADE TO ADD:
touchscreens with adjustable brightness Full custom backlit QWERTY keyboard in 1 X 10 G B E C O N N E C T I O N T O O P T I C A L C O N
drawer, keys identical to program panel 1 X 10 G B E N E U T R I K E T H E R C O N
3 x 4.3” 1000nits 800x480 preview DATA / P E R I P H E R A L S 1 X U S B 3 .1 U N D E R A R M R E S T
touchscreens for media or workspaces X, Y, Z, optical trackball 1 X U S B 3 .1 O N F R O N T PA N E L
2 X U S B 3 .1 B AC K PA N E L
2 X U S B 2 .0 A S S I G N E D F O R E X T E R N A L T O U C H S C R E E N S
Softkey menu touchscreen 21 backlit Macro / Executor keys, all E X T E R N A L D I S P L AY 2 X H D M I U P T O 19 2 0 * 10 8 0
screen-labelled
SMP TE 1 X 3 - P I N N E U T R I K X L R T R A N S F O R M E R I S O L AT E D I N P U T W I T H S I G N A L I N D I C AT O R P L U S 3 - P I N
X L R L O O P O U T.
Supports two additional HDMI 1920*1080
touchscreens TRIGGER INPUTS G P I O 4 I N/4 O U T, I S O L AT E D, A N D D R Y C O N TAC T S
¼” J AC K F O R F O O T S W I T C H .
D M X 5 12 D E D I C AT E D I N P U T W I T H I N D I C AT O R
AU D I O I N P U T 3 - P I N X L R W I T H I N D I C AT O R
CONSTRUCTION Panels machined from single pieces of MIDI I N , T H R U , O U T O N 5 - P I N D I N W I T H S I G N A L A N D E N A B L E D I N D I C AT O R S
solid aluminium All screens flush-mounted USB MIDI SUPPORTED
AU D I O O U T D I G I TA L S/P D I F R C A
Comfortable armrest Infinitely adjustable hydraulic screen MAINS POWER N E U T R I K T R U E 1®
panel articulation – 18 to 68 degrees from
Exclusively manufactured button caps, horizontal
fader caps, encoder knobs, encoder
wheels and level wheel The Diamond 9 console comes with a 2-year systems manufacturer warranty.
16 17AV O L I T E S Q M 8 10 0
Since the birth of the company under a railway This modern digital console put Avolites firmly on the with Avolites Graphics Tablet and riggers remote
A Diamond arch in 1976 in London, Avolites has believed in
technology innovation, reliable components, quality
finish and inspired design. A pioneer in the lighting
worldwide map of lighting control manufactures.
Strictly speaking, there was no Diamond I, it was
control. The Diamonds quickly became renowned for
being the ultimate live performance consoles.
history. industry, Avolites has paved the way to ever bigger,
more demanding, and more immersive shows.
called QM-Diamond, and launched in 1991, just after
Avolites returned to private ownership from Carlton
Television. The QM-Diamond was to become the
The Diamond IV (D4) Vision and Classic launched
in October 2001, followed in 2002 with the Elite
version. These were designed after intensive user
The diamond console heritage goes back to most versatile lighting console of its time; its flexible research to address Lighting Designers requirements
1977 with the arrival of the 8100 console series. design made it an LD’s favourite for both theatre or for fast, accurate and immediate control of intelligent
They were custom built and designed for the installs and major Rock & Roll tours. The advanced and conventional fixtures, as well as DMX devices.
demands of touring. They used blue stamped digital design allowed for precise, accurate and To perform equally as well in live as well as pre-
fader panels, indented white lettering and wavy repeatable control, as well as a new creative freedom programmed shows or install environments where
brushed aluminium side panels. Three styles were for LDs to programme or control the most demanding power and functionality in the minimum physical
designed: a 72 way, 84-way and a 96-way model, shows of the time. space was paramount. The Diamond 4's were stylish
all with a sloped frontage and separate inner panel and had an aesthetically pleasing profile, intuitive to
construction. A classic Avolites design, this was The Diamond II debuted at PLASA in 1993, followed operate, with minimal operator fatigue and the ability
much admired and established Avolites’ flagship soon after by the Diamond III. They were designed to create the fastest, most cost efficient range of live
consoles as aspiring leaders in the industry. to meet the need to control large lighting rigs with or programmed shows with cutting edge technology
multi-parameter instruments. They offered 1024 HTP built-in.
Next, Avolites began to develop what became a true or LTP channels, 100 pages of submaster playbacks
legend of its time and part of ‘Rock & Roll’ history: (30/20 of which were submasters), 180 Penny & The NEW Diamond 9, flagship console of the
the QM series now with microprocessor technology Giles motorised faders, 3,071 control channels, 6 full new Diamond Collection, is the latest to join the
for storing cues and sequences. In production from speed isolated DMX outputs, as well as ultra-smooth legendary lineage of Avolites consoles bearing
1983 with various models it kept the fast Swap and optical encoders, shape generator, fan mode and the Diamond name. Designed to power the next
Add of operation from the analogue 8100 series with highlight functions, colour VGA outputs and ‘Add’ generation of shows, it is set to become the class
the computerisation enabling speed of recording and “Swap” buttons on Masters and Channels. Both leading console of its time. Yet again.
scenes to multiple playbacks each with a highly came with full size Qwerty keyboards and compatible
readable programmable electronic legend, hence the
name QM (Cue Master).
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