Avolites Diamond III
type: Item
Type of information: equipment
Field: lighting and projection
First use date: 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Manufacturer: Avolites
Internal image: Avolites_Diamond_III_1995.jpg
context: The Diamond II debuted at PLASA in 1993, followed by the Diamond III a couple of years later. They were designed to meet the need to control large lighting rigs with multi-parameter instruments. They offered 1024 HTP or LTP channels, 100 pages of submaster playbacks (30/20 of which were submasters), 180 Penny & Giles motorised faders, 3,071 control channels, 6 full-speed isolated DMX outputs, as well as ultra-smooth optical encoders, shape generator, fan mode and highlight functions, colour VGA outputs and 'Add' and 'Swap' buttons on Master and Channels. Both came with full-sized Qwerty keyboards and were compatible with Avolites Graphics Tablet and riggers remote control. The Diamonds quickly became renowned for being the ultimate live-performance consoles.