Avolites Titan Consoles Explained: Quartz, Tiger Touch 2, Arena and Diamond

One operating system, many desks. How the Titan range fits together, what actually changes as you climb from a laptop dongle to a Diamond 9, and how to pick the desk that matches your rig rather than your ambitions.

~9 min read · Updated August 2026 · By the Stage Supply team

In this guide: Short answer · Why Titan matters · PC Suite and wings · The desks · Comparison · Which to buy · Picks · FAQ

Avolites has been the house name of British concert lighting for four decades, and the modern range is unusually coherent: every current product, from a USB wing on a laptop to the flagship Diamond 9, runs the same Titan operating system. That single fact should shape how you buy. You are not choosing software features when you pick a desk — you are choosing how much physical control, processing and redundancy sits underneath the same show.

The short answer

For a venue with one operator and a moving-light rig, the Quartz or Tiger Touch 2 is the answer — full Titan, real faders, a footprint that fits a booth. Growing rigs and busy hire stock step to the Arena; touring and festival work is Diamond territory. And because the showfile and syntax carry across the whole family, the desk you learn on is never wasted — a programmer who knows a Quartz can sit at a Diamond 9 and work.

Why “it all runs Titan” is the whole story

Three practical consequences. First, showfiles travel: programme in the office on a laptop, load it on the venue’s Tiger Touch 2, scale it up to an Arena for the big date — same file, same fixture library, same cues. Second, operators travel: the syntax is identical across the range, so visiting programmers are productive in minutes, which matters more to hire companies than any single feature. Third, your investment survives upgrades — moving up the range is a hardware purchase, not a retraining project.

Control beyond the desk follows the same logic: TitanNet processors and nodes expand output capacity over the network, and the console range shares accessories — desk lights, covers and flightcases are cut per model.

The entry points: Titan PC Suite, AvoKey and wings

The cheapest seat at the Titan table is a computer. The AvoKey licenses Titan One and the Titan PC Suite, turning a laptop into a programming and playback station — the classic pre-production and small-gig tool. Add a Titan Mobile Wing and the laptop grows physical playback faders; the same wing also extends a Quartz, which is the neat trick of the ecosystem — hardware bolts on where the show needs it.

The desks, bottom to top

Quartz — the compact workhorse

Full Titan in the smallest self-contained frame: touchscreen, real playbacks, and a size that fits FOH booths, corporate floors and the back seat of a car. For single-operator venues and small hire stock it is the default answer, and the Mobile Wing extends it when shows grow.

Tiger Touch 2 — the venue standard

The desk UK venues standardise on: a large touchscreen workflow with a proper complement of physical playbacks, big enough to run a serious moving-light rig all night, compact enough to live in a booth. If your search started with “which Avolites desk for our venue”, this is usually where it ends — and the dedicated flightcase and wing exist for when it tours.

Arena — the production step

The Arena Live adds the things production work actually runs out of: more surface, more playbacks and optical network output for long runs to the rig. Concert and theatre duty, hire stock that gets specced by name, and rooms where two operators share a desk.

Diamond 7 and Diamond 9 — the flagships

Arena and festival consoles, specced on riders by name. The Diamond 9 comes in D9-215 and D9-330 formats, and our bundles ship the console with flightcase, cover and desk lamps because nobody buys a Diamond to leave it naked in a warehouse. The Diamond 7 bundles bring the flagship workflow in at a working-tour price.

D3 — Titan without the desk

The D3 family — rack processor, touch unit, wing and the D3-010/D3-110 consoles — packages Titan processing for installs and compact positions where a full desk is the wrong shape. Think of it as the modular end of the same system.

Range at a glance

Which should you buy?

• Learning, pre-programming, tiny gigs: AvoKey + PC Suite, add the Mobile Wing when fingers need faders.
• A venue with one LX position: Quartz if space is tight, Tiger Touch 2 if the rig is busy — both outlast several fixture generations.
• Hire company: Tiger Touch 2 and Arena stock rents on name recognition; Diamonds book the big dates.
• School or church stepping up from a scene setter: Quartz — and the showfile grows with you. Simpler rigs may not need a console at all: see DMX controllers.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Tiger Touch 2 still worth buying?

Yes — it remains the UK venue standard for a reason: full Titan, a workflow thousands of operators already know, and enough surface for a busy moving-light rig without Diamond money. Showfiles carry to every other Titan desk, so nothing programmed on it is ever thrown away.

What is the difference between Quartz and Tiger Touch 2?

Physical scale, not capability — both run full Titan. The Quartz trades surface area for portability; the Tiger Touch 2 gives more screen and playbacks for busy shows. Growing Quartz owners add a Titan Mobile Wing rather than replacing the desk.

Can I learn Titan without buying a console?

Titan PC Suite with an AvoKey turns any laptop into a Titan seat — programme real shows, learn the syntax, then move to hardware. Everything you learn transfers verbatim.

Avolites or ChamSys?

Both are professional standards; the choice is workflow and what your operators already know. Avolites’ strength is the single Titan ecosystem from laptop to Diamond 9; ChamSys splits between the deliberately simple QuickQ line and full MagicQ. Call us with your fixture count and who will operate — we spec both honestly.

Do I need a flightcase for the desk?

If it ever travels in shared transport, yes — official Avolites cases are built to each console’s exact footprint and live under console cases. In a fixed booth, the fitted cover does the job.