Bristol-based full service event lighting and rigging hire facility Fineline Lighting has
become the proud owner of Avolites’ latest console, Arena, model #001.

Avolites has been offering end users and partners sneak previews of its live control
focused Arena console since April, when it launched the desk at Prolight + Sound in
Frankfurt. Arena is designed for festivals, theatres and anywhere that a larger
control surface is required. It combines the popular interface of the Tiger Touch II
with 30 additional Playback faders and expanded live control options and features.

Fineline MD Rob Sangwell first discovered Arena even earlier, at Avolites MD Steve
Warren’s birthday party in March.

“I was immediately impressed with Arena’s inbuilt network switch, built in optical
output for long runs, the fact that it’s future proof due to optical out, loads of
faders, additional screen for Titan V9’s amazing Key Frame Shapes and fixture
attribute editor, eight standard DMX universes straight out the back and built in
UPS,” says Sangwell. “This console fits our range of control kit, filling the gap
between the Tiger Touch, the Pearl Expert and the Sapphire Touch.

Alongside Arena’s main display, a second touch screen provides an additional
workspace window, also labelling the adjacent macro buttons and rotary pots. These
fully assignable playback encoder pots allow intuitive control of channels and
effects. The six LCD screens display electronic legends for 30 faders, for speedy
access to all your playbacks, fixtures and palettes.

A new optical output means the Arena is equipped for fibre connections, with no
signal loss over long distances, from front of house to the stage – essential in large
and outdoor venues. Offering seamless multi user compatibility, the Arena can be
used as master, back-up or extra programming surface, considerably cutting
programming time by allowing multiple Titan programmers to work simultaneously,
before the main console takes charge.

Arena is capable of processing 16 DMX universes, with eight physical DMX outputs,
and this can be further expanded with Titan Net Processors for up to 64 universes.
It also offers MIDI in and headphone out on the console as well as a 7-band Audio
Trigger functionality.

“We intend to use this on our festival shows, such as Glastonbury, the Eden
sessions, Outlook Festival and many more,” Sangwell continues. “Additionally, the
console will work well as the house desk when visiting acts are bringing their own
control as the built in networking facilities will make the network plug up easier
with less kit needed out front.”

\Steve Warren comments: “We couldn’t be happier that the Arena has created so
much excitement and received such positive reviews from our targeted lighting
designer focus group. Arena takes Avolites’ live control to even higher levels,
following on from industry successes and milestones like the Pearl and Expert
consoles.’