US Lighting Companies Take On Avolites Quartz Console Group One Ltd., the US distributor for Avolites, reports that the manufacturer's ultra-compact new Quartz lighting console is fast being adopted by numerous lighting services companies. In the short time since its official launch, the desk has already been purchased by: Blue Haze Entertainment (Huntington Beach, California), CB Designs, Dillon Production Services (Norcross, Georgia), Off the Wall Audiovisual (Miami, Florida), Palmetto Sound Works (Spartanburg, South Carolina), Paragon Productions (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Pulse Lighting (Raleigh, North Carolina), RZI Productions (New Orleans, Louisiana), S&L Integrated Systems (Cairo, Georgia). It has also been installed in the new Las Vegas' nightclub, Omnia at Caesars Palace. Blue Haze Entertainment system designer Andrew Strain says, "When it comes to form, function and design, I have never met a console that can do so much from such a small footprint. Quartz does everything a Pearl will, but is much easier to take with me on a everyday event. It truly lives up to the Avo saying, 'From rock to opera!'" S&L tchnician Gage Helton notes that he recently used Quartz to control 15 moving lights and 15 LEDs for an aviation client's trade show event. "Quartz handled all programming and control functions very easily and flawlessly," he says. "The touch panel is one of the desk's coolest features and it really plays well with the rest of the surface layout. The customization of work flow rounds this little desk into a powerful tool, and we also enjoy the capability of using it as an expansion wing on our Avo Pearl Expert, using the multi user networking." Less than 17" wide, Quartz is Avolites' smallest full-featured console and the newest addition to the Titan Mobile family, complete with onboard processing and a 12.1" touch screen. The Quartz also features the same faders and hardware as Avolites' flagship Sapphire Touch lighting console. 
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