Avolites Titan Pc Suite -
Every lighting professional fears the "blue screen of death" or a console crash. With the PC Suite installed on a rugged laptop, you have an instant backup. If your main console goes down, you can switch over to your laptop running Titan Mobile instantly. In critical shows, many LDs run the PC Suite in parallel as a "hot backup."
The guitarist's brother runs lights. He uses a laptop with a touchscreen and a Titan Mobile Wing. During the guitar solo, he taps "Shape > Spiral" and dials up the speed. No cue list required—pure improvisation. Avolites Titan Pc Suite
You can download the suite, open TitanSim, and watch YouTube tutorials (Christian Jackson, Avolites official channel) without spending a dime. With MA, you have to buy a hardware node to even output to a visualizer (MA3D). Avolites gives you the visualizer for free. Every lighting professional fears the "blue screen of
This tool configures how your PC talks to the outside world via Art-Net, sACN, or Pathport. It also handles multi-user sessions (allowing two programmers to work on the same show file simultaneously via two laptops). A graphical representation of the physical console surface
A graphical representation of the physical console surface. Users can:
Plug in your Avolites Titan Dongle (USB). The "Demo Mode" indicator disappears. Open Network Settings, broadcast Art-Net to an ethernet switch, and your lights wake up. Because the PC suite supports multi-threading, you typically get faster DMX refresh rates than some older hardware consoles.
Why do LDs swear by Avolites? It comes down to workflow. The Titan philosophy is built around "Visual Control." You don't just type numbers into a command line; you interact with your lights intuitively.