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New Lighting iPhone App - iSquint
Do you like your iPhone/iPod Touch? Do you like to read iSquint? Well, to take a line from Apple Read more
ETC “Officially” Introduce the Fire & Ice LED Fixtures
This was a little expected as ETC showed the Fire & Ice LED fixture back in November at LDI. You may remember the YouTube video that was posted here on iSquint back at LDI of Novella Smith from ETC explaining the new fixtures. But here is the “Official” announcement from ETC on the Fire & [...]
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ETC Training to Become First ETCP-Recognized Electrical Training Program
If you are an certified technician through ESTA ETCP, there is good news for you. You have another way to earn credits towards your certification as well as increase your knowladge from ETC.
The non-profit trade association ESTA is the steward for the entertainment services and technology industry in North America, setting technical standards and protocols. [...]
ETC Announces More Ion Training Sessions
Are you looking to get more intimate with the ETC Ion console? ETC just announced more training session around the country through March and April. The training sessions are broken down into two days. The first dealing with Ion Fundamentals with an introduction to programming on the Ion. The second day is for intermediate users [...]
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ETC Releases Updates to Congo and Eos Family Consoles
Time for some update to almost all of ETC’s family of consoles. ETC recommends that you download and update your console with the current version of the console software as these two release’s mainly deal minor issues that have been fixed since the last version update.
More from ETC’s announcement:
Congo v6.0.3
ETC is happy to announce the [...]
ETC Introduces SmartBar 2
Back during LDI 2009, ETC, (Electronic Theatre Controls) demonstrated their update to the SmartBar series of portable dimmers, the SmartBar 2. I don’t know how I missed it at the show, but I did. No worries though, more from ETC on the SmartBar 2.
The SmartBar 2 provides an integrated dimming and fixture-mounting solution for compact, [...]
ETC Releases Congo V6… Again
I swear that I have written about this before… oh wait I DID! If you did not notice, ETC un-released Congo V6. ETC found just a couple of things that made version 6.0.2 not hold up to ETC’s high standards. Have no fear, ETC has fixed the problem and has just re-released Congo V6.
Here is [...]
iSquint Podcast – Episode 4 – ETC at LDI
In this, the fourth episode of the iSquint Podcast, I got a chance to sit down with Anne Valentino and David Lincecum for ETC, (Electronic Theatre Controls) at LDI in Orlando Florida. Anne and David explained how the Eos family of desks were developed and how they listened to the lighting community to design the [...]
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ETC Support and Training – Pick Your Flavor
In life, we are always on the hunt for tips, tricks and deeper understanding of the world we live in. This holds true for lighting desk and how we operate them. Some of us may have a strong hold on how a particular board works and operates while others may not. Then there are [...]
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ETC Fire and Ice LED – Novella Smith Explains
Yesterday I wrote about ETCs latest LED products, the Fire and Ice Seledor units. I had a chance to sit down with Novella Smith, the LED Market Manager for ETC and one of the original developers of the Seledor line-up of LED fixtures.
ETC not only talked but listened to Lighting designers to develop the new [...]
Update: #LDI2009 – More Photo Goodness
I just added more photos to the iSquint Flickr 2009 LDI Set. I saw some pretty cool stuff in the afternoon. We got some close up photos of the new Fire and Ice LED fixtures from ETC.
I also got a closer look and touched the RSC LightLock From Total Structure. Pretty neat device. It was [...]
ETC Introduces Fire and Ice LED Fixtures
I just had a chance to talk with Mrs. Smith from ETC about their latest LED product, the Selador Fire and ICE LED fixtures. ETC has taken the X7 11 fixture and reduce to colors to make two versions of a more intense wash fixture. With the Fire fixture, you are able to achive deep, [...]
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Breaking News: ETC Enters Rigging Market
WOW, talk about big news! ETC really is raising the bar just as their ad’s have been saying! It was just announced that ETC is entering into the Rigging Market with a new division of the company, ETC Rigging. You can find more about ETC Rigging by visiting their website at www.etcrigging.com.
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