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ETC Celebrates 30th Year with Record Product Releases
At the 30 years’ mark, ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) is just ramping up. More ETC Source Four luminaires were shipped in 2005 than in any other year and 2006 will be a company record for the highest number of product releases of any year in ETC history.
ETC has begun celebrating this milestone 30th year with an array of new products and beefed-up favourites. For Source Four fans, the much-anticipated 14o, 70o and 90o field-angle spotlights will be on the market. The new 14o Source Four provides an intermediate-throw field angle to fill the gap between the 10o and 19o luminaires. Short-throw applications such as blackbox theatres and dance lighting will benefit from the 70o and 90o Source Fours. The Source Four Enhanced Definition Lens Tube (EDLT) option, introduced at LDI 2005 and soon available in 19o, 26o, 36o and 50o field angles, makes any Source Four outperform even itself. The EDLT enhances gobo projections in both HPL and HID-equipped luminaires, pleasing theatrical and architectural designers alike.
Returning to its roots, ETC will release new entertainment-control offerings this year, including software and accessories. ETC is expanding the range of its popular Congo console with Macintosh support for the Congo Offline Editor and a Congo Radio Remote Focus Unit (cRRFU). The Congo Offline Editor, which allows designers to view, create and edit Congo show files on a computer, will be available for both PC and Mac OS X computers in the first quarter with the release of Congo v4.1 software. This release will also provide support for the cRRFU, which is based on the popular RRFU unit for ETC’s Expression console line. For the European market, ETC offers the IES Matrix Mk II installed dimming system with new Swing Frame Rack format, plus a potent touring rack version. For the German market, ETC has debuted its Transtechnik NT-X Booster, which adds further power to the respected NT system.
7th February 2006
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