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Top Reviews for ETC Ion at the Edinburgh Fringe
ETC's increasingly popular Ion control system has received rave reviews since several appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
Simon Wilkinson used one for the Fringe First Award-winning production Slick at the Traverse Theatre, a show produced by Vox Motus in which actors' heads are superimposed on small puppet bodies. The show started its development in Glasgow before moving to Edinburgh then going for a five-week tour round Scotland. "We were lucky to be in touch with Jeremy Roberts, ETC's associate regional manager for UK and Ireland, who told us about the Ion and lent us one to try out during the show's development," he says. "I don't think I could have produced a show this technically complicated within the resources available without the Ion. Things like the mark feature and discrete channel timings saved so much effort in programming the desk; presets made shifting between different venues a breeze."
Meanwhile, says Adrian Searle, technical manager for Stage Electrics, the two Ions they rented to the Assembly Rooms were extremely well received. "In co-operation with ETC, we held a training day at the end of July, in readiness for the festival throughout August. All the operators picked up the desk's operations quickly - which was handy, since they were to be used all day every day, from 9.30 each morning to 2.30 the following morning. It was essential that all the operators were proficient in their use - they were really thrown in at the deep end. We had some pleasing feedback, with users commenting on how intuitive and easy the desk is to operate."
The Ion is ETC's newest small control desk, with the features of a full size system but a small 48cm (19") footprint - perfect for the more confined space and budget usually experienced at Fringe venues.
In picture: an ETC Ion being used to light Slick at the Edinburgh Fringe photo Jethro Collins
25th September 2008
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