ETC Advances High End Systems Fanless Legacy with Halcyon Silent Ennovations Latest by elissa@spinworkz.com - November 13, 2024 ETC has launched the next generation of fanless solutions with the High End Systems Halcyon Silent. Hundreds of venues worldwide trust ETC’s fanless automated lighting technology for the most noise-sensitive applications. This fanless luminaire pairs silent operation with the best-in-class feature set from the Halcyon family. Like its fanless predecessors, Halcyon
ETC’s Alva Wong Discusses the Company’s Evolution and Future Prospects Features Latest by elissa@spinworkz.com - July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 Founded in 1975 by Fred Foster, his brother Bill Foster, and their friends James Bradley and Gary Bewick, Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) has grown into a global leader in lighting and rigging technology. As ETC approaches its 50th anniversary, it enters a new period of growth, building on its rich
ETC Introduces Lonestar Companion Hyperstar Ennovations Latest by elissa@spinworkz.com - October 4, 2023 ETC has introduced the High End Systems Hyperstar, a new companion to the Lonestar automated luminaire. A powerful, compact moving light optimized for projection versatility, Hyperstar will help create uniquely beautiful designs for a wide variety of venues. Hyperstar is the same size as Lonestar, and is just as bright, compact,
High End Systems Launches SolaPix Ennovations News by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2020 High End Systems has announced the launch of the SolaPix 7 and SolaPix 19 wash luminaires. The SolaPix family takes the traditional concept of a pixel wash and pushes it to its maximum potential. With a wide variety of looks to help set the mood and steal the show, SolaPix features
High End Systems Introduces SolaWash 1000 Ennovations by Thomas Richard - September 10, 2019 High End Systems introduces the newest member of the Sola Series, the SolaWash 1000 automated luminaire. SolaWash 1000 is available in two versions; either with an Ultra-Bright engine producing 20,000 field lumens or a High CRI Engine featuring incredibly accurate colour rendering. The fixture includes a full framing shutter system, CMY/CTO linear
Jackson Browne Takes it Easy with SolaFrames Live by Thomas Richard - May 26, 2019 Singer songwriter Jackson Browne is takin’ it easy these days on lamp changes and power requirements by using an all-LED touring rig which includes High End Systems Sola Series. Lighting designer/director Steve Comer chose 5 x SolaFrame 2000s from lighting vendor Bandit Lites on his springtime acoustic concert tour, which ran
USA: HES SolaHyBeams Provide Three-in-One Lights for G3 World Tour Live by Thomas Richard - May 18, 2018 The G3 2018 world tour needed three different designs for its three distinctive guitarists. Production designer/lighting designer Alastair Watson – who is also the production manager – had a tight budget and a one-truck space constraint. One rig had to do it all. So he specified 16 High End Systems
USA: HES HEX Gives Bright Flexibility to Carly Rae Jepsen’s Rig Live by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018 Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen counted on 14 High End Systems HEX fixtures to provide a literal “eyeful” of stage lighting looks for her supporting act on Katy Perry’s recent Witness: The Tour in North America. LD Charles Ford’s challenge was creating a design in the space, or “iris” of
USA: Hog 4 Controls Evanescence’s Synthesis Live Tour Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018 LD Marty Postma of NY-based Retinal Resonance A High End Systems Hog 4 console is touring the world with rock group Evanescence. LD Marty Postma of NY-based Retinal Resonance has been using the Hog 4 console to control Evanescence’s Synthesis Live tour in North America. Postma designed and operated this tour
NLD: SolaSpots Star Performers at Amateur Musical Awards Live by Thomas Richard - April 17, 2018 Held in the prestigious Royal Theater Carré in Amsterdam, the third annual Amateur Musical Awards featured lighting design by Coen van der Hoeven, who specified a large High End Systems rig for the show, including 16 SolaSpot 2000s, 40 SolaSpot 1000s, six SHAPESHIFTER C1s, 20 UNO and Hog 4 control. The