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ETC ColorSource CYC

ETC ColorSource CYC

The ColorSource line from Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC), headquartered in Middleton, WI, includes fixtures, control and relay products. The fixture line consists of a spot, par, linear, and now, the newest addition, the ColorSource CYC wash light. Let us have a closer look at this luminaire (and see if that is actually a mirror).

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Is Toronto Home to the World’s Youngest Lighting Designer?

An avid reader of PLSN magazine, the recently-turned-16-year-old Christopher Da Silva, wanted to share his story and lighting success. So, the Toronto teen had a publicist spread his news. His biggest project to date? Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He was commissioned to create a new lighting plot for the musical, and directed the lighting. The set included LED drapes, lit staircases, and more lights than the previous production. The September event was the biggest multimedia production of Toronto’s CPA Centre, with an audience of more than 8,000.

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Arrgh Ye Prepared for the Pirate Invasion?

Shiver me timbers! All of these pirated products are driving me to the end of me plank! Walking through New York City a few days ago, I couldn’t help but notice the amount of designer handbags for sale on the street. Why would anyone go into a boutique store and pay 15 times the price when they could just get the “same” product from the head-to-toe denim-wearing, shady-looking, amateur salesman with the white Reeboks selling Coach handbags on the street corner from the milk carton above his ratty blanket?

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HSL Has a Riot with Prodigy

There are a few givens with a Prodigy show! The first is that they are arguably one of the best live acts on the planet, and 27 years after they first exploded onto the big-beat electronic scene, chaos, anarchy and a riot of sound and light are still all vital to the mission of getting the energy, buzz and attitude of the music right out there to all the fighters in the room!

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