ETC to Show Gio Console and More New Products at LDI 2011

	Gio console

Showgoers heading to LDI who stop at the ETC booth (#1003) will see the company's Gio console, Selador Desire D60 LED fixtures, Mosaic Tessera, and Prodigy V1000 variable-speed rigging (among other new gear on display).

One of the biggest draws at ETC's booth in Orlando will be the official American debut of the Gio, the newest console in ETC's award-winning Eos lighting control line. Gio fills the mid-range position in the family, between Eos and Ion. The company says it offers powerful Eos functionality and popular operational syntax, in a compact and portable footprint -- to fit anywhere and to take on the road. It features backlit buttons and integrated, articulating multi-touch displays. It supports up to three external displays, which can also be multi-touch. Gio can act as a primary console, a back-up, or a client console.

LDI attendees can follow the color trail to ETC's latest Selador Desire LED fixtures -- the D60 range. The brightest of the Desire luminaires, the D60 is a PAR-shaped, round washlight for stage or studio rigs. With the Selador x7 Color System, the D60 blends up to seven LED hues to provide a nearly unlimited number of color mixes. The D60 also simplifies lighting work with Quick Setup options right on the fixture as well as profile and performance modes customizing the light to every task. The D60 can be controlled from a DMX-enabled controller (like an ETC console) or run via its convenient Stand Alone mode. Like the D40, the D60 comes in four color arrays (the Vivid, Lustr+, Fire, and Ice) and three white-light arrays designed expressly for studio use (Studio HD, Studio Tungsten, and Studio Daylight).

ETC will also demo the new Mosaic Tessera panel controller (MTPC) -- an addition to their Unison line of control. Tessera combines a 4.3" touchscreen with a 512-channel Mosaic controller. Complex lighting shows and lighting devices like LEDs and dimmers can all be controlled by Tessera, which also handles impromptu show control, accessories, and non-lighting effects. Tessera integrates within a larger system while containing all the software and functionality within its compact, economical package to master an entire installation. Used as a wall station, Tessera blends into any interior design.

On the rigging side of ETC's entertainment-technology exhibit, ETC is showing their new V1000 -- the first in the company's variable-speed line-up. Prodigy V1000 hoists raise and lower stage elements safely and quickly. The hoists move backstage loads and even front-of-house battens at speeds from 0 to 180 feet per minute with lifting capacities up to 1,000lbs working load limit. The hoist design minimizes space required for machinery and reduces stress on a building yielding 40% less force on the structure with the Compression Tube. Prodigy's Powerhead weighs up to 50% less than competing systems. ETC is also introducing the new Prodigy tubeless design for efficient installation in existing facilities engineered to support theatrical rigging.