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This spring, we decided to take advantage of Wisconsin's unpredictable weather to show you just how durable MegaPix and GigaPix are. With an IP54 rating, these pixel wash fixtures are protected against dust and rain.

What are IP ratings and what do they mean for your fixtures? Ultimately, they identify how much protection your gear has against dust and liquids. In this article, you'll find helpful tips to understand IP ratings and which might be the best for the environment you're working in. Let's dive in.

When the creative team behind Les Indes Galantes chose to switch to ETC and change lighting consoles mid–pre-production it sounded like an impossible task. But with a mix of skill, teamwork, and the unwavering support of the ETC team, the transition to Eos - just before heading out on tour - turned...

You may have heard that this year marks a major milestone for ETC – our 50^th anniversary! We've been celebrating this incredible journey with events across our global offices, and most recently, the festivities made their way to ETC Ltd.

When rock icon Sammy Hagar took over the Dolby Live in Las Vegas for his recent residency, Lighting Designer Jamie Fadden brought bold and nostalgic visuals to the stage with the help of High End Systems SolaPix Fan 8 and Zeo fixtures, as well as Hog lighting control.

Lighting and sound designers are often fiercely loyal to their control platform of choice; this concept is not better exemplified than in the work of Dutch lighting designer Pepijn van der Sanden. A true-blue fan of the ETC Hog platform, Pepijn is still an in-demand LD for tours and corporate...

ETC has improved century-old rigging technology through innovative engineering to encourage safer backstage environments. We found a way to make rigging safer and easier for staff to use and teach. Meet Prodigy Balance.  

What comes to mind when you picture the rigging from your high school theatre experience? A few overhead pipes tied off to wall-mounted cleats? If that is your memory, then you are not a graduate of the Utah school system.

This summer, the National Ballet of Maresille literally set the Vieux-Port harbor on fire, transforming the space into a dance stage for the occasion. In this "concert" configuration—and in front of an audience of 23,000 people—Éric Wurtz's lighting design was controlled by ETC’s Eos Apex console,...