--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | Source Four (2) description: Source Four | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. (2) image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Logos%20-%20Icons%20-%20Design%20Elements/ETC_4c-1.png --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera\_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four/page/2#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # Source Four (2) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Best-Blogs-2019.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/01/2019-in-review-etcs-top-10-blog-posts) [ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc) ### [2019 in review: ETC’s top 10 blog posts](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/01/2019-in-review-etcs-top-10-blog-posts) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 2-Jan-2020 Ready for some hindsight in 2020? We couldn’t let the new year start without cracking that joke *or* looking back at our “best of” content from 2019. In the last year, we had a lot to discuss, from lighting tips to ETC culture. Check out our most-read blog posts from the last year to make sure... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/01/2019-in-review-etcs-top-10-blog-posts) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ETC-test-rig1-750x482.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/10/feel-the-power-at-etc) [Source Four](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four) ### [Feel the power at ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/10/feel-the-power-at-etc) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 10-Oct-2019 When you manufacture some of the highest voltage power racks in the world, how do you go about safely testing their load limits? With a monstrosity of lighting fixtures and miles of cables. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/10/feel-the-power-at-etc) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ALL-THAT-JAZZ-SAMANTHA-PEO-Cr-Christiaan-Kotze-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/09/lights-consoles-and-all-that-jazz) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Lights, Consoles… and all that Jazz](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/09/lights-consoles-and-all-that-jazz) By [Opasna Randev](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/opasna-randev) 12-Sep-2019 **Winner of six Tonys, two Oliviers, one Grammy, two Baftas and six Academy Awards, Chicago is the longest-running musical revival in Broadway history and ETC was selected to light the show for its International Tour 2018-2019.** [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/09/lights-consoles-and-all-that-jazz) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/bday2-1.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/05/happy-birthday-from-etc) [ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc) ### [Happy Birthday from ETC!](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/05/happy-birthday-from-etc) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 8-May-2019 [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2019/05/happy-birthday-from-etc) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/KenBerry-web-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Henry IV and the Source IV’s](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Jun-2018 As Tom Hanks shimmies into a fat suit for his first Los Angeles stage performance as Sir John Falstaff, lighting technicians Curtis Scheu and Ken Berry sit at an ETC Ion and run a final channel check for the opening of *Henry IV.* Performed in the sylvan setting of the Japanese Gardens at the West... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/23755642_1890176784330467_5317249836921941064_n-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/tradeshow-talk-ldi-2017) [Video](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/video) ### [Tradeshow Talk: LDI 2017](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/tradeshow-talk-ldi-2017) By [Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/kate-foster) 28-Nov-2017 Couldn’t make it to Vegas this year for LDI? Now that the Thanksgiving turkey has settled in our collective stomachs, here’s a recap of highlights from the show floor… [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/tradeshow-talk-ldi-2017) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SourceFour25thMosaic_770px-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/source-four-fixture-25th-anniversary-video) [Source Four LED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four-led) ### [Source Four fixture 25th Anniversary Video](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/source-four-fixture-25th-anniversary-video) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 16-Nov-2017 Twenty-five years ago the Source Four® fixture was [launched at LDI](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/where-were-you-in-92). This past summer we asked you to send in photos of your Source Four fixtures at work in the field. You responded in overwhelming numbers! [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/source-four-fixture-25th-anniversary-video) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Globe-FestivalTheatre-web-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/10/san-diegos-old-globe-eucalyptus-groves-multiple-stages-source-fours) [SoCal](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/socal) ### [San Diego’s Old Globe: Eucalyptus groves, multiple stages, and Source Fours](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/10/san-diegos-old-globe-eucalyptus-groves-multiple-stages-source-fours) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 17-Oct-2017 Only in Southern California will a Spanish Mission bell tower share the skyline with an array of Source Four fixtures rigged on telephone poles. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/10/san-diegos-old-globe-eucalyptus-groves-multiple-stages-source-fours) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SourceFour-25_700-700x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/where-were-you-in-92) [Source Four](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four) ### [Where were you in ’92?](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/where-were-you-in-92) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 16-Aug-2017 In 1992 the first nicotine patch was introduced to stop smoking. The largest shopping mall in the US was constructed in Minnesota. A Few Good Men, The Bodyguard, and Reservoir Dogs hit the big screen, and Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson, and Nirvana were at the top of the charts. A shipping... 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