With the new venue came some new gear including four 53 cm ETC Selador Vivid-R LED fixtures and an ETC Element console.
"The Seladors perform really well, deliver strong saturated colours and have great optics," remarked Darren Gee, venue & operations manager. "We don't have a lot of power in the building so the more LED fixtures we can put in the roof, the better. It also means we don't have to get up and down all the time to change colour as that can now be done from the console.
"I looked at some of the other LED fixtures available but none of them had enough grunt. The Seladors were by far the brightest. I use the dispersion panels on them which are remarkable. You put the dispersion lenses in and you get amazing width and depth from them - I was quite surprised.
The venue required a cost-effective lighting console that could run intelligent light fixtures and the ETC Element was the perfect solution. "It's a very easy operating platform to learn," he reiterated. "Element seemed like the perfect desk for a venue such as ours. It has the software of the successful Eos and Ion range with simplified features to ease user control, making the basic functions easier to navigate with greater hands on fader control. It's quick to program, easy to operate and reliable."
Footscray Community Arts Centre's ETC Element Console and ETC Selador LED fixtures were supplied by Melbourne dealer Blue Bottle.
(Jim Evans)
