Lighting designer Christopher Snape is a self-confessed Hog man, however for his latest production King of the Air he had no choice but to use an ETC Gio console. The show was held at Sydney’s Recital Hall where Christopher used the in-house lighting gear including an ETC Gio and fader wing.
“Naturally I asked for a Hog console as I know it inside and out but I was stuck with the ETC Gio,” he explained. “I have used the ETC Gio before on a couple of shows but this was the first time I programmed one and I was pleasantly surprised. Based on my previous experience with this console I knew it could do everything I wanted, I personally just didn’t know how to do it.”
Christopher soon discovered that programming many features into the ETC Gio were very straightforward and he commented that anyone with experience in programming a show could pick it up fairly easily. In fact Christopher admits that in some things, the ETC Gio was easier to set up than the Hog.
“It was easy to do the basic programming of the in-house moving lights with the Gio,” he added. “When it came to being able to wing the show, to be able to set up faders that can make gobo rotates, chases and that kind of thing, I wasn’t sure of the syntax of the order to do things. I gave Eddie Walsh at Jands a call and he gave me the initial keystroke order of things, and then I found that everything else I wanted to do revolved around that key stroke order.
Christopher commented that with Eddie’s tips, programming and running the show was a very easy process.
“I particularly liked the simple but powerful way the console allows for Macro setup and learning keystrokes,” said Christopher. “With a push of a few buttons, you can pretty much make one button do a hell of a lot.”
Christopher further describes the ETC Gio as quite a powerful little console that can do everything it needs to do quickly.
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Lighting designer Christopher Snape is a self-confessed Hog man, however for his latest production King of the Air he had no choice but to use an ETC Gio console. The show was held at Sydney’s Recital Hall where Christopher used the in-house lighting gear including an ETC Gio and fader wing.
“Naturally I asked for a Hog console as I know it inside and out but I was stuck with the ETC Gio,” he explained. “I have used the ETC Gio before on a couple of shows but this was the first time I programmed one and I was pleasantly surprised. Based on my previous experience with this console I knew it could do everything I wanted, I personally just didn’t know how to do it.”
Christopher soon discovered that programming many features into the ETC Gio were very straightforward and he commented that anyone with experience in programming a show could pick it up fairly easily. In fact Christopher admits that in some things, the ETC Gio was easier to set up than the Hog.
“It was easy to do the basic programming of the in-house moving lights with the Gio,” he added. “When it came to being able to wing the show, to be able to set up faders that can make gobo rotates, chases and that kind of thing, I wasn’t sure of the syntax of the order to do things. I gave Eddie Walsh at Jands a call and he gave me the initial keystroke order of things, and then I found that everything else I wanted to do revolved around that key stroke order.
Christopher commented that with Eddie’s tips, programming and running the show was a very easy process.
“I particularly liked the simple but powerful way the console allows for Macro setup and learning keystrokes,” said Christopher. “With a push of a few buttons, you can pretty much make one button do a hell of a lot.”
Christopher further describes the ETC Gio as quite a powerful little console that can do everything it needs to do quickly.
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