In Mid 2011, ETC introduced a new console to the Eos family of control desk, the Gio. The Gio falls inline between the Eos, their Flagship console and their mid-range desk, the Ion. Taking a closer look at the Gio, you’ll notice that it more closely resembles the Eos with one major difference. The…

Last night I had an interesting conversation about a color. There is an institution out there teaching young designers that all you will ever need is five colors of gel in order to light any show. Not a specific genera or type of show... ALL SHOWS.

What utter crap! If all we need is five colors, why on earth do the major gel manufacturers make over 300 different colors. Including any where from 20-30 shades of any given color. Then there are the color mixing fixtures, CMY or RGB... If…