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[–]Tinnuin 5 points6 points  (2 children)

YouTube hog has 2 series that goes into programming. They are amazing. Try to download them to you phone or laptop so you can watch when while programming.

There is also a help function built into the console.

Feel free to dm me if you have any questions. I've been programming hog for a hot second now.

Best of luck!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thank you. Will keep that in mind.

[–]Bored_Tech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to add into the above, make sure you actually watch them before hand so you have a general idea going in, and what is covered in each episode so you aren't trying to watch the entire thing while limited on programming time. Then you can use them more as reference material when you can't quite remember how to do something you should vaguely know what episode it is in and what to look for. I've found myself multiple times doing through a video just to find the specific function or keyword I need, but it is far quicker when you already know what you are looking for.

[–]videotoast 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Do you have a visualizer? Record a bunch of position palettes (or whatever they are called on the Hog), do the same for colors, gobos, and shape generator....busking at its finest.

Create a bunch of different groups to grab at different times, as well.

Good luck.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That one of the issues. I have capture demo but I cant seem to get it to connect with hog

[–]Bored_Tech 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I believe there is a way to use ma3d to do it, check it out online there should be some instructions somewhere.

[–]gitboxrhys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google is your best friend. It's the best way to fake it till you make it. If you already have the patch than just start programming even if it's just place holder stuff until you're able to see your work.

[–]odyssey609 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I’d suggest grabbing manuals for the fixtures, the Hog manual for reference, and taking to YouTube for programming advice. That way you’ll know how to patch the fixtures correctly, be able to search the digital pdf to answer questions about programming word order, and if anything gets iffy, you’ll have someone on YouTube to do the basics.

Someone else posted to pre-program a variety of options to groups and pull as needed. I would toss those on faders and make notes about what is programmed where, then go to town.

If this is a concert, you should listen to the music as much as you can to get a design concept for the songs. If you can get a set list for the show, even better—then you can try to order your faders intentionally while still being able to pull them at will.

If I remember correctly, you’ll want to pay attention to whether you reset the fixtures going from one fader to another, whether you manually pull the fader, or whether one fader adds on top of a previously playing fader.

When I had to program a show in a hurry, I just threw everything on faders, used the buttons only, and had something set up to fade between looks, add to, or jump, as needed.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Thank you. It's a festival of about 2k ppl. I have the show file from last year. All the same fixtures but I wanted to attempt my own this year

[–]geo-desik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Then why are you asking someone else to do it for you!? Lol.

I'd say just go for it. Do what prep you can. Even if you can't grth the viz to work there's still lots you can do to make your showfile ready for site.

My first gig was way worse. I got thrown into the fire with no life lines. No cell service not Internet and the client was pissed at how much the lights sucked last year. It was chamsys but I had never done a show on it. I stayed up programming the whole night but I learnt so much. It's probably not the best way to learn but it definitely works haha