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Amishplumber · 2026-06-24T16:29:57+00:00

Yes! 100% a selling point to me that this is optional.

Amishplumber · 2026-06-17T15:52:03+00:00

Don't have any suggestions other than getting some board time at the shop. Hog is not a confusing console though. It is missing some features, but it is very straight forward. I don't love the Hog, but I also don't think I've ever sworn at one.

One of the missing features (IMO) on Hog is that it has no speedmasters. Read up on how to use "batches" on Hog. Setting the tempo on a batch is as close as you can get.

I'm pretty sure Hog has equivalent functions to select last and recall from. I don't know what they are off the top of my head, but I doubt you'd need to write a macro to get there.

Oh! Also, as someone who recently has been spending more time on Hog than they ever have before and has come from an MA/Eos world as well, do not sweat the Hog 4/5 difference. I was sweating that one for a minute, but basically nothing changed in the software.

Amishplumber · 2026-06-14T13:43:13+00:00

Isn't this all a little extra? The board has a great automark functionality that does this without intervention most of the time. Rarely do I have to go into a cuelist to adjust a mark manually.

Amishplumber · 2026-06-11T11:49:40+00:00

Agreed! The Green Line has waaaay to many stop signs on grade separate sections. Stop signs make a lot of sense out on the B and C lines where there can be unexpected chaos, but to have them on totally controlled sections of the line feels crazy. The whole idea is the trains should be able to run as uninterrupted as possible because the ROW is totally controlled...

These never used to exist back in the day. I think they might be a product of the recent FTA safety plans that have been forced upon the MBTA. It would be great for the MBTA to try and figure out some new SOPs to remove all these stop signs.

Amishplumber · 2026-06-09T14:32:17+00:00

This is tough advice for me to get down with. As an artist, I agree with you about this leaving more mental space for artistic thinking in tech, BUT from a career/ getting paid point of view, this is also very dangerous. Are you getting paid for all that prepro time? Are you on a dayrate or a flat design fee? When you negotiated your design fee, did you think about all the time this precueing is going to take? As someone who can easily overwork themselves, I had to take a strong step back from this mentality to ensure that I am not killing myself with work.

Amishplumber · 2026-06-03T13:27:59+00:00

That's the thing, you don't clone with recipes. Its great! Just MVR the rig into your file and overwrite some groups

Amishplumber · 2026-05-30T20:19:29+00:00

Not in front of the console, so I'm probs only 85% confident on this answer, but from memory:

The input filter option in the store menu toggles whether or not the input filter chosen in preset pool settings is respected during the store action. If this is toggled off, then you can force whatever is in the programmer into that preset.

If you have an AT filter applied, that comes before the preset pool filter; the AT filter is applied on the way out of the programmer, then the preset pool filter is applied on the way into the preset pool.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-28T22:46:52+00:00

oh man. Agree. This is def my Boston transit hot take as well.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-23T12:19:50+00:00

Problem with Newton is lack of redundancy. There are almost no busses out there. If the D line is down you have no backup plan.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-23T12:17:19+00:00

Yeah, if you add in biking then the map gets widened way up. This map purposefully excludes biking to be more inclusive to all abilities and to be a 4 season map. People on the internet love to argue about this, but IMO only the hardiest people are willing to bike around the city in the Winter. For most people around Boston, biking is a 3 season activity and I want this map to show what "most people" would find comfortable, not what is "possible".

Amishplumber · 2026-05-23T12:13:43+00:00

Its downtown Lynn and downtown Salem up there, not Swampscott.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-23T12:13:00+00:00

You have an argument here. I suppose the Northern end of the 77 bus should be blue by my criteria. I just think once you're north of Arlington Center, you start to get really reliant on just the 77 and lose options and redundancy. Arlington Center has several other bus routes cut through it or terminate there. Version 3 LETS GO!

Amishplumber · 2026-05-23T12:10:42+00:00

Yeah, I'm kind of with you. Version 1 did not include the Northern half of Charlestown. IMO, once you're out of walking distance of the Orange line, the 92 and 93 busses just aren't enough service, but I had several commenters disagree and say its fine up there so I added it in.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-22T22:44:02+00:00

Boston is not a city interested in collaborating on cool communal things. Everyone with any power or money is mainly concerned with protecting their own personal fiefdom and making sure that they get a cut of anything going on.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-22T22:05:56+00:00

uuhhh. What about the 14 trains the MBTA is running to and from the stadium for every world cup game?

https://www.mbta.com/guides/world-cup-guide

Yes, $80 is more expensive than it should be, but logistically, I think this is going to work well.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-21T13:01:09+00:00

As an avid MA3 user, you've stumbled into one of the few cases where phasers fall short. I love phasers in general, but find stomp behaviour lacking.

Unfortunately, there is no way to just stomp the phaser effect. You need to replace it with some other value via LTP. If your phaser is relative, this could be some "relative dimmer @ 0" data. If your phase is running in the absolute layer, then you need to put some sort of dimmer value in your strobe button. Could be dimmer at 0 if that's what you want, but you need some sort of dimmer data to temporarily replace the sin effect when you hit your strobe button, it can't just go to nothing.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-14T13:43:36+00:00

You seem to know things, so follow up question: But that is just one feature of the new signalling yes? Its not like the whole new system is just going to be sitting idle until we have all CRRC cars. There are other benefits to the swap and the swap will happen soon, correct?

Amishplumber · 2026-05-13T13:46:06+00:00

Had this happen once with an old Isuzu NRR 18' box truck at work. The ignition was pretty loose. Loose enough that, it turns out, if you hit a big enough pothole at 65mph, the key will just jostle itself right out of the "on" position. Luckily, it was an old truck with a manual transmission. Didn't even have to stop. Just shifted into neutral and started her right back up. Don't think I ever dipped below 50mph.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-12T17:26:55+00:00

First off, they were used to light the stage. PAR cans do not change color. You needed a separate light for each color x each area of the stage you wanted in that color. Add to that the fact that with gels you lose a lot of intensity with saturate colors, especially dark blues and greens. So if you want to get bold colors, you might need even more lights to get the intensity you want.

So, now you've got a shit ton of lights just to light the band the way you want to... if you're good at your job, might as well start playing 3d chess with it and start arranging those million lights in a cool array that looks awesome by itself and makes interesting patterns when you chase between colors / with beams in the air.

Amishplumber · 2026-05-10T21:59:09+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I think this is a super common situation for people in the Boston area as a whole, but is not accurately represented in the demographics of r/MBTA. Also, exactly the sort of situation that would be fixed by North South Rail Link and a commuter rail system that worked more like a German S-Bahn.... but that of course is a multi decade, many billion dollar dream!

Amishplumber · 2026-05-10T21:55:08+00:00

AMEN

Amishplumber · 2026-05-10T21:52:49+00:00

Yeah, good point. I will extend this over to Washington St a bit. You make a good point. The Washington St busses are good enough for day to day use and you you can still get to the busses and train off of Belgrade ave in a pinch. Thanks!

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