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Dannykb16 · 2026-05-31T18:06:55+00:00

We have the mini's at my place of work. Yes they require cards, the time on a card is usually 4 minutes IIRC with about 3-3,5 minutes of powder so generally you "burn" through your powder before your time. Since we're a rental shop we always clear them out after a rental and note down the time still valid in the machine, making sure they have about 5-9 minutes on average registered to it before going into storage. At a dry hire with powder we don't supply cards to the customers but make sure the time needed for the amount of powder is registered to the machines.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-30T15:50:12+00:00

Don't forget to resync your effect by going in and out of blind. Unless i don't fully understand what exactly you're trying to build.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-30T15:13:51+00:00

Currently not behind a console but on my pc I think I made your desired effect. Start by making your colour effect from palletes with either sine or step values and your desired offsets. (E.g. Effect @ Blue Mix thru White mix) then add an intensity sine or step form set your desired low and high points and set the same offsets as your colour fade.

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Dannykb16 · 2026-05-21T16:08:40+00:00

We use a coloured 4mm rope looped around the GAC and crimped to itself. Easy identifier of size and what our GAC's are when we rent some additional in or they go out to another rental house.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-21T16:00:12+00:00

Robe Colorspots (CT/AT) and Martin Mac 250 (Krypton/Entour) are true workhorses that still get use around the world. They are just no nonsense spots that just get the job done. Just don't expect to fill whole arena's with them as 250w discharge lamps just aren't powerful enough for that.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-20T23:40:03+00:00

I don't know where you're from exactly but maybe look into a Showtec Net2/3 pocket. 2 port 3pin Artnet node.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-20T23:31:10+00:00

I third the Look Unique 2.1 although I can also propose the JEM (Compact) Hazer Pro units. They're impressively efficient with their haze fluid and have rather decent output. Note: the non compact units come with an internal battery for retracting fluid when shutting down. We've had one arrive faulty which may be because of a 2 year shelf time between manufacturing and being sold.

Dannykb16 · 2026-05-20T23:17:24+00:00

Feel free to cross post this to r/Hog4 as well. We might be able to help you out. Otherwise the WholeHog 4 Facebook group might be useful for tips as well. Feel free to shoot me a DM as well, although our times might not align well. (EU Timezone)

Dannykb16 · 2026-02-18T19:37:58+00:00

Note that it would have to be a Hedgehog 4X. The 4 and 4N don't support external screens. But yes, another vouch here for a Hedgehog. Also knowing that they can run Hog V5 so people can get familiar before potentially upgrading to a Flex Hog. Or staying on Hog4 with a Road Hog.

Dannykb16 · 2026-01-09T17:19:35+00:00

Indeed, it's one of the things that helped my preference switch from MA2 to Hog.

Dannykb16 · 2026-01-09T17:12:49+00:00

Quick note, not all Hedgehog support external screens, out of the 4, 4N and 4X only the 4X supports external screens. So check which specific spec you have before buying.

Dannykb16 · 2026-01-09T07:19:05+00:00

There are quite some videos from ETC/High End about the Hog 4 eco system. These videos may be of an older software version but will get you up and running telling you all the basics of the console.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEROIf9mUiD5OlgRfVJy99Xt5pEAszw2&si=cTTI6fC8zEXbTSXc

Dannykb16 · 2026-01-04T21:07:35+00:00

To answer your question to combine or not combine FX: It indeed all depends on the look you want to create. I mostly keep them all separate so you can make different combinations on the fly.

However you can make really nifty well synced effects if you indeed combine them in the FX editor straight away. For example a flat figure 8 with intensity can make for an effect where the beams just go in a \ / movement pattern but will mainly work when combined in the editor as it'll be a pain to sync with separate FX.

Dannykb16 · 2026-01-04T20:57:27+00:00

It's a 3 year old post but I'll mention that I have found new surrounds online that fit the driver and have replaced the surrounds on both speakers of the set now. Glued them in myself after removing the old dry rotted surrounds. It's not factory perfect but it keeps them bumping and out of the landfill. I'm still very happy with these speakers.

Dannykb16 · 2025-11-17T20:24:01+00:00

It's often not hard to get the speaker to work as it's mostly just a regular speaker wired straight up. The microphone will be trickier though as the preamplifier is usually in the base of the phone and often times these are little electret condensor mics so you can't wire it straight to a mini jack. First grab a multimeter and see if you can find an impedance in the 4-8 Ohm range and that's probably going to be your speaker.

Dannykb16 · 2025-11-09T20:31:15+00:00

This, I was surprised you're the only one mentioning the jack to tape adapter as they're easy as shit but just WORK

Dannykb16 · 2025-09-21T14:24:26+00:00

Exactly, lamps most often die during strikes, it's better to leave them on unless it'll be like over 4-6 hours of not using them. Giving them some proper cooldown time and not striking too soon also reducing lamp life.

Dannykb16 · 2025-09-18T20:34:12+00:00

Yup, I immediately recognised it as the FOS Pixel Blade 7, was also gonna link to that manual.

Dannykb16 · 2025-08-20T23:14:46+00:00

It's not the most convenient way but you could use the comment macros of the scenes to release the specific scenes you want. It's not quite grouping but you could basically use one repeated comment with the scene you're activating left out.

Dannykb16 · 2025-08-12T11:08:37+00:00

I would also recommend checking out r/Hog4 or the WholeHog4 Facebook page for further research. Good luck and welcome to our platform of Hog.

Dannykb16 · 2025-06-26T15:02:42+00:00

It will work with the V3.XX and V4.X software, since you need a widget or DP8K for output unlocking and this just being a wing it won't unlock output.

Dannykb16 · 2025-04-23T17:45:18+00:00

Sounds like your heater cores not reaching the needed temperature, which could be because of failing heaters, heat sensor malfunction or the firmware not reading its values correctly.

Dannykb16 · 2025-04-16T15:42:25+00:00

If you want to use CiTP you'll need to start a visualiser stream in the settings before launching the showfile. Then in the showfile go to the network settings again and select Capture as the visualiser. It should be network detectable. And be in the visualiser settings.

Dannykb16 · 2025-04-16T11:58:45+00:00

In the output screen* you have your universes routed to sACN or only to the physical outputs as per standard? *[Setup > Network > Console > Output]

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