HOG 4 GROUP TRAINING

Colin Wood of Pre Production Services works closely with ETC, the Master Distributor for High End Systems in the UK. ETC host monthly Hog 4 training courses which are free of charge. ETC also provide a very nice lunch! The courses are held at ETC close to Park Royal, West London.

The first day of the course covers the basic operation of the consoles, with the second day covering more advanced programming techniques.  Details of the main topics covered each day are listed below.

For more information, please email info@preproductionservices.com.  To register for one of the courses please CLICK HERE.

Day 1

• Setting up a new show, creating and storing Views

• Show file management

• Patching

• Connecting to a visualiser

• Hog 4 command line structure / syntax

• Working with fixtures in the Programmer

• Palettes

• Cues

• Cuelists

• Cue Timing

• Basic Playback functions

• Effects

Day 2

• Full System Restore & Software Upgrading

• More advanced Patching methods

• Compound Fixtures and Dotted User Number selection

• DMX Test / ArtNet Input window

• Media Picker window

• Function Keys (User Kinds & Command Key modes)

• Live Key functionality

• Advanced Timing

• How to use Scenes for busking

• Advanced Playback functions (Scale Masters / Batches)

• Pages

• Plots / Pixel Mapping

• Networking

• Timecode

• MIDI Notes