GEEARGH!
I think we all know my thoughts on the HOG III (II, ipc,
road hog, whatever).
But at the risk of angering everyone on here and their delicate sensibilities, I will go ahead and beg all of you to stop promoting the HOG in any of its incarnations. (ha, I know, let the hate mail begin)
It makes me die inside a little each time. Worst...desks...ever. They were garbage in 1995 as the HOG500/1000 and they are still garbage today.
no hate mail here!
but actauly back in 95 ther were no hog 500/1000 that was the Jands series 500/600 wich used the hog 1 software platfrom you are refering to and yes they were a pain to work on towards the end of their life cycle however around here the hog 2 was the
console of choise if you were not running an avolite or compulite and in some case you were running them together!! accualy as i remember pretty much all the
network record tours ( brian adams, Sarah Mc, tragicaly hip, bnl,
etc) all used hog 2's, hell at most of the festivals I go to I see the old dogs still running their 2's. the hog 2 keep in the mid to late nintey's was a very powerfull and capable
desk.( in fact most notable touring ops ran a hog 2 or pearl or compulite back in the day) but also remember that in the begining the hog 2 was origional designed to be an automated lighting
desk so was usualy run in tandum with a
conventional desk, it was only
thru time that people began to use the hog more and more multipurposfuly. now with the hog 3 you have a hog
desk that is more tllted towards multi use.
there is nothing wrong with the grand ma as it is also a very powerful tool but to say that the ma is superiour or to say the same of hog is rediculious. it is tantamount to saying that coke is better then pepsi or vise versa! they are both excelt and top of the
line products. that can produce the same result. the decision reall comes down to cost vs. astetics. the hog is less expencive, while the grand ma features more bells and whistles. but both perform to the same standards. please note i am refering to the hog 3 variant only, as the ipc and roadhog are for similar yet different applications.
praising the Hog or the MA is not promotions, different desks work for different people. it really is down to the application. different desks are more suited for different jobs. like having a good wrench some perfer stanley, some mastercraft! so just like back in the day when the argument was avolite vs. compulite vs. hog, the truth was they all worked well its all down to the money you want to spend and the features that you want on
hand.
BTW windows, and Coke, are my picks for the other 2 likewised arguments haha