Programming for a concert - most effective way?

Hi guys,

I'm actually organising a 'small' concert (250 persons) and will be the one who operate the RoadHog this friday. I worked a bit with it this summer, so I know the basics of the basics of the Hog OS 3 but still a few question…

I just got the set lists of the four bands but will have the RoadHog not before friday, so I will have to program these light shows in like 6 hours.. I know almost impossible.

It's a really 'small' concert with just 6 Martin MAC 250, a few LED parcans and one Hazer.

So, having only 10 playback faders… how would you program it?
What do you think about like setting the the intensity channels of the two fixture types on two faders?
Is it possible and how can I can record cuelists in a 'palette'?
Would you put everything in one show or load a new show every time the stage is being rearranged for the next band (only like 5 minutes brake between the two first bands, then 30 minutes brake, and finally again a 5 minute brake between the two last bands).?



Regards,

Max
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    Hey Max,

    Use the > and = to Go Forward and Go Back.
    Helps to change the back time in Options to something quick enough.
    Also, Record the sequence of Position cues in a progression from say Upstage to downstage to audience. That way you can hit the Go button multiple times to go from say Cue 1 to Cue 5.
    And you don;t have to have the fixture up when you move.
    Pull the fader down, move, fader up.

    Scenes are good.
    You can playback Scenes right from the Pallet
    (turn off Guard at the top of the pallet)

    Another way to Busk the show is directly from the Cuelist Pallet
    (Open List).
    (again, turn off Guard at the top of the pallet)
    And you can spread out the Pallet across both monitors.
    That way you can go directly to positions/Colors/Gobos as you would record each one separately.

    Pages are good too.
    It gets a bit trickier doing this.
    Maybe not a good idea given skill level and time.

    Keep in mind... Set lists change at the whim of the band and you only have a few hours. Time FLIES when you're programming, or when you're stuck trying to get something to work.


    Hope this helps.
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    Hey Max,

    Use the > and = to Go Forward and Go Back.
    Helps to change the back time in Options to something quick enough.
    Also, Record the sequence of Position cues in a progression from say Upstage to downstage to audience. That way you can hit the Go button multiple times to go from say Cue 1 to Cue 5.
    And you don;t have to have the fixture up when you move.
    Pull the fader down, move, fader up.

    Scenes are good.
    You can playback Scenes right from the Pallet
    (turn off Guard at the top of the pallet)

    Another way to Busk the show is directly from the Cuelist Pallet
    (Open List).
    (again, turn off Guard at the top of the pallet)
    And you can spread out the Pallet across both monitors.
    That way you can go directly to positions/Colors/Gobos as you would record each one separately.

    Pages are good too.
    It gets a bit trickier doing this.
    Maybe not a good idea given skill level and time.

    Keep in mind... Set lists change at the whim of the band and you only have a few hours. Time FLIES when you're programming, or when you're stuck trying to get something to work.


    Hope this helps.
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