Youngest Hog 3 User?

Ollie,

Well done on your early entry to the field. I would say that if you are not the youngest, you are certainly one of the most self-driven young men out there.

I think that Brad's son was learning to program on a Hog 2 when he was three, so he's probably moved on to a H3 by now, but that's an extreme case. :18:

Keep up the good work!

Phil

:hogsign: Thanks very much for your kind reply z6p6tist6, would anyone consider taking me on in the Summer Holidays for experience, only it is very hard to get anywhere with a comapny for all the h&s reasons.

Thanks Again.
Ollie

Ollie,

I am thrilled to see that you are so enthused about the Wholehog 3. You very well could be one of the youngest users. Phil is correct however that my son has been involved with programming since he was about 2. He was fortunate enough to get to learn on the first Wholehog 3 console (pre-release) in the United States many years back.

More recently he programmed a test routine for the first round of Hog iPCs every produced last year, programs our Halloween party every year on a Hog 500, and also used a beta version of Hog 3PC for a Scouting event in February. All this, and he just turned 9.

He has been fortunate to have a well connected father and in fact he even has run some lights at two Metallica concerts.

Again I am very happy to see that you have found your way into lighting and wish you well with your career. Please send me an email with your shipping address and I will be happy to send you some Wholehog 3 swag.

brad_schiller (at) highend.com

thanks,

Hi!
When I was 10, I went on a cruise and first learned to ues the Hog 500 and the Whole Hog 2 along with the obsession 2. I also picked up how to program ETC and Wholehogs quite quickly. In fact, the cruise ship Voyager of the Seas by Roayl Carribean has some of my programming on it in the Viking Crown Lounge (4 Roboscan 918's, multiple source 4's with color scrollers, a hog 500). I am now 16, am purchasing a 20'x20' trussing system with 10 Mac 250 Entours, 8 Roboscan 918's, and a JBL audio system all for flying. I plan on using the hog3 iPc for the lighting grid as I will be leasing to local production companies to run their lighting. I had to reply to this as i think i was one of the youngest ETC Expression 3 programmers. I learned to program it when i was 7 on a cruise (ive gone on about 17 now, this is how i got into lighting in the first place).

So yeah, im going to need to find some place for storage soon :)

Matt

Hey Olli,

I started with that lighting stuff at the age of 10 - thats now 9 years ago. I programmed my first show on a hog1k with the age of 12 - and this was when I started to learn wysiwyg too. One year later came the Hog2, in 2003, I think, I started with the Hog3, which is now my prefered console when doing gigs.
But still I like the Hog2 very much! :-)

Unfortunately my work concentrates more on WYSIWYG than on the Hog's but that's how it can go... ;)

This thread reminds me how time flies :) When I was ten, first Vari-lite was born and I knew nothing about lighting...:dunce:

Well I seen youngsters being envolved in programming of Wholle Hog II, one was 9 years old I showed him one PC console it took him 1 hour to program it, and when he saw Whole hog II he was hooked. As they grow up, and to day they are great programmers in all Whole Hogs.
It looks like Brads son is the youngest one .....I think I am the oldest I know most of console programmers and never saw nobody ollder than me.....I spend 3 days in H.E.S. building in Austin TX and I did not see nobody not even close to my age . I started when DMX did not exist it was Protocol only.........Well I look much younger than my actually age....:D :D :D I started before DMX was envented.

As far as i know you are the youngest hog3 user on high end systems... I am 17 and my church is building new facility for high schoolers (i am cuttently running ETC express) and this is what got me started b/c we are going to use a roadhog to control an assorment of moving heads, LED's and scrollers. And in responce to your "what next" question... get plugged into a local church that is of larger size and chances are that one of the venues has a console that you can toy around with. the plus side is that it gives you a lot of creative freedom because they usually are just happy enough just that you are there. you'll move up the line =)
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Im Connor,13 and am very intrested in lighting but not with hog but strand 500series at my local playhouse and downloaded hog 3pc 2 weeks ago with ESP vision
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Connor,

That's great that you're getting such a young start on professional equipment and that you're actively pursuing other ways to learn independently.

(Though I'd probably keep a check on 'colorful' language when you're searching out your first internship.)

Cheers,

Phil

Sorry everyone about one of my previous posts on the thread but was just so excited and well i was that so i typed anything but Djollie i take it back and if anyone would help me in getting started in the lighting world i have small experiences of a strand 500 programing a few shows at the Harlow Playhouse but i really love hog and would love a console but no cash so ill have to stick with the PC and ESP but other than that sorry

P.S would anyone have some summer work for a 14 year old in the summer for the Essex area England, Plus Deleted bad post
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Youngest RoadHog user?

Thats great, Very Good!

[quote=rosswill]Youngest RoadHog user?

too bad... and i thought it might be me... altough i might be the youngest road hog full boar owner :)

-don't you meen road hog full boar WiNNER? ;)