Technical Events are a full-service events and audio visual production company based in inner-city Melbourne. Their roster of clients across the corporate, entertainment and media worlds sees them providing lighting, audio, vision, staging, rigging and drapes to everything from major product launches to intimate VIP gatherings. Working in venues ranging in size from Olympic size ice skating rinks down to hotel meeting rooms, Technical Events needed a lighting control system that was compact enough for the small gigs, but powerful enough for the big shows. That’s why they’ve invested in a High End Systems Road Hog 4.
When it came time for a new console, Technical Events managing director Scott Dickson consulted his regular crew of lighting operators about what kind of functionality and operating system they’d prefer. The Hog family are industry workhorses, widely accepted by lampies across the board. “The Hogs are easy to use and most operators know them,” agreed Scott. “It makes it easy to find someone to run a show, even at our busiest times. I also like that it’s an all-in-one solution; it’s one bit of hardware, and the price point is attractive!”
Technical Events’ Road Hog 4 has now been out on shows for three months. It’s typically deployed to control 20 to 30 LED fixtures, a dozen movers and some utility lights, usually over wireless DMX. “It’s perfect for the size of gigs we’re doing,” Scott continued, “and the compact footprint is good for the small venues we sometimes work in.” Despite its size, the Road Hog 4 still manages to pack in plenty of control, with a 22”10-point multi-touch touchscreen, four encoders, ten playback faders and 12 user keys.
Scott’s also looking to the future to expand the lighting services Technical Events can offer. “The Road Hog 4 will have some powerful capabilities, like pixel mapping. That gives us a new product to sell to clients now we’ve got it.” As the Hog family continues to develop along with its clients, Australian distributor Lexair will be there to support users in the field. “Lexair’s Alex Mair is great to deal with,” Scott reported. “He lent us a console to play with before we bought it, he gets back to us quickly, and he’s helped us out with some fixture libraries.”
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