George Tellos chose Hog PC for his control because of its convenience factor. "It is a great feeling to travel around the world with two small flightcases and have control at any system and any place," he says. "Hog PC works great, it's very easy to use and I can do a lot of things in the offline editor feature."
Tellos designed and programmed the show at the 'Lighting Design Wholehog & WYSIWYG Studio' in Athens, which is owned by Tellos and business partner Andreas Bellis. Tellos says he designed the show originally for High End Systems equipment, but there weren't enough fixtures available in Greece at the time the tour started.
However, changes are in store for the next legs of the tour. Come September, Tellos is replacing the 110 Martin fixtures with 25 HES x.Spot and Studio Spot 575s, and 16 Studio Color 575 automated luminaires. Replacing the Hog PC is a new Wholehog III, due to Tellos' new equipment purchase. Says Tellos: "I not only own a two-universe Hog PC system, but also a Wholehog III with single DP2000. Converting the programmed show from Hog PC to Wholehog III was a very simple process completed within 24 hours, by sending the file by email to Flying Pig Systems in London."
(Lee Baldock)
