Hi. I’ve had the HOG 1 for over 18 years. I play it through a rhodes and its never left my top.
Running the freeze/gliss through stuff like arps (Enzo, Tararira) and Boss slicer etc is so tasty. Create on top around that… feed it to a looper and stack parts. it never ends.
Anyway, my baby is finally starting to feel like it is splitting at the seams. So I came to EHX to see about a Hog 2, and noticed a bleeding “soon to be discontinued” image.
Does this mean a HOG 3!? Anyway, it got my mind thinking about what I would improve. Mostly for my use case.
So I drew this quick mockup of my ideal HOG 3:
https://i.postimg.cc/RVn24vC2/Untitled-Artwork.jpg
Some of the features in bullet form, but it all makes more sense when you see the drawing:
– smaller size, though not the size of of Superego+. Think Microcosm or Strymon Volante / Nightsky. I think it would have to be bigger becasue…
– Stereo I/O and Stereo Dry out. Exp pedal. Midi I/O. that needs real estate
– EXP reverse as a switch on the back. So it takes up less on the front.
– Master and Dry Volume turned to knobs and placed above. To reduce pedal length (width?).
– Next to Dry volume is a Time knob and glide knob. for what you ask…?
– A sequencer. Where you can run each voice in succession according to a clock or a tap tempo.
– exp pedal footswitch is REPLACED with sequencer start and stop (hold / latch). Tap tempo (tap). Again, Everyone uses this with the expression pedal. So the expression footswitch is a waste.
– Sequencer step behavior: below each voice slider is an small multi LED button (like the small ones on the loopers), with three settings each: ON, REST, SKIP
– TUNE: Above each slider is another small LED button. haha. Hold the button and Adjust the slider to detune each voice up + or – 2 semitones (or whatever). This should be able to get the user to get to almost any scale using the classic layout of the HOG as its base.
– PAN: the same above leds can be held and glide knob is turned to adjust stereo panning for each voice. I can imagine it now. So sick.
– WAVE SHAPE: like the EXP MODE selector except wave shape of either the general synthesis (would be HUGE) or the sequencer attack.
– spectral gate button is smaller.
– expression mode button is smaller (but still the classic layout).
– sliders are smaller but not too much. They shouldn’t lose too much throw.
– finally built in presets: 7 segment old school style with an encoder. Turn to number push to select hold for 5 seconds to save.
– more on drawing.

Id shit myself. I score films and TV and  often use my rhodes and hog (plus other things) to create THE most unique textures.
thanks for reading.
S