Here’s the good news: You can DJ perfectly well on this. With only three knobs and three faders, of course, this is going to be DJing stripped back to its bare basics. Far more respectable DJ software brands can’t get this bit right, and it’s a major stumbling point for countless beginners, so well done Hercules and DJUCED. Once you’ve jumped that hurdle, though, thankfully everything else is set up for you on opening the software, which means when you plug your headphones in they work as they should, and when you plug your speakers in they do what they’re meant to. In fact, you have to install the Hercules drivers (it annoyingly installs drivers for every Hercules controller – bloatware alert!) and the software separately, something the instructions don’t make clear. Indeed, currently, it’s only available with a couple of Hercules DJ controllers. The supplied software is called DJUCED, which is not one of the big DJ software brands. It feels like it will last for a long time, and at least the fact that it’s black means that it looks only partly toy-like. Four big, shallow rubber feet hold it steady on your surface. While it’s completely plastic and plainly consumer-oriented, it’s perfectly well made for what it is. Lightweight and in a mixture of glossy and matt black plastic, it hat two shrunken, clunky jogwheels, three faders, six knobs, a couple of paddle controls, and 35-odd buttons. There are 1/8″ TRS sockets front and back for headphones and speakers respectively, and also twin RCAs at the back for speakers. It’s tiny! It comes in a little box and is no bigger than a paperback book. How does it shape up in a very different world? In today’s Hercules DJ Control Instinct review, we find out… First impressions and setting up Now nearly a decade later, we have the latest little baby in the company’s range to look at. Back in 2004, I was asked to review the very first Hercules DJ controller – one of the first DJ controllers ever made – which was a tiny device not dissimilar in looks to the Hercules DJ Control Instinct, which we look at today. Despite having no sound card (so no headphones) and some pretty serious design misgivings, that little controller was what got me hooked on digital DJing.
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