User manual
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3. Product specifications 3.1. 3.2. Mechanical specifications Dimensions: 12.6 x 7.7 x 1.9” / 32 x 19.5 x 4.9 cm Weight: 1.98 lb / 0.9 kg Technical specifications 1.
2. Built-in multi-channel audio interface - - Speakers output (= output 1-2) with RCA connectors o Maximum power = 5 dBU into 1 kΩ o THD+N @ 1 kHz ~ -80 dB o Resolution = 24-bit o Sample rate = 44 kHz Headphones output (= output 3-4) with 1/8” (3.
4. Installation 4.1. Connection to a computer (USB) Note: An LED illumination sequence, called Vegas Mode, starts up each time you connect the device to your computer. Vegas Mode takes place in four phases, allowing it to light up all of the LEDs and display the four possible colors for the multicolored backlit energy ring.
4.2. Downloading DJUCED Go to: https://www.djuced.com/hercules Download and install DJUCED. 4.3. Starting up DJUCED A window appears, indicating that your product has been successfully detected and is ready to use.
The first time that you launch the DJUCED software, you will be guided through the process of setting up your product, and connecting different elements such as your headphones and/or your active speakers; you will also be given instructions regarding how to select your computer’s built-in speakers, if you do not have headphones and/or active speakers to get started with. Follow the on-screen instructions step by step to get started. 4.4.
5. Description of features 5.1.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Transport buttons: SYNC, CUE, play/pause, SHIFT Performance pads Loop In/Out (start of loop/end of loop) Enable/disable Vinyl (Scratch) mode Tempo adjustment fader with visual beatmatching aid (red LEDs), and green central LED for returning to the original tempo 6. Browse within the library; Assistant button for help choosing the best upcoming tracks and displaying/selecting the energy level of the suggested tracks; load track on corresponding deck 7. Gain control 8. Two-band equalization 9.
EQUALIZER (EQ) The ROTARY KNOB controls the EQ intensity in DJUCED®. One knob is associated with each band: HIGH / LOW. These knobs work the same way on decks 1 and 2. GAIN Gain adjustment potentiometer for decks 1 and 2. Easily browse UP/DOWN through your music library by turning the encoder to the LEFT/RIGHT. PRESS the encoder to SELECT FOLDERS/FILES. Press SHIFT and press the encoder to return to the root of the explorer.
VINYL This button lets you enable/disable SCRATCH mode (to be used in conjunction with the jog wheels). MODE In conjunction with the pads, these buttons let you select the pads’ mode (HOTCUE/ROLL/FX/SAMPLER), independently on each deck. The secondary modes (FX and SAMPLER) can be accessed with a long press of ½ second (0.5 seconds) on the corresponding button: the button will flash to indicate that the secondary mode is enabled.
In HOTCUE mode ADD a HotCue at the current playhead position by pressing a pad. The pad lights up in red when a HotCue is defined. Press a pad to position the playhead at the corresponding HotCue. To delete a HotCue, press SHIFT + a pad. ADD or DELETE up to 4 HOTCUES on the fly. In ROLL mode Pad 1 enables a temporary loop of 1/16 of a beat. Pad 2 enables a temporary loop of 1/8 of a beat. Pad 3 enables a temporary loop of 1/4 of a beat. Pad 4 enables a temporary loop of 1/2 of a beat.
JOG WHEEL The jog wheels are touch-sensitive and capacitive, and can react to the lightest touches of your fingers. With the jog wheels, you can: - move within tracks (when playback is stopped). - control the pitch bend of a track (during playback). - scratch (when Vinyl (Scratch) mode is enabled), by touching the upper part of the jog wheel and turning the jog wheel to the right and to the left. In conjunction with the SHIFT button, you can access the SEARCH function to quickly move within a track.
5.2. Multi-channel sound card The product includes a built-in multi-channel sound card, allowing you to play your mix on speakers for the audience (speakers output) and monitor the next track that you’re preparing on your headphones (headphones output). 1. Speakers output (= output 1-2) Your speakers should be connected to the speakers output located at the back of your product. 2.
By default, each time your product is connected, the headphones output is assigned to output 3-4 so that it can work with all DJing software available on the market — including DJUCED, in particular. However, if you wish to use your product’s headphones output to listen to music on your computer using iTunes, for example, you must route output 1-2 to the headphones output. To do this, press the Master button. 5.3. Compatibility 1.
This control panel allows you to configure the different ASIO settings such as the buffer sizes and latency. The procedure for configuring the ASIO settings is as follows: - Set the USB buffer size to “Standard (4 ms)”. - Set the ASIO buffer size to 512 to begin with. - Start your application (e.g.: DJUCED) and select the DJControl Inpulse 200 ASIO driver. Once the software begins using the ASIO driver, the ASIO settings can no longer be modified in the control panel.
The drivers are available here: https://support.hercules.com The control panel also allows you to access this information and display the driver versions installed on your computer in the ABOUT tab. Have this information ready if you need to contact Hercules’ technical support.
6. Demo Mode This mode is available when you connect your product to a USB power supply, and is used in-store, in particular. In this case, the product is not operational but is in demo mode: a demo sequence keeps repeating itself.
7. FAQs a. No sound is coming out of my headphones. Make sure that you have connected your headphones at the front of the product, as your product is equipped with a multi-channel sound card preconfigured to work with DJUCED®. By default, the 2 monitoring buttons are enabled when the software is first launched. You can then select either deck that you want to listen to on your headphones, or use the Master button to listen to the results of your mix. b. No sound is coming out of my speakers.
for the speakers and headphones outputs. If your built-in sound card only has one output (1-2) as in the example below, you will not be able to use your headphones for monitoring. In that case, connect your headphones and speakers directly to the product. e. I can’t connect my DJControl Inpulse 200. multimedia speakers to my If your speakers’ connectors differ from the connectors on the DJControl Inpulse 200, you can use a dual RCA to 1/8” (3.
8. Trademarks Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft® Windows® 7, 8 and 10 are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or in other countries. Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. The DJUCED brand and DJUCED’s graphic elements are the property of Guillemot Corporation.
9. Copyright No part of this manual may be reproduced, summarized, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, manual, via photocopying, recording, or other, without the express written consent of Guillemot Corporation S.A.
10. DJUCED® End User License Agreement Please read the License Agreement displayed during installation of DJUCED® carefully.