User manual
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2. Box contents - Hercules P32 DJ USB cable (type A male/type B male), length: 3.
3. Product specifications 3.1. 3.2. Mechanical specifications Dimensions: 14 x 9.37 x 1.9" / 35.5 x 23.8 x 4.8 cm Weight: 3.08 lbs / 1.4 kg Technical specifications 1.
2. Built-in multi-channel audio interface - - Speaker output (= output 1-2) with RCA connector o Maximum power = 5 dBU into 1 kΩ o THD+N @1 kHz ~ -85 dB o Resolution = 16-bit o Sample rate = 48 kHz Headphones output (= output 3-4) with 1/4 inch (6.
4. Installation 4.1. Connection to a computer (USB) Note: A LED illumination sequence, called Vegas Mode, starts up each time you connect the device to your computer. This sequence starts again after five minutes of inactivity on the controller, i.e. when the user has not interacted with the product. Vegas Mode takes place in three phases, allowing it to display the three possible colors of the two 16-pad matrices (red/blue/purple).
4.2. Downloading DJUCED™ 40° Go to: http://soft.hercules.com/P32DJ. Download and install DJUCED™ 40°. 4.3. Starting up DJUCED™ 40° A window appears, indicating that your product has been successfully detected and is ready to use.
4.4. Tutorials to get started in DJUCED™ 40° Follow the tutorials to help you get started in DJUCED™ 40° available here: https://www.youtube.
5. Description of features 5.1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Product description Transport buttons: SHIFT, SYNC, CUE, play/pause Performance pads Effects control knobs Adjust loops/track tempo, display, filter/search Browse within the library, load tracks, adjust main volume Mixer: equalization, recording, SLIP mode, headphones volume, monitoring, volume faders, crossfader 7. Performance pad modes: Cue points, loops, slicer, sampler 8. Speakers output (1-2) 9. Bus-powered USB port 10.
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 (speaker 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.
A temporary message will appear for 3 seconds on the 7-segment displays, confirming that the new audio routing has been detected. To return to the default setting, simply press + . A temporary message will appear for 3 seconds on the 7-segment displays, confirming that the new audio routing has been detected. 5.3. LightShow The product features a LightShow mode, which launches a brief illumination sequence of the pads in SAMPLER and HOTCUE modes.
accessible via the corresponding icon in the taskbar on a PC, or in the application\Hercules\Hercules P32 DJ directory on a Mac. 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™ 40°) and select the Hercules P32 DJ ASIO driver.
- Reduce the buffer size to reduce latency. - Increase the buffer size if you notice glitches or artifacts in the audio. You will need to repeat this procedure until you find the optimal buffer size for your system. The drivers are available here: http://ts.hercules.com/ 3. Firmware update Your product features an automatic firmware update mode. This requires installing the Hercules drivers and following the on-screen instructions. The firmware update will occur automatically.
6. Demo Mode This mode is available when you connect your product to a USB power supply. In this case, the product is not operational but is in demonstration mode and the start-up Vegas Mode sequence keeps repeating itself. This sequence is interrupted each time a user interacts with the product, and restarts automatically after a few seconds.
7. FAQ 7.1. No sound is coming out of my headphones. Make sure that you have connected your headphones to the right-hand side of the product, as your product is equipped with a multi-channel sound card preconfigured to work with DJUCED™ 40°. 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. 7.2. No sound is coming out of my speakers.
In that case, connect your headphones and speakers directly to the product. 7.5. This product does not have any jog wheels. Does that mean it is not a DJ product? This product targets a very particular type of DJ: DJs/producers who have as one of their main objectives to mix only dance music tracks with a fixed tempo.
8. Trademarks Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, 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™ 40° End User License Agreement Please read the License Agreement displayed during installation of DJUCED™ 40° carefully.
OVERVIEW DECK A MIXER Loops - Tempo / Filter - Move Effects Control (Fx) Performance pads Transport area & Shift Browse & Load General Mixer DECK B
GENERAL MIXER EQUALIZER AREAS (EQ) This KNOBS control the amount of EQ of DJUCED40TM. One per band: High - Mid - Low Same Behaviour for Deck A & Deck B Use SHIFT + EQ to control Deck C & Deck D RECORD Start/stop the audio recording. SLIP MODE Enable/disable the new DJUCED™ 40° SLIP mode. HEADPHONES VOLUMES These buttons control the Vol +/- on your headphones. They are not mapped in DJUCED™ 40° (they are hardware audio controls).
BROWSE & LOAD BROWSE PUSH ENCODER This PUSH ENCODER controls different things: 1. Easily browse UP/DOWN through your music library by turning the encoder to the LEFT/RIGHT. 2. PUSH this encoder to SWITCH between FOLDERS/FILES. 3. Press SHIFT + PUSH this encoder to switch between normal view browser and extended view browser. + 4. Press SHIFT + TURN this encoder for MASTER VOLUME. + LOAD BUTTONS - Collapse/expand folders. - Load the selected track on the destination deck.
NORMAL BROWSER VIEW EXTENDED BROWSER VIEW
LOOP - FILTER / TEMPO - SEEK LOOP/TEMPO PUSH ENCODER This PUSH ENCODER controls different things: 1. Easily change the LOOP length by turning the encoder to the LEFT/RIGHT. The LOOP SIZE digits will help you view the selected loop length: this reflects the DJUCED™ 40° LOOP SIZE value (purple square). 2. PUSH this encoder to SWITCH ON a LOOP; PUSH again to SWITCH it OFF. 3. Press and hold down the SHIFT button and turn the encoder LEFT/RIGHT to DECREASE/INCREASE the TEMPO (BPM) value by 0.1. + 4.
EFFECTS CONTROLS (FX) This UNIT perfectly reflects the DJUCED™ 40° design: 1. The first 3 knobs and buttons control the 3 effects (Fx Amount on the knob, Fx ON/OFF on the button). 2- The 4th knob controls - the DRY/WET parameter when the MACRO button is OFF. - the MACROFX amount when the MACRO button is ON and kept held down. 3- Use SHIFT + ON/OFF buttons to select a different effect in the FX slot.
TRANSPORT AREA PLAY/CUE 1. Play button: PLAY/PAUSE the track on Deck A/B (use SHIFT to control Deck C/D). 2. Cue button: - If the track is NOT playing, set a CUE point where the PLAYBACK HEAD is. - If the track is playing, the PLAYBACK HEAD goes to the last CUE POINT used and stops the track. - Pressing and holding down the CUE button will start the track. Release the button and it will return to the CUE point. - Press the CUE button + PLAY button for the CUE-PLAY (CUP) function.
PERFORMANCE PADS: MODES 4 MODES FOR PERFORMANCE PADS: 1- Hotcues : ADD or DELETE up to 16 HOTCUES on the fly. 2- Loop : build Instant loops and Continuous loops on the fly. 3- Slicer : cut a part of a track into slices to build easy live remixes. 4- Sampler : play using the DJUCED™ 40° multilayer sampler.
PERFORMANCE PADS: HOTCUES 16 HOTCUES ON THE FLY: ADD or DELETE up to 16 HOTCUES on the fly. 1. ADD a Hotcue at the playhead position by tapping a PAD. The PAD lights up in PURPLE when a HOTCUE is set. 2. If you TAP a PURPLE PAD, the playhead goes to the corresponding HOTCUE. 3. DELETE a Hotcue by pressing SHIFT + PAD. + = 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Hotcues 1/4/6 and 13 are set (purple LEDs).
PERFORMANCE PADS : LOOPS NOTE: In DJUCED™ 40°, there are two loop behaviors with SLIP MODE: 1. SLIP MODE IS OFF: build a loop, let it repeat. When you stop the LOOP, the track continues playing after the LOOP. 2. SLIP MODE IS ON: build one or more loops. When you stop the LOOP, the track immediately jumps back to the original position in the timeline where the track would have been if it had continued playing. This is a great way to play LOOPS without losing the phrasing of your track.
PERFORMANCE PADS: SLICER NOTE: Slicer mode is a new feature in DJUCED™ 40°. SLICER MODE: Slicer mode splits an active loop into 8 SLICES. The size of the Slicer area is determined by the deck’s selected loop size. Slices are triggered in real time: you jump between the 8 different sections of an active loop. Once a Slice is triggered, looping will start within the selected Slice for as long as the pad is pressed. Playback continues within the loop when no PAD is pressed.
PERFORMANCE PADS : MULTILAYER SAMPLER PART 1 NOTE: The multilayer sampler is a new feature in DJUCED™ 40°. This new sampler lets you play using 4 SAMPLERS per deck. Each sampler has 4 layers, so you can load up to 16 samples per deck. Each sample player can be individually set to Loop or Trigger mode (quantized or unquantized), and volume controlled. See the multilayer sampler in action: https://youtu.
PERFORMANCE PADS : MULTILAYER SAMPLER PART 2 MULTILAYER SAMPLER MAPPING TIPS: If a sample is playing, tap the PAD again to restart the sample (at quantization value).
