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Product Information
| Item Weight | 4.1 Kg |
| Product Dimensions | 44.6 x 31.4 x 13.2 cm |
| Item model number | 4780474 |
| Colour Screen | No |
| ASIN | B0012GS2T2 |
| Best Sellers Rank |
729 in Musical Instruments (See top 100)
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| Shipping Weight | 4.9 Kg |
| Date First Available | 25 Jan 2008 |
Product Description
Product Description
Cutting-edge DJ controller with built-in audio for live and studio use
Top panel
2 jog wheels for navigating within the music, speeding up or slowing down tracks and scratching
1 cross fader and 3 volume faders
2 pitch faders
2 x 3 buttons for pitch setting : 2 for master tempo, 2 for Auto-Sync and 2 for pitch reset
2 x 3 buttons for playback control (Play / Cue / Stop)
2 X 2 Rewind / Fast Forward buttons for navigating within the loaded audio tracks
2 x 3 Equalizer knobs and 2 x 3 Kill buttons
2 x 6 buttons for loops, pitch bend, effects and sampler
1 button for switching the jog wheels in scratch mode
4 directional buttons (up / right / down / left) for browsing menus and 2 buttons for loading tracks on the decks
2 gain knobs and 2 buttons for assigning external audio sources on the deck
1 balance knob
1 microphone volume knob + 1 microphone on/off switch + 1 microphone ¼'' jack mono connector
2 Cue Select buttons + 1 Cue-Main knob for monitoring + 1 headphones knob + 1 ¼" jack connector for headphones
Rear Panel
2 independent stereo outputs
4 RCA connectors featuring -10 dBv level for connecting a stereo system, a recorder or a mixing deck
4 ¼'' jack mono connectors featuring +4 dBu level to connect a PA amplifier or PA speakers
2 independent stereo inputs via 4 RCA connectors, with a switch for audio input level selection: line or phono
Connect any analogue audio source to the inputs
If the audio sources are vinyl turntables at phono level, connect the turntables' ground cables to the DJ Console Rmx grounding screws.
USB connector for connection to a PC (USB 2.0 or 1.1) or Mac (USB 2.0).
Front Panel
Microphone ¼'' jack mono input
Headphones ¼'' jack stereo output
Press:
04/02/08 - UK - DJ Console Rmx in Mac World
'Top of our list of must have items (from NAMM show) is the new DJ Console RMX from Hercules'
03/04/08 - US - DJ Console Rmx in Mobile Beat Magazine
'The new Hercules DJ Console Rmx was an impressive, completely professional looking DJ controller/sound card for computer DJs. While the previous DJ Consoles may have suffered from people wrongly judging a book by its cover, this unit is a sure fit in any pro rig.'
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Customer Reviews
This is a good USB deck. Clean design, tactile controls, jog wheels small but adequate, a moderate amount of fiddling to get it up and running with the latest version of Traktor but acceptable.
9 months after buying it (and therefore also 9 months into the supplied 2 year warranty), it broke. It barely left my desk in those 9 months since I use a different setup out and about and, while I didn't exactly hold back on the vigorous slider use, it was some kind of internal electrical fault. Anyway, I tested it on 3 different computers on a variety of different cables before contacting Hercules support but they put me through the usual copy-paste charade anyway (nothing against them for that, who doesn't treat their customers like idiots these days?)
After we'd exchanged 10 emails, they agreed that it was broken and told me to contact the retailer. That's where the problems started because they were an independent seller who had since given up and disappeared. I contacted Hercules and explained the situation to which they said that I had to have a "explicit refusal" on the part of the retailer before they would act on the warranty at their end. After a month of regular emails to Hercules and trying all the contact methods I had available for the seller on a daily basis, I decided to give up. I told Hercules support about this and received the same response as before: that they weren't going to replace it on the manufacturer's warranty.
Anyway, 9 months after I bought it, it rests in a landfill somewhere despite the 2 year warranty that helped sell it to me in the first place. A terrible experience that I thought I would share as a warning of what could just happen to you. Very disappointing given that the deck is actually of a good quality.
The package arrived this afternoon at 3pm and I was mixing on my MacBook within 15 minutes. Installed the 'lite' version of Virtual DJ and went straight to the Hercules site to get the latest device drivers. I did activate the 20 day trial Pro version, but reset it back to the factory settings after I realised the basic version had all I needed (for now).
The unit is really sturdy, nice and heavy, with firm EQ's (I prefer that, but other people are not so keen) and nice solid buttons.
The RMX, Virtual DJ and MacBook worked really well during my first live. No crashes, no stuttering when loading new tunes, ever so slight latency (but really not that bad) and a clear crisp sound coming through loudspeakers and headphones.
Thumbs up Hercules, a fantastic piece of kit.
The Hercules RMX is two players and mixer all in one. Also, with custom mapping you can make the three band EQ work as an effects unit.
You get two channels of RCA outputs and two digital outs (all outputs unbalanced) you also have two sets of inputs for players and/or turntable, both interchangeable at the flick of a switch.
The jog wheels are small but quite responsive, you may find that your software will have a bit of lag but i think that would be of a issue with your computer than the DJ console. pound for pound, you definitely get your moneys worth so if you cant afford to splash out £3000 on two CDJ2000's and £1500 on a DJM800 then i think you will be more than happy with this.
Happy Mixing ;)
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