Hercules Dj Control Steel

Hercules DJ Control Steel (page under construction)

The Hercules DJ Control Steel is a USB MIDI controller (very similar to DJ Console RMX but without a built in sound card). It is compatible with Mixxx versions 1.6.1+herc and later. It works in Linux 32/64 bits (from kernel ~2.6.27+), Windows (XP, Vista, 7), and MAC OS X (10.4.11 (Tiger)/ 10.5.x (Leopard)/ 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) 32-bit)

MIDI driver

The midi device on the Steel is NOT USB-midi class compliant. For that reason it requires specific drivers to be working on each OS.

MAC OS / Windows

Drivers for MAC OS X and Windows can be found on Hercules support page.

Linux

Hercules has released a common MIDI-driver for their DJ controllers. Read more on the page for Hercules Linux kernel module

MIDI Mappings

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Hercules DJ Control Steel

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Global controls

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Control	Function
Cross-Fader	Fades between left and right deck
Vol. Main	Controls output volume of your mix
Balance	Controls balance between left and right audio channel of your mix
Scratch	Toggles scratch on and off which changes the function of the deck jog wheels Effect Shift when held down: -Shifts function of each decks Bass, Medium, Treble to control effect parameters
Up / Down	Moves up and down in the library track list When held down changes the jog wheels behaviour to scroll the library list
Left / Right	Moves up and down between the library sections
Monitor	Fades monitor output (headphones) between cue selected tracks output and the main mix

Deck / Channel specific controls

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Control	Function
Play/Pause	Starts playing a loaded track if stopped. If track is currently playing it stops the track
Stop	Stops a currently playing track and moves to the beginning.
Cue	Sets the cue point if a track is stoped and not at the current cue point Stops track and returns to the current cue point if a track is playing. Plays preview if a track is stopped at the cue point for as long as it's held down
Jog wheel	Seeks forwards and backwards in a stopped track Temporarily changes the playback speed for playing tracks Scratches both stopped and playing tracks when scratch mode is on Moves up / down in the tracklist if either Up or Down is held down
Forward / Backward	Seeks at high speed in a track
Load Deck A/B	Loads the currently selected track in the track list to the related deck
Cue Select	Toggles this decks output to the monitor (headphones) on and off
Pitch	Adjusts playback speed +/-10% (can be adjusted in the preferences)
Sync	Automatically sets pitch so the BPM of the other deck is matched
Pitch Reset	Resets the pitch to the tracks normal playback speed
Bass	Adjusts the volume of a channels low frequency content (ex. bass drum) Adjusts flanger period when Effect Shift is held down
Medium	Adjusts the volume of a channels mid frequency content (ex. vocals) Adjusts flanger delay when Effect Shift is held down
Treble	Adjusts the volume of a channels high frequency content (ex. hi-hats) Adjusts flanger depth when Effect Shift is held down
Kill (Bass / Medium / Treble)	Toggles output of a frequency band on and off
Gain	Controls a decks input volume
Vol. Deck A/B	Controls a decks output volume
Keypad 1	Toggles a channels flanger effect on and off
Keypad 4	Reveses playback direction when held down

Global controls

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Control	Function
Scratch	Toggles scratch on and off which changes the function of the deck jog wheels Effect Shift when held down: -Shifts function of each decks Bass, Medium, Treble to control effect parameters -Shifts the Keypad (1-6) functions to effects. Currently flanger and reverse

Deck / Channel specific controls

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Control	Function
Stop	Deck shift changes behaviour of other controls related to this deck when held down
Forward / Backward	Adjusts position of loop in/out and hot cues when a loop / hot cue button is held down
Bass	Adjusts the volume of a channels low frequency content (ex. bass drum) Soft takeover when Deck Shift is held down, lets you move knob in position before adjusting Adjusts flanger period when Scratch is held down
Medium	Adjusts the volume of a channels mid frequency content (ex. vocals) Soft takeover when Deck Shift is held down, lets you move knob in position before adjusting Adjusts flanger delay when Scratch is held down
Treble	Adjusts the volume of a channels high frequency content (ex. hi-hats) Soft takeover when Deck Shift is held down, lets you move knob in position before adjusting Adjusts flanger depth when Scratch is held down
Keypad 1	Go to hotcue 1 Set hotcue 1 when Deck Shift is held down Toggles a channels flanger effect on and off when Effect Shift is held down
Keypad 2	Go to hotcue 2 Set hotcue 2 when Deck Shift is held down
Keypad 3	Go to hotcue 3 Set hotcue 3 when Deck Shift is held down
Keypad 4	Hold down to adjust loop in position with Forward / Backward Set loop in when Deck Shift is held down Reveses playback direction when held down if Effect Shift is held down
Keypad 5	Hold down to adjust loop out position with Forward / Backward Set loop out when Deck Shift is held down
Keypad 6	Re-loop / exit turns looping on and off Half loop when Deck Shift is held down

Mapping for Mixxx

You need to update the mapping with following files : Link to mapping files

| Hercules DJ Control Steel Controls | | | | | ---------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------- | | | Control | Default Mixxx Mapping | | | | | FX Wet/Dry Knobs (1) | Unmapped | | | | FX Apply Select (1) | Unmapped | | | | Bank Shift (2) | Unmapped | | | | Pitch Bend + (12) | Temp Rate Up | | | | Pitch Bend - (13) | Temp Rate Down | | | | Vol Main (23) | Master Gain | | | | 1 (9) | Flanger on/off | | | | 2 (9) | Hotcue 1 set | | | | 3 (9) | Hotcue 2 set | | | | 4 (9) | Reverse | | | | 5 (9) | Hotcue 1 goto | | | | 6 (9) | Hotcue 2 goto | | | | 7 (9) | loop in | | | | 8 (9) | loop exit | | | | 10 (9) | loop out | | | | 9,11,12 (9) | Unmapped | | | | Up (8) | Select Prev Track in List | | | | Down (8) | Select Next Track in List | | | | Right, Left (8) | Navigate | | | | Stop (19) | stop | | | | Scratch (7) | Unmapped | | | | Vol_HP (11) | Not Available in Mixxx | |

1.7

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Hercules DJ Control Steel Controls - Mixxx 1.7 Additions
Control	Default Mixxx Mapping
Scratch (7)	MIDI Script: Toggle Jog (18) Scratch/Pitch Adjust behaviour (buggy)
Stop (20)	MIDI Script: Stop + Reset Track to beginning
Up (8)/Down (8) + Jog (18)	MIDI Script: Rapid Track List scrolling (reported buggy on RMX, but no problem seen on Steel)
Cue (21) + Play (19)	MIDI Script: Pushing Play while holding Cue will cause track to continue to play after Cue is released (buggy)