Hercules DJ Control Steel - Holzhaus/mixxx GitHub Wiki
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)
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.
Drivers for MAC OS X and Windows can be found on Hercules support page.
Hercules has released a common MIDI-driver for their DJ controllers. Read more on the page for Hercules Linux kernel module
You need to update the mapping with following files : Link to mapping
files
| Control | Function |
|---|---|
| FX Wet/Dry Knobs (1) | Unmapped |
| FX Apply Select (1) | Unmapped |
| Cross-Fader (24) | Fades between left and right deck |
| Vol. Main (23) | Controls output volume of your mix |
| Balance (6) | Controls balance between left and right audio channel of your mix |
| Scratch (7) | Toggles scratch on and off which changes the function of the deck jog wheels |
| Up / Down (8) | Moves up and down in the library track list |
| Up / Down (8) + Jog (18) | Rapid Track List scrolling |
| Left / Right (8) | Moves up and down between the library sections |
| (10), (11) | TODO |
| Control | Function |
|---|---|
| Cue (20) | Sets the cue point if a track is stopped and not at the current cue point. Stops track and returns to the current cue point if a track is playing. |
| Stop (19) | Stop + Reset Track to beginning |
| Play/Pause (18) | Starts playing a loaded track if stopped. If track is currently playing it stops the track |
| Jog wheel (17) | Seeks forwards and backwards in a stopped track |
| Forward / Backward (16) | Seeks at high speed in a track |
| Load Deck A/B (25) | Loads the currently selected track in the track list to the related deck |
| Cue Select (21) | Toggles this decks output to the monitor (headphones) on and off |
| Pitch (14) | Adjusts playback speed +/-10% (can be adjusted in the preferences) |
| Sync (15) | Automatically sets pitch so the BPM of the other deck is matched |
| Pitch Bend- (13) | Resets the pitch to the tracks normal playback speed (FIXME) |
| Pitch Bend+ (12) | TODO |
| Bass (5) | Adjusts the volume of a channels low frequency content (ex. bass drum) |
| Bass (5) + Scratch(7) | Adjusts flanger period |
| Medium (5) | Adjusts the volume of a channels mid frequency content (ex. vocals) |
| Medium (5) + Scratch(7) | Adjusts flanger delay when Effect Shift is held down |
| Treble (5) | Adjusts the volume of a channels high frequency content (ex. hi-hats) |
| Treble (5) + Scratch(7) | Adjusts flanger depth when Effect Shift is held down |
| Kill (Bass / Medium / Treble) | Toggles output of a frequency band on and off |
| Gain (3) | Controls a decks input volume |
| Vol. Deck A/B (22) | Controls a decks output volume |
| Forward / Backward (16) | Adjusts position of loop in/out and hot cues when a loop / hot cue button is held down |
| Control | Default Mixxx Mapping |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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