Hercules P32 DJ - 2-Deck USB Controller - 32Pads

brilliant bit of kit for the money ........... and great fun

Imagine a grid pad controller with a two-channel mixer and sound card thrown in. Essentially each deck consists of a 4x4 grid with macro function buttons, loop controls as well as filter and effect knobs. The unit is made of plastic so light enough to carry about when needed and has a small footprint for it's ability. Standard ¼” headphone jack, a USB port and a pair of RCA outputs for the master channel. At the bottom of each deck you will find transport and sync controls and the shift button which you’ll be using a lot if you plan on operating the included software. The pads themselves are soft, rubbery but responsive (ZX Spectrum lives on!), so you won’t have problems dropping some single shot shot samples or pulling some loops with them. The mixer section consists of 3-band EQ controls per channel and two volume faders and a cross-fader. There’s a library browse knob at the top as well as load buttons, record, slip mode, headphone cue and volume. Easy to use for a new budding DJ or a great addition to your existing kit or replacement.

We got this for our office because we thought it would be a fun thing to try our hand at during those down times when you need to clear your mind of work. Turns out, it's really not that simple! For a group of people who haven't used equipment like this before, it takes some getting used to. There is software included (that you download online) and but it's a struggle to get to grips with. You basically just plug the deck into your laptop and it's good to go - if you have the skills to operate it! It looks really cool with its light up touch pads and such, but this really is for someone who wants to get to grips with DJing, not a few have-a-go Harry's who think it looks like fun!

My first experience of the whole DJing thing has been achieved with this. It took me a while to get started, and I ended up using Youtube to give me some pointers, but this is definitely a fun adult toy. I don't think I'll be rivalling Tiesto any time soon, mind! Very nice piece of kit with no requirement of an external power source, socket for headphones (my partner's bless the manufacturer for this) and easily carried, if I ever went anywhere. It installed easily on my W10 64bit desktop. I'm a grandma, and if I can get the hang of this, the younger crowd can too.

This latest controller from Hercules is a 2 x channel controller that swaps out jogwheels with two 16 x 16 grid pad sampler decks to give you much more creative functionality over live loop and sync mixing. The P32 has an on-board sound card, 2 RCA outputs a jack for headphones and a USB socket. There’s no need for an external power supply. You will need to download the required Djing Software - DJUICED 40 3.0 here >> [...]. It’s very easy to install and there plenty of tutorials available on the djuced.com website plus firum support. The controller is very portable. It light and compact and will easily fit in to a small rucksack or messenger bag. The faders on the P32 have hard rubber caps and are a little stiff to begin with. The transport buttons are soft rubber and the pad buttons feel very soft. The controller is not meant for traditional DJaying, it’s more of a creative tool but don’t let that put you off. The Hercules P32 DJ can be easily be used for DJaying too. Note, manual beat matching two songs together can’t be done with this controller.

I'm a beginner with dj-ing and am still getting to grips with this little tech wonder. It comes with everything you need to get started practising and the software bundled with it is excellent. Firstly the usual jogwheels have been replaced with 4x4 touchpads. This effectively works like a grid pad controller and the set up is like a two-channel mixer with an integrated sound card. The touchpads are quite soft and have rubbery feel though I had expected them to be hard so this was quite a surprise. They are very tactile and easy to bash away at though and they trigger effects well. Looking at the mixer section there are three band EQ controls per channel and there are two plastic volume faders. There's also a crossfader. Compared with the easy to work pads, these are quite stiff but not so much as to cause difficulty using them. Other knobs and buttons include a library browse knob, record button, slip mode button, load buttons and headphone cue and volume buttons. If you want to you can control all the decks using just the Hercules P32 DJ controller and everything is laid out well for this purpose, with touchpads that combine with other knobs and buttons to do multiple jobs which I'm still getting to grips with. You can, of course, also use the software bundled with it. The DJUCED software is nice to look at even if a bit baffling for the beginner. It is slick and well designed but will take some learning for me to fully explore what it can do. This is a small controller and can can fit into a rucksack so is easy to transport. It is lightweight as it is made from plastic. The Hercules P32 DJ controller is a snazzy little controller which will probably have great appeal to beginners like me and the more seasoned amateur DJs looking for something a bit different to add to their equipment. It is well made, well thought out and designed for easy practical use.

No tiene incorporado el tempo para controlar la velocidad del tiempo de la pista que suene en el momento

Fatta veramente bene, posseggo un altra consolle dj Hercules rispetto a quella ...che ho un altro pianeta, ovviamente questa non è un Mixer! Consegna velocissima, l'unica pecca pacco non anonimo,come nella foto si capisce cosa contiene,visto che si tratta di un strumento musicale...di solito mi arrivano pacchi marchiati Amazon La consiglio per chi si vuole iniziare a produrre musica.😉

Macht riesig Spaß mit diesem Gerät Musik zu produzieren alleine die geilen Mix es macht immer wieder Spaß Musik aufzulegen

quedo satisfecho con el producto hice una buena eleccion, para el uso que le voy a dar

Je suis très satisfait de cet achat. C'est un contrôleur sans platines et sans jogs mais avec pads midi. Cependant, grâce au logiciel juiced on peut l'utiliser comme un contrôleur classique car les jogs sont digitales comme pour virtual dj. Mais on peut aussi utiliser les pads pour composer sa propre musique a partir de samplers déja existants ou en les créant.