Hercules Dj Console Rmx
The Hercules DJ Console RMX is a USB MIDI controller with a built in sound card. It is compatible with Mixxx versions 1.6.1+herc and later. Both audio and MIDI works in Linux (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). It has been discontinued in favor of the Hercules DJ Console RMX 2 which is USB MIDI class compliant and requires no special driver.
The sound card has 4 inputs and 4 outputs (2 stereo in/out). The inputs are switchable between line-in and phono, so you can connect both cd-players and turntables on the inputs. The inputs require a high input signal (~10mV+) for turntables if you want to record audio or mix it to the output. Time-coded vinyls, for Vinyl Control, should work ok with lower input signal.
The audio device on the RMX is USB-audio class compliant and works well with the ordinary ALSA USB-audio driver. This should work out of the box on most distributions.
Drivers for MAC OS X and Windows can be found on Hercules support page. Same package for both Audio and MIDI.
The midi device on the RMX is NOT USB-midi class compliant. For that reason it requires specific drivers to be working on each OS.
Hercules has released a common MIDI-driver for their DJ controllers. Read more on the page for Hercules Linux kernel module
Drivers for MAC OS X and Windows can be found on Hercules support page. Same package for both Audio and MIDI.
| 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 |
| 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 |
The advanced mapping works similar to the normal RMX mapping, but also supports loops and hot cues. This mapping was added to not brake the previous (Mixxx -1.7.2) behaviour. Controls that differ between the normal and advanced mappings are described here.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hercules RMX Controls | |
|---|---|
| Control | Default Mixxx Mapping |
| Vol Main (25) | Master Gain |
| 1 (9) | Flanger |
| 4 (9) | Reverse |
| Up (8) | Select Prev Track in List |
| Down (8) | Select Next Track in List |
| 2,3,5,6 (9) | Unmapped |
| Right, Left (8) | Unmapped |
| Stop (20) | Unmapped |
| Pitch Reset (14) | Unmapped |
| Beat Lock (13) | Unmapped |
| Scratch (7) | Unmapped |
| Mic Functions (1) | Not Available in Mixxx |
| Hercules RMX Controls - Mixxx 1.7 Additions | |
|---|---|
| Control | Default Mixxx Mapping |
| Scratch (7) | MIDI Script: Toggle Jog (18) Scratch/Pitch Adjust behaviour |
| Stop (20) | MIDI Script: Stop + Reset Track to beginning |
| Up (8)/Down (8) + Jog (18) | MIDI Script: Rapid Track List scrolling (buggy) |
| Cue (21) + Play (19) | MIDI Script: Pushing Play while holding Cue will cause track to continue to play after Cue is released (buggy) |
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