Hercules Dj Control Instinct P8

Hercules DJ Control Instinct P8

• Manufacturer's product pages: DJ Control Instinct P8
• Forum thread

Setup

The controller is a class compliant MIDI controller

Audio Channels

There are two outputs on the controller itself: the headphones output with builtin volume control on the side facing you and the speakers output.

In Mixxx the headphones output is on channels 3 and 4, so select the "Channels 3-4" item to get stereo output. The speakers output is on channels 1 and 2, so to get stereo output you want to select the "Channels 1-2" item.

Controls

• Play, Cue, Sync, crossfader, volume faders, equalizer knobs, PFL, PFL+/-, Load A/B
• work as expected
• Shift + Play: Play/Stutter
• Shift + Cue: Go to cue and stop
• Shift + Sync: Pitch reset
• (Shift+) Browser button: Move focus
• Browser knob: Vertical movement
• Shift + Browser knob: Master gain
• Wheel jog: Pitch bend
• Shift + wheel jog: Pitch change
• Scratch: Enable scratching
• Shift + Scratch: Toggle AutoDJ
• Loop button: Toggle loop
• Pads in Loop mode:
• Pad1: Toggle 1 beat loop
• Pad 2: Toggle 2 beat loop
• Pad 3: Toggle 4 beat loop
• Pad 4: Toggle 8 beat loop
• Shift + Pad 1: Set loop in
• Shift + Pad 2: Set loop out
• Shift + Pad 3: Halve loop
• Shift + Pad 4: Double loop
• Loop knob: Halve/double loop
• Shift + Loop knob: Move loop
• Pads in FX mode:
• Pad 1: Toggle effect 1
• Pad 2: Toggle effect 2
• Pad 3: Toggle effect 3
• Pad 4: Toggle effect unit on channel
• Loop knob: FX Super
• Shift + Loop knob: FX Mix
• Deck A Pads in FX mode: AutoDJ
• Shift + Pad 1: Fade now
• Shift + Pad 2: Skip next
• Shift + Pad 3: Add to bottom
• Deck B Pads in FX mode: Preview 1
• Shift + Pad 1: Load track and play
• Shift + Pad 2: Play/Stop
• Shift + Pad 3: Fast rewind
• Shift + Pad 4: Fast forward
• Pads in Sample mode:
• Pad X: Play sample X
• Shift + Pad X: Stop sample X
• Pads in Cue mode:
• Pad X: Activate hotcue X
• Shift + Pad X: Clear hotcue X

Some further comments:

• Hercules uses shifted controls for decks C and D. However, not all functions may be mapped for the additional decks and the soft-takeover did not work well despite adding all the affected controls to the JavaScript code. Thus I have commented out the corresponding mappings.
• The FX mode mappings deviate from Hercules documentation as scripting would be required.
• The pitch reset was reassigned to Shift + Sync because the jog touch detection is rather sensitive and would reset inadvertently.
• Neither normal nor scratch mode react to the wheel when a touch is detected. (todo)
• After scratching the sound remains somewhat distorted until disabling scratch mode. (reason unknown)
• Virtual knobs respond rather slowly to turning of the encoder knobs.

MIDI Map

http://ts.hercules.com/download/sound/MIDI_Mapping/DJ_InstinctP8/DJControl_Instinct_P8_MIDI_Command_List.pdf