Hercules DJ Console MK2 DJ-1800 Quick Manual
Using a Hercules DJ Console MK2 with DJ-1800
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Using a Hercules DJ Console MK2 with DJ-1800
The Hercules DJ Console MK2 - http://www.hercules.com/uk/DJ-Music/
- is a small but full-featured DJ controller
and 4-chan nel input / 4-channel output soun d card. It includes 2 sets of controls, which can be used to control
CD Players 1 and 2 in DJ-1800. They can even be used to control DJ-1800 when it is in the background. The
Console also features an amplified headphone output and a microphone ‘talkover’ input.
To use a Hercules DJ Console MK2 – or “HDJC” - with DJ-1800 v3.0 or later under OS X, first install the “Mac OS X
driver package for DJ Console MK2”. This documentation has been written using v3.0 of the driver package
(released 2006-12-05), which is available from the Hercules support web site:
http://ts.hercules.com/eng/index.php?pg=view_files&gid=2&fid=28&pid=200&cid=1
Once the drivers are installed, plug the HDJC into your Mac, and then lau nch DJ-1800. The lights on the HDJC
will flash on and off to indicate that the console has been recognized by DJ-1800.
Note: This documentation describes the set up process for the “Hercules DJ Console MK2”. If you are using the
original “Hercules DJ Console (Mac Edition)”, or the “Hercules DJ Control MP3”, please see the appropriate
documentation for those controllers, which can be downloaded from
http://www.dj1800.com/controlhardware.php
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Using a Hercules DJ Console MK2 with DJ-1800
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Hercules DJ Console MK2 controls for DJ-1800
Name on
layout above
Equivalent to
Track |< Clicking on “Prev Track” button on the CD player
Track >| Clicking on “Next Track” button on the CD player
Pitch Bend - Clicking on the “Pitch Bend –“ button on the CD player
Pitch Bend + Clicking on the “Pitch Bend +” button on the CD player
Cue Clicking on Cue button for the CD Player
Play / Pause Clicking on Play / Pause button for the CD Player
Large platter
wheel
Spinning the Search (jog) wheel of the CD player
Volume Increase / decrease pitch by 0.01% for the CD Player
Master Tempo Turns Pitch Lock on / off for the CD player
Treble Moving the Gain twister for the CD Player on the mixer
Medium Moving the Hi twister for the CD Player on the mixer
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