Hercules RMX2 Getting Started

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• Insert the DJ Console Rmx2 Prem ium installation CD-ROM into your computer’s drive.
• Run the installer program.
• Follow the instructions.
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CD-ROM into your computer ’s drive.
• Run the Traktor LE 2 installer program.
• Follow the instructions.
Traktor LE 2 is installed on yo ur system.
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INSTALLATION
1- Channels 1-2 (mix
output) balance
2- Volume on channels
1-2 (Main) and 1-2 (Booth)
3- Lock/unlock right
and left channel volume
4- Mute on/o
5- Channels 3-4
(headphones output)
control
6- Select input t ype 7- Main panel
8- Set jog wheels (enable/
disable and set sensitivity)
9- Adjust talkover
attenuation
10- Congure crossfader
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GETTING STARTED WITH DJCONSOLE RMX2 AND TRAkTOR LE 2
Professional Package Edition
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Connect the DJConsole Rmx2 to your computer using the USB cable.
Thread both the USB cable and the power adapter cable through the hook to
prevent accidental disconnection.
Connect the power adapter.
Finally, set the On/O switch to On.
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CONNECTIONS
2) Replace the caps on the 14 rotar y buttons and the 5 faders.
- Substitute any black caps you wish with the included yellow caps, instead.
CUSTOMIZATION
To customize the look of your DJ Console Rmx2 Prem ium, you can:
1) Add a black overlay (inclu ded) on the controller ’s top face.
- Remove the caps f rom the 14 rotary buttons and the 5 faders.
- Place the black overlay on the controller’s top face.
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CD players or v inyl turntables: set the switch to Phono if the vinyl turntable has a ground wire. Adjust the input level in the control panel. Microphone: you can connec t a balanced or unbalanced microphone.
The mixing of external sources (turntables, CD players or mobile players) requires a not included professional DJ program (such as Traktor Pro...).
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CONNECTING AUDIO SOURCES
When connecting headphones, make sure that the volume level is suitable for listening with headphones: before putting the headphones on your ears, start playing a music track, and turn down the volume if it seems that the sound coming from the headphones is too loud.
FRONT/TOP PANEL: HEADPHONES
REAR PANEL: SPEAKERS
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CONNECTING HEADPHONES AND SPEAKERS
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3.2 Traktor Setup Wizard
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FIRST SESSION OF TRAKTOR LE 2
Run Traktor LE 2
3.1 Activation
In the rst screen, click Activate
The Service Center program opens.
- If you already have a user account with Native Instruments, enter your email address and password (if you have forgotten your password, click Forgot your passwor d? and follow the instructions).
- Once you have entered your email address and password, click Log in.
- If you do not already have a user account with Native Instruments, click Create new User Account, and follow the instructions.
- Once you have created your user account, the Ser vice Center prompts you to log out, in order to receive your password by email.
- Enter your email address and the password you have received, then click Log i n.
Set up Traktor LE 2 as follows.
- Click Next to begin the setup process, and proceed as shown in the following screenshots.
- Click Finish at the end of the setup
process.
Once you have logged in, the Service Center prompts you to activate your Traktor
version.
After activating the sof tware, the Service
Center displays a conrmation scre en.
The activation process is complete. You can now set up Traktor LE 2.
- Select Hercules for the manufac turer.
- Select DJ R mx2 LE for the mode l, which is
the map for the DJConsole Rmx2 Premium in Traktor LE 2.
- Select YES. - Click Finish at the end of the setup process.
- Select NO.
- Enter the serial number found on your Traktor LE 2 CD-ROM envelope.
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Toggle between large and small browser display
Step-by-step browsing through folders
Expand/collapse a tree
structure
Fast browsing
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3.3 BROWS ING IN TRAKTOR LE 2
Browsing through areas in Traktor LE 2
Browser controls on the DJConsole Rmx2
Browsing through folders
Press and hold down the left arrow button on the controller to browse through folders.
Control 1 Control 2 Command
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When you run Traktor LE 2:
1) Fir st o, set all faders and rot ary buttons on the DJConsole Rmx2 Premium to their central positions (the default position for all gradual controls in Traktor).
2) Set the mixer mode to Int. Mixe r Cover mode , unless yo u will be co nnec ting an ex tern al mixer (you can control the mixer mode on the DJConsole Rmx2 Premium by pressing the
button labeled VINYL).
You can browse through the list of folders on the left-hand side
You can browse through the list of tracks on the right-hand side
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Browsing through tracks
Press and hold down the right arrow button on the controller to browse quickly through tracks.
Toggle between large and small browser display
Step-by-step browsing through track s
Fast browsing
Load track on left deck
Load track on right deck
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Control 1 Control 2 Command
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Previewin g lets you prepare the next tra ck to be played (following t he track that you are currently playing for your audience). You will use previewing to beatmatch the next tr ack to be played, or paus e the track at a preci se spot so that playba ck will start from this e xact positi on. Or you can plac e a Cue point, whic h will let you star t playback of the trac k from that point (plea se also see sectio n 9 – PLACING A CUE POINT).
4.1 You are playing a track on deck A, and want to preview the next track on deck B.
4.2 Set the Cue to Mix knob to Cue.
4.3 Press the button
on deck B (the deck on which the track that yo u want to preview
is loaded).
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PREVIEWING A TRACK
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4.4 Adjust the volume level on your headphones using the Vol - /+ knob.
4.5 Start playing the track to be previewed on de ck B. Prepare the track (beatmatch the
track, place a Cue point...).
Mixing tracks means to link up songs, one after another, without any gaps or silences between them.
5.5 Before the end of the track being
played, star t playing the track loaded on deck B.
5.7 To make the transition, progressively
move the crossfader toward the deck on which the new track is being played (here, to the right).
5.6 To ensure a transition at the same
tempo, synchronize the BPM (number of beats per minute) of the track that you are getting ready to play. Adjust the BPM to match the BPM of the track on deck A using the pitch (tempo) fader (1). Or press the
button on deck B (2) to synchronize the track ’s BPM with the BPM value of the track that is ending (on deck A).
5.1 You have loaded a track on each deck (A and B). Position the volume faders as shown below.
5.4 Select previewing on deck B (please see 4. Previewing a track).
5.3 Set the crossfader to the side of the deck on which the track is playing (here, to the lef t).
A B
A B
5.2 You start o by playing the track on deck A.
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MIXING TRACKS
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EFFECTS: REVERB, DELAY OR FLANGER
Eects are real-time alterations of the sound.
Reverb is a duplication of the sound, replayed once in the background with an ultra-small
time dierence compared to the original sound, making it sound richer.
Delay (or echo) is a sound replayed several times in the backg round, at a lower volume for each repetition.
Flanger is a sound mixed with the original sound, using a delay and a frequency that are changed at playback.
Eects are modulated in Traktor LE 2 using two variables:
- The amplitude of the eect: the time dierence for reverb and delay, and the frequenc y change amplitude + time dierence for the anger.
- The dry/wet variable: how much of the sound is played without the eect (= dry) and how much of the sound is played with the eect (= wet).
6.1 Eects areas in Traktor LE 2
Eect on left de ck Eect on right deck
6.2 Ef fect control s on the DJConsole R mx2 Premium
6.3 Controlling effects
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Press the MODE button to enter Eect mode: light up the
- Eect or
- Cue indicator.
Select your choice of eect:
- Flanger
- Reverb or
- Delay
Toggle the selec ted eect
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Set the dry (-) / wet (+) mix for the eect
Set the eec t’s amplitude
Pad 4 or Pad 2
Pad 1
Pad 1
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Control 1 Control 2 Command
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LOOPS
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FILTERS
A loop is a section of the track played over and over.
Loop in is the precise moment in the track where you set the start of the loop section.
Loop out is the precis e mome nt in the track where you set the end of the loop section.
A lter cuts out some frequencies from the audio playback.
In the central position, the lter is inactive.
- Turning the knob to the left applies a low-pass lter: the more you turn it to the left, the more hi gh and m edium fre que ncie s are cu t out , keep ing onl y the lo w (bass) f req uenc ies aud ible . Turning the lter all the way to the left keeps only the low frequencies, so that no higher frequencies can be heard.
- Turning the knob to the right applies a high-pass lter: the more you turn it to the right, the more low and medium frequencies are cut out, keeping only the high (treble) frequencies audible. Turning the lter all the way to the right keeps only the high frequencies, so that no lower frequencies can be heard.
Filter on lef t deck Filter on right deck
7.1 Loops are as in Tr aktor LE 2
7. 2 Loop controls on the DJConsole Rmx2 Pre mium
7. 3 Controlling loops
In the waveform, the Loop sec tion is
displayed in a dierent color
Below the tempo (pitch) virtual
fader, the ACT IVE button is
highlighted in a dierent color
Below the wave over view, the loop length is highlighted in a
dierent color
Press the MODE button to enter Loop mode: light up the
- Loop or
- Sample indicator.
Loop on 2 beats
Loop on 4 beats
Loop on 8 beats
Pad 4 lit up = active loop (whatever the loop length)
Set the loop length
If a loop is active: exit the loop. If no loop is active: activate a loop with the last selec ted length.
Pad 2
Pad 3
Pad 4
Pad 4
Pad 1
Control Command
8.1 Filters ar ea in Traktor LE 2
8.2 Fil ter controls on the DJCon sole Rmx2 Premium
8.3 Controlling the filter
Modulate the lter
- Left: low-pass lter
- Right: high-pass lter
Enable/disable the lter
Control Command
Filter On/O 
Filter On/O 
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PLACING A CUE POINT
A Cue point is a marker that you can place in a music track. It lets you start playback of the track from that point.
Press the
button to place a Cue point in the track loaded on deck A, for example.
When you press the button, playback starts from the Cue point you have placed in the track.
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