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  • Page 1 User manual...
  • Page 2 1. Overview...

  • Page 3: Box Contents

    2. Box contents Hercules P32 DJ USB cable (type A male/type B male), length: 3.3 feet / 1 meter Quick start guide...

  • Page 4: Product Specifications

    3. Product specifications 3.1. Mechanical specifications Dimensions: 14 x 9.37 x 1.9" / 35.5 x 23.8 x 4.8 cm Weight: 3.08 lbs / 1.4 kg 3.2. Technical specifications 1. USB MIDI controller, featuring: DECK 8 transport buttons: SHIFT / PLAY / CUE / SYNC 2 matrices of 16 pads each (32 pads in total) with two-color backlighting and 4 associated mode buttons (SAMPLER, SLICER, LOOP, HOTCUE)
  • Page 5 2. Built-in multi-channel audio interface Speaker output (= output 1-2) with RCA connector o Maximum power = 5 dBU into 1 kΩ o THD+N @1 kHz ~ -85 dB o Resolution = 16-bit o Sample rate = 48 kHz Headphones output (= output 3-4) with 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) connector o Maximum power = 5 dBU into 32 Ω...

  • Page 6: Installation

    4. Installation 4.1. Connection to a computer (USB) Note: A LED illumination sequence, called Vegas Mode, starts up each time you connect the device to your computer. This sequence starts again after five minutes of inactivity on the controller, i.e. when the user has not interacted with the product.
  • Page 7 4.2. Downloading DJUCED™ 40° Go to: http://soft.hercules.com/P32DJ. Download and install DJUCED™ 40°. 4.3. Starting up DJUCED™ 40° A window appears, indicating that your product has been successfully detected and is ready to use.
  • Page 8 4.4. Tutorials to get started in DJUCED™ 40° Follow the tutorials to help you get started in DJUCED™ 40° available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvBPf5gwVxRP9m8z_80n6laJkfct 0ij85...

  • Page 9: Description Of Features

    5. Description of features 5.1. Product description Transport buttons: SHIFT, SYNC, CUE, play/pause Performance pads Effects control knobs Adjust loops/track tempo, display, filter/search Browse within the library, load tracks, adjust main volume Mixer: equalization, recording, SLIP mode, headphones volume, monitoring, volume faders, crossfader Performance pad modes: Cue points, loops, slicer, sampler Speakers output (1-2) Bus-powered USB port...
  • Page 10 5.2. Multi-channel sound card The product includes a built-in multi-channel sound card, allowing you to play your mix on speakers for the audience (speaker output) and monitor the next track that you’re preparing on your headphones (headphones output). 1. Speakers output (= output 1-2) Your speakers should...
  • Page 11 Mac, as it complies with the USB Audio and USB MIDI standards. 2. ASIO ASIO drivers are available from the product page on the Hercules website, if required by a software application or if you wish to benefit from lower...
  • Page 12 - Set the USB buffer size to “Standard (4 ms)”. - Set the ASIO buffer size to 512 to begin with. - Start your application (e.g.: DJUCED™ 40°) and select the Hercules P32 DJ ASIO driver. Once the software begins using the ASIO driver, the ASIO settings can no longer be modified in the control panel.
  • Page 13 Vegas Mode sequence. The control panel also allows you to access this information and display the driver versions installed on your computer in the ABOUT tab. Have this information ready if you need to contact Hercules’ technical support.

  • Page 14: Demo Mode

    6. Demo Mode This mode is available when you connect your product to a USB power supply. In this case, the product is not operational but is in demonstration mode and the start-up Vegas Mode sequence keeps repeating itself. This sequence is interrupted each time a user interacts with the product, and restarts automatically after a few seconds.
  • Page 15 7. FAQ 7.1. No sound is coming out of my headphones. Make sure that you have connected your headphones to the right-hand side of the product, as your product is equipped with a multi-channel sound card preconfigured to work with DJUCED™ 40°. By default, the 2 monitoring buttons are enabled when the software is first launched.
  • Page 16 In that case, connect your headphones and speakers directly to the product. 7.5. This product does not have any jog wheels. Does that mean it is not a DJ product? This product targets a very particular type of DJ: DJs/producers who have as one of their main objectives to mix only dance music tracks with a fixed tempo.
  • Page 17 8. Trademarks Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or in other countries. Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
  • Page 18 9. Copyright No part of this manual may be reproduced, summarized, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, manual, via photocopying, recording, or other, without the express written consent of Guillemot Corporation S.A.
  • Page 19 10. DJUCED™ 40° End User License Agreement Please read the License Agreement displayed during installation of DJUCED™ 40° carefully.

  • Page 20: Appendix: Overview

    APPENDIX: OVERVIEW DECK A DECK B MIXER Loops - Tempo / Filter - Move Effects Control (Fx) Performance pads Transport area & Shift Browse & Load General Mixer...
  • Page 21 GENERAL MIXER EQUALIZER AREAS EQ This KNOBS control the amount of EQ of DJUCED40 One per band: High - Mid - Low Same Behaviour for Deck A & Deck B Use SHIFT + EQ to control Deck C & Deck D RECORD Start/stop the audio recording.
  • Page 22 BROWSE & LOAD BROWSE PUSH ENCODER This PUSH ENCODER controls different things: 1. Easily browse UP/DOWN through your music library by turning the encoder to the LEFT/RIGHT. 2. PUSH this encoder to SWITCH between FOLDERS/FILES. 3. Press SHIFT + PUSH this encoder to switch between normal view browser and...
  • Page 23 NORMAL BROWSER VIEW EXTENDED BROWSER VIEW...
  • Page 24 LOOP FILTER / TEMPO SEEK LOOP/TEMPO PUSH ENCODER This PUSH ENCODER controls different things: 1. Easily change the LOOP length by turning the encoder to the LEFT/RIGHT. The LOOP SIZE digits will help you view the selected loop length: this reflects the DJUCED™ 40° LOOP SIZE value (purple square). 2.
  • Page 25 EFFECTS CONTROLS FX This UNIT perfectly reflects the DJUCED™ 40° design: 1. The first 3 knobs and buttons control the 3 effects (Fx Amount on the knob, Fx ON/OFF on the button). 2- The 4 knob controls - the DRY/WET parameter when the MACRO button is OFF. - the MACROFX amount when the MACRO button is ON and kept held down.

  • Page 26: Transport Area

    4. SHIFT button: The SHIFT buttons are not directly mapped in DJUCED™ 40°. These buttons let you access more options on the Hercules P32 DJ layout. All of the functions indicated in RED are SHIFTED. SHIFT button. Each deck has its own...
  • Page 27 PERFORMANCE PADS: MODES MODES FOR PERFORMANCE PADS 1- Hotcues : ADD or DELETE up to 16 HOTCUES on the fly. 2- Loop : build Instant loops and Continuous loops on the fly. 3- Slicer : cut a part of a track into slices to build easy live remixes.
  • Page 28 PERFORMANCE PADS: HOTCUES 16 HOTCUES ON THE FLY: ADD or DELETE up to 16 HOTCUES on the fly. 1. ADD a Hotcue at the playhead position by tapping a PAD. The PAD lights up in PURPLE when a HOTCUE is set. 2.
  • Page 29 PERFORMANCE PADS: LOOPS NOTE: In DJUCED™ 40°, there are two loop behaviors with SLIP MODE: 1. SLIP MODE IS OFF: build a loop, let it repeat. When you stop the LOOP, the track continues play- ing after the LOOP. 2. SLIP MODE IS ON: build one or more loops. When you stop the LOOP, the track immediately jumps back to the original position in the timeline where the track would have been if it had continued playing.

  • Page 30: Slicer Mode

    PERFORMANCE PADS: SLICER NOTE: Slicer mode is a new feature in DJUCED™ 40°. SLICER MODE: Slicer mode splits an active loop into 8 SLICES. The size of the Slicer area is determined by the deck’s selected loop size. Slices are triggered in real time: you jump between the 8 di erent sections of an active loop. Once a Slice is triggered, looping will start within the selected Slice for as long as the pad is pressed.
  • Page 31 PERFORMANCE PADS : MULTILAYER SAMPLER PART 1 NOTE: The multilayer sampler is a new feature in DJUCED™ 40°. This new sampler lets you play using 4 SAMPLERS per deck. Each sampler has 4 layers, so you can load up to 16 samples per deck. Each sample player can be individually set to Loop or Trigger mode (quantized or unquantized), and volume controlled.
  • Page 32 PERFORMANCE PADS: MULTILAYER SAMPLER PART 2 MULTILAYER SAMPLER MAPPING TIPS: If a sample is playing, tap the PAD again to restart the sample (at quantization value). STOP a Sample, press SHIFT + ONE SAMPLE PLAYING PAD Volume Volume Volume Volume Sampler 1 Sampler 2 Sampler 3...

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