Hercules DJ Control Air USB DJ Controller w/ USB Audio

Air control

Why is the controller called DJ Control Air?

Air stands for Adjustment by InfraRed: it is a contactless control.

• The DJ places his or her hand flat over the infrared beam.
• The controller calculates the distance between the sensor and the hand, and converts it into a gradual MIDI command.
• This MIDI command modulates a setting in the DJ software.

Does Air control require specific light conditions?

No, Air control functions under any light conditions.

• The infrared light beam projected towards the hand is invisible.
• The sensor captures the infrared reflection on the hand, and uses the reflection to calculate the hand’s distance.
• The reflection is the same in both daylight and low light conditions, allowing Air control to be used during the day, at night or in places with weak lighting.
• Air control functions with all flesh tones. The only incompatibility is the use of black gloves (as the infrared sensor would not be able to detect the reflection).

8 pads

2 sets of 4 pads control loops, sampler and effects commands.

• The DJ taps on the pads with his or her fingertips to send commands such as looping, sampler or effects.
• The pads light up when touched.
• In addition to a binary On/Off command, each pad can transfer velocity information to modulate the command.
• For example: in sampler mode, the velocity can control the volume of a sample’s playback. The playback volume depends on how soft or how hard the DJ taps on the pad.

Pressure-detecting jog wheels

The jog wheels detect the pressure from the user’s hand.

• With scratch mode enabled, the jog wheels scratch when the hand’s weight is detected, and stop scratching when the hand’s weight is no longer detected. This allows the DJ to:
  
  
  • stop playback by pressing on the jog wheel.
  • restart playback by lifting up his or her hand.
  • scratch by turning the jog wheel while pressing down, and stop scratching by lifting up his or her hand.
  • bend the pitch (if playback is on) / browse within tracks (if playback is off) by turning the jog wheels using their outer ring, to avoid applying downward pressure.
• With scratch mode disabled, the jog wheels bend the pitch or browse within tracks when the jog wheels are turned, regardless of the pressure applied.

Built-in audio

• 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo output for the mix
• 1/4" (6.35 mm) stereo output for headphone previewing

DJUCED^TM  DJ software

• Intuitive, powerful software
• Mix 2 audio tracks on the fly
• Save your mix as an audio file

Mechanical specifications

• Casing: 13.78 x 8.66 x 1.18 "
• 35 x 22 x 3 cm
• Jog wheels: 3.94 " / 10 cm diameter
• Weight: 3.1 lbs / 1.4 kg
• USB cable: Attached