hercules rmx

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hercules rmx

what do you guys think of the hercules rmx? reviews please

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for the money, i think its a damn good controller. im pretty happy with mine.

i dont think its the end all be all of controllers, but with a nanopad and nanokontrol with it, theres simply not anything traktor can throw at me that i cant handle.

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forgive me if I’m a newby but what exactly do you use nanopad and nanocontrol for? just samples or what?

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can you tell me what makes other controllers better than this unit?? what is it lacking?..I’m just looking at the pro’s and con’s for this controller so I can make the best purchasing decision

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I’m very happy with mine!
I think the Traktor mapping on their website is a bit poor though, but once I mapped it myself I’m well chuffed with it.

I used to own a numark, apart from being cheaply built freezing was a regular thing. Had no probs with my RMX touch wood.

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yeah the rmx is pretty good. plus it comes with a soundcard, not the best but at least you have one.

I have a bunch of vids on youtube, about how i have my hercules rmx mapped with traktor, take a look and download the files. the most recent is one called update 02 traktor 1.2 herc rmx or something rather.

my you tube channel is armyofme4340

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Care to share that map with the world lol?? i dont like the map of traktors site either. And i havent quite figured out how to map my self yet.

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I noticed that the new Vestax TR-1 looks a little like the RMX. Any thoughts from those that own a RMX as to what you think of the layout of the TR-1 compared to the RMX? I know the Vestax doesn’t have a sound card, but besides that, what do you think? I guess a more fair comparison would be the new Hercules DJ Control Steel vs Vestax TR-1.

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I think the Steel is a better option. If you buy a soundcard seperately it gives you room for upgrading your klt and is often cheaper. Also, a lot of people say you can get a better sound from the Steel with an external card.

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Any controller is only as good as you make it. The ‘best’ controller is one that will suit your needs, and give you access to all the controls that you regularly use while mixing, so rather than asking others about what the ‘best’ controller is, the easiest way to find out is to go to a store and ask to test out different controllers to see if they ‘fit’ well.

That being said; I haven’t had any problems at all with my RMX since buying it, and Josh is on the right track as far as buying the Steel for cheaper and getting a good soundcard. Not that the one in the RMX is /bad/ per. se. but it could be better and getting a separate soundcard would leave you room to upgrade in the future.

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i think the rmx sound quality is fine. most rmx owners think the sound quality is good enough as well. really what matters more is the source material.

heres REAL information on the soundcard in the rmx…

[quote=““hercules forums””]
The audio codec in DJ Console Rmx is a Wolfson WM8770.

It is a 24-bit / 192 KHz codec with

  • a digital to analog converter (DAC) Signal to Noise Ratio of 106dB (A weighted at 48KHz),
  • an analog to digital converter (ADC) Signal to Noise Ratio of 102dB (A weighted at 48KHz).

http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/uploads/documents/en/WM8770.pdf

The second 24-bit / 192KHz stereo ADC (coming in addition to the ADC integrated in WM8770) is a Wolfson WM8781 whose signal to noise ratio is also 102 dB (A weighted at 48KHz).
http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/uploads/documents/en/WM8781.pdf

The quality of the codec and the additional ADC are excellent.
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[quote=““hercules forums””]
For latency reasons, DJ audio interfaces operate only up to 44.1-48KHz, even if the hardware has higher capabilities.

DJ Console Rmx WM8770 codec is a 24-bit / 192 KHz, but the DJ Console Rmx plays audio files only up to 16-bit / 24-bit in 44.1KHz and 48KHz, since playing higher resolutions would not be useful for DJing (as higher resolutions files would be slower to load in the DJ software, and as the buffers would be bigger, it would increase the latency which is not good for live performance).
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[quote=““hercules forums””]
Big DJs mix either with

  • vinyl discs (then the sound is not digital, so Khz and bits are not relevant to measure it)
  • CDs : then the sound is sampled in 16-bit / 44.1KHz
  • audio files extracted from CDs : then the sound is still sampled in 16-bit / 44.1KHz
  • audio files extracted from DVDs: then the sound is either sampled in 16-bit / 48 KHz or 24-bit / 48 KHz.

So yes, the Rmx audio quality is good enough to mix in clubs or festival.
What you must check is that the output level of your audio source (Rmx or analog mixer) matches the input level required by the amplifier or patch-bay to which you are connected (to avoid saturation), that you have no ground loop (to avoid noise), and your computer and your amplifier are connected to the ground (to avoid growing differences of potential, which can be dangerous and create discharges similar to electro-static discharge but due to the difference of potential between the different devices you use.
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I owned a RMX, currently have a vci-100.
Really, for mixing, it’s fine. I found the jog dials to be decently resposive, but not fantastically. knobs and faders are fine with it as well.

My biggest issue with it and traktor was using FX. I had the FX mapped, but it was somewhat awkward to use well.
For the price vs a VCI-100, and the fact that it has the built in soundcard, makes it a pretty good deal. (the included virtual dj software blows though)