Hercules DJ Control Air
2-deck DJ controller with touch and air controls for “hands-on” DJ mixing

• 2 jog wheels with pressure detection
• Velocity sensitive pads
• Air control: 1 contactless control

Pressure-detecting jog wheels
• Scratch by pressing on the jog wheels, as naturally as with a vinyl record
•Jog wheels also control pitch bend and browsing within tracks

8 pads with velocity detection
• The pads control the sampler, loops and effects
• The inner backlight shows the pads’ activation
• Pads can be set as binary On/Off controls, or gradual controls

Air control: a contactless sensor lets you control the mix from above, without even touching the device
• DJ Control Air converts the distance to your hand into a MIDI command
• No need to touch the controller: one command of the mix without any physical contact
• Compatible with all light conditions

Built-in audio outputs for mixing and previewing tracks
• 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo mini-jack output for the mix
• 1/4” (6.35 mm) stereo jack output for previewing tracks

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.

Technical specifications

2-deck DJ control surface
• Pressure-detecting jog wheels
• Contactless control for air mixing
• 8 progressive pads

Built-in audio
• 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo output for the mix
• 1/4” (6.35 mm) stereo output for headphone previewing

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

Box contents
• Hercules DJ Control Air
• Installation CD-ROM (PC/Mac) with PC/Mac DJ software
• Printed installation guide + online manual

Minimum configuration
•Computer with 1.5 GHz CPU or faster
• 1 GB RAM or more
• Powered USB port
• 100 MB available hard disk space
• CD/DVD-ROM drive
• Internet access
• Amplified stereo speakers and headphones

Operating System (32-bit / 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows® XP, Vista or 7 or Mac OS 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7 on Core Duo Mac

Mechanical specifications
Casing: 13.78 x 8.66 x 1.18”
Jog wheels: 3.94" diameter
Weight: 3.1lbs.