Hercules - Instinct P8  

CONTROLS

M MASTER OUTPUT

Connect a pair of amplified speakers using a 1/8 " cable or adapter

H HEADPHONES SOCKET

Connect your Headphones using a 1/8 " cable or adapter

S SHIFT

Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

1 PLAY

Play/pause deck

Plays deck when paused. Jumps to Cue point and continues to play from there when deck is playing (play-stutter)

2 CUE

Sets current position as Temporary Cue point.
Preview track when paused while button is pressed
Jumps and stops to the Cue point when playing[

Returns to the beginning of the track

3 SYNC

Match BPM and Beat Phase with the opposite deck

Manual beat-tap

4 PADS

The 4 Pads offer different functionality depending on the selected Pad mode. See Pads

The 4 Pads offer different functionality depending on the selected Pad mode. See Pads

5 PAD MODE LCD

Indicates the selected mode for the Pads

6 LOOP ENC

Turn clockwise/anti-clockwise to double/half the size of the loop in beats.
Push to enable/disable the selected Loop

Turn to apply a High/Low-Pass Filter.
Push to turn off Filter

7 JOG

In Scratch mode:
Use the outer part (without pressing) for bending (temporary slow-down/speedup track)
Use the inner part (with pressing) to scratch the track.

In Bend mode (Scratch mode is off) :
Use the outer part (without pressing) for bending (temporary slow-down/speedup track)
When track is audible to the Master Output, use the inner part for bending.
When track is not audible, use the inner part (with pressing) to fast seek forward/backwards through the track

In both Scratch and Bend modes:
Use the outer part (without pressing) to adjust the tempo of the track (Pitch control)
Press the inner part to reset track's tempo to its original value (pitch reset)

8 EQ HIGH

Adjust the High/Treble Equalizer Band

9 EQ MID

Adjust the Mid/Middle Equalizer Band

10 EQ LOW

Adjust the Low/Bass Equalizer Band

11 PFL

Sends pre-fader audio signal to the Headphones channel (for pre-listening)

12 VOLUME

Adjust Output Volume for Left and Right decks

13 CROSSFADER

Blends audio signals between left and right decks

14 SCRATCH

Enables/disables Scratch mode on both left and right decks

15 MODE

Hold down this button and then press a PAD on left or right side, to select a mode for the Pads (mode is displayed on the LCD above the Pads)

16 VOL-/+

Use these buttons to decrease/increase the volume of the Headphones channel Output

17 LOAD A

Loads the selected track from Browser to the Left deck.
Hold down for more than 2 seconds to unload the same deck

Cycles through all Browser windows (Folders, Songs and Sideview)

18 LOAD B

Push to load the selected track from Browser to the Right deck.
Push and hold down for more than 2 seconds to unload the same deck

Cycles through all the views of the Sideview (Automix, Sidelist, Sampler, Karaoke and Clones)

19 BROWSER

Scrolls through folders or tracks, depending on the selected Browser window.

Push to toggle focus between the Folders and Songs Browser windows.
When focus is on the Folders Browser window, push and hold for more than 2 seconds to open/close sub-folders.

Adjust the Volume of the Master Output (Hardware Operation - not visible on the VirtualDJ GUI).

Push to start/stop recordng

Pads