Hercules Dj Control Instinct P8

Hercules DJ Control Instinct P8

Manufacturer's product pages: DJ Control Instinct P8
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Setup

The controller is a class compliant MIDI controller

Audio Channels

There are two outputs on the controller itself: the headphones output with builtin volume control on the side facing you and the speakers output.

In Mixxx the headphones output is on channels 3 and 4, so select the "Channels 3-4" item to get stereo output. The speakers output is on channels 1 and 2, so to get stereo output you want to select the "Channels 1-2" item.

Controls

Play, Cue, Sync, crossfader, volume faders, equalizer knobs, PFL, PFL+/-, Load A/B
work as expected
Shift + Play: Play/Stutter
Shift + Cue: Go to cue and stop
Shift + Sync: Pitch reset
(Shift+) Browser button: Move focus
Browser knob: Vertical movement
Shift + Browser knob: Master gain
Wheel jog: Pitch bend
Shift + wheel jog: Pitch change
Scratch: Enable scratching
Shift + Scratch: Toggle AutoDJ
Loop button: Toggle loop
Pads in Loop mode:
Pad1: Toggle 1 beat loop
Pad 2: Toggle 2 beat loop
Pad 3: Toggle 4 beat loop
Pad 4: Toggle 8 beat loop
Shift + Pad 1: Set loop in
Shift + Pad 2: Set loop out
Shift + Pad 3: Halve loop
Shift + Pad 4: Double loop
Loop knob: Halve/double loop
Shift + Loop knob: Move loop
Pads in FX mode:
Pad 1: Toggle effect 1
Pad 2: Toggle effect 2
Pad 3: Toggle effect 3
Pad 4: Toggle effect unit on channel
Loop knob: FX Super
Shift + Loop knob: FX Mix
Deck A Pads in FX mode: AutoDJ
Shift + Pad 1: Fade now
Shift + Pad 2: Skip next
Shift + Pad 3: Add to bottom
Deck B Pads in FX mode: Preview 1
Shift + Pad 1: Load track and play
Shift + Pad 2: Play/Stop
Shift + Pad 3: Fast rewind
Shift + Pad 4: Fast forward
Pads in Sample mode:
Pad X: Play sample X
Shift + Pad X: Stop sample X
Pads in Cue mode:
Pad X: Activate hotcue X
Shift + Pad X: Clear hotcue X

Some further comments:

Hercules uses shifted controls for decks C and D. However, not all functions may be mapped for the additional decks and the soft-takeover did not work well despite adding all the affected controls to the JavaScript code. Thus I have commented out the corresponding mappings.
The FX mode mappings deviate from Hercules documentation as scripting would be required.
The pitch reset was reassigned to Shift + Sync because the jog touch detection is rather sensitive and would reset inadvertently.
Neither normal nor scratch mode react to the wheel when a touch is detected. (todo)
After scratching the sound remains somewhat distorted until disabling scratch mode. (reason unknown)
Virtual knobs respond rather slowly to turning of the encoder knobs.