No surprises here, except for the layout: in the design, you see the impact of the big jog wheels and the small form factor. Transport Controls Hercules DJControl Jogvision transport controls There is a key lock button available that doubles as the slip button for Serato DJ. The pitch fader is fairly short, but if you are not too demanding it will work fine enough, just don’t expect to be able to play around too much with track tempos & such. There is a button that activates vinyl mode for both decks at the same time, which is adequate, but having separate vinyl buttons per deck would have been the better approach here. Next to the jogs, there are LEDs placed that light up in green, orange and red to indicate how close you are to the end of a track.

the outer ring indicates the rotation and the inner led ring indicates the progress in the track. The weight and size feel really pro, and they contain visual cues that will really help DJs to refrain from staring at the computer screen all the time. They have two led rings. The jogs are, certainly for this category, amazing. Jog wheels Hercules DJControl Jogvision jog wheels This is if you own a Serato DJ license, which will set you back USD 129. Just plug it in and Serato DJ will recognize it automatically, no further configuration needed. It makes the controller an option for serious amateur/mobile DJs that already use Serato and want a compact but fully featured solution, as their main controller or backup unit. The DJControl Jogvision is the first Serato DJ ready controller from Hercules and that is a big thing. On the positive side, it means you get pro-grade jogs on a sub $ 300 controller, on the negative side there is little real estate left for other features so compromises have been made. It’s pretty clear from the design that Hercules tried to fit the biggest possible size of jogs within the smallest form factor, and that has positive and negative effects. The feature that catches all attention are of course those jog wheels. It has a brushed plastic encasing, a good amount of ins & outs, giant jog wheels, and overall a quality feeling to it. The Hercules DJControl Jogvision gives a very solid first impression.

Bottomline: Surprisingly big jog wheels and support for Serato DJ on the plus side, but with some questionable design choices on the minus side, the Hercules DJControl Jogvision will please many DJs, especially at this price.

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