Hercules DJ T7 Premium

Don’t waste your time or money with this controller. I went off several reviews before buying this, finally pulled the trigger after two years of mauling it over, when I finally got it and hooked it up I noticed that it made a crackling sound, it almost sounded like static noise like when you play a regular vinyl record. I looked everywhere for info to see if this was a normal thing, it isn’t. Many users have claimed that it tends to make noise every now and then. This is not acceptable of a controller priced over $1300. I have a two year old IMac at home and a one year old PC laptop, the laptop has 32gb memory, Ryzen 7 5000 series and Serato is the only thing I run on it. I have optimized the laptop settings because I need it to be reliable. And it works great with my numark controller. I have switched the RCA and the USB-B cables to ones that are meant for audio, re-installed the drivers several times, changed the buffer settings, played with MP3, WAV and AIFF files and they all do the same thing. I started the return for that one. Then I bought a second unit, that one was even worse. Not only did it have the same issues, but this second one has lights that do not turn on. There is a light under the platter that lights up indicating which deck is playing so you don’t accidentally kill that side. Deck 2 doesn’t light up. I posted a video. I reached out to Hercules and the only response I got back was, record a video so we can make the return process easier for you. I’m sorry, what? The item is faulty. Both items are faulty. There shouldn’t be ANY issues with the return. I had high hopes for this device considering all the praise it has received over the past two years, save the money and go for a Rane instead.

Vino fallada y no me lo quisieron cambiar mucho cuidado. Luego no hacen válida la.garantia. y muy mala solucion

This is hardly a "budget" controller in the sense that you can get $150 little controllers that have jogwheels and all the buttons and knobs you need. But there is nothing like a spinning vinyl platter for a scratch DJ. The other dual spinning platters on the market are in the $2000 range. So compared to those this is indeed the "budget" model. It has all of the essentials and then some. It's got a beat match guide, with lights that help you master beat matching. Which is perfect for beginners. It has the 8 performance pads per deck, meaning 16. And each 8 has 8 different modes. Some of them you can program in your software. Speaking of software. That's what outputs all of the sound, effects, and mixes you do. This is just a controller. I highly advise if you are serious about getting into DJing even for a hobby. To watch some videos about different DJ software out there. Serato Pro, DJay Pro, Virtual DJ, and Rekordbox are among the top popular. I chose Virtual DJ myself. To get good performance. You need a PC or laptop with atleast a good i5/ryzen5 or i7/ryzen 7. And I would suggest 16gb of ram. To use "stems" which is an amazing tech that can separate the voice from the base, strings, and basically all of the individual elements. This allows you to do amazing things like rip acappelas straight from any song. Back in the day DJ's would have to buy separate acapella versions of the same song. And you can blend different sounds from different tracks together for amazing new mixes. I personally like to rip voice out of songs to use as scratch samples. There are some other good jogwheel decks out there like the Pioneer Rev1 but this is about the most affordable (and nice quality) deck controller that has dual moving vinyl platters. And the thing I like most is this looks like an old school 80s battle DJ deck. Just miniature size. It's got a sick look. And I dig it.

Features are there such as stem separation and good faders it’s just the output problems. I did research about this controller before buying it some had output problems and had static sounds or sometimes screeching but some there is nothing, decided to gamble and see if I got a good unit but unfortunately did not get a good unit mine had popping sounds and sometimes screeching (I’ll add videos) it’s not good when you are djing a wedding or any occasion. I have tried from updating every driver from my laptop to the dj controller, tinker with settings replace every cables and still end up with the popping sounds with the controller. I also have a pretty high end gaming laptop. I7 12700f RTX 4080 32gb ram

Many issues with this turntable. It looks very nice at first glance, but there are a lot of bugs with Serato. I bought it, and everything was working fine, but three weeks later, during an event, it suddenly turned off in the middle of a set and never turned back on! I’m really disappointed; I had high expectations for this product. 💔