The “give” is there for a reason – they are touch sensitive, so pushing down on them gives you the same effect as the capacitive top surface on Vestax’s jogs or the “click” on the Traktor S4. However, this amount of movement in the jogwheel may not be to you. I like them – they feel ready for action and yet able to take quite a bit of abuse. Unlike the jogwheels on some other DJ controllers, once unlocked these deliberately have a lot of “give” in them. The jogs can be locked and unlocked by big clamps located underneath the unit, and just like some “real” turntables, they need to be locked for transit and unlocked for use. The small, underwhelming wheels from the RMX have been replaced with big jogs with oversized deep rubber grips on the outsides, and see-through acrylic tops, through which “Hercules” logos are visible (that curiously do not spin when the jogwheels do). The fader, while plasticky, are robust and the experience of the RMX is that they\’ll stand the test of time. The overall impression is of a workmanlike unit that is going to perform for a long time, and which has been refined from the DJ Console RMX in the areas that matter – the cue, play/pause and stop buttons are considerably better on this unit, for instance – but as mentioned, the most important improvement is in the jogwheels. It’s held together by 30-odd Phillips screws which adds to the confidence you’ll feel in the build quality of the product.
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It has the same curious mix of cheap and expensive that the RMX demonstrated – the crossfader, volume faders and pitch controls are OK but plasticky, as are the rotaries, but we’ve already learned they last the test of time from the RMX indeed, I tried hard to pull them off and they’re well attached. It comes with an over-the-shoulder gig bag, too, as its predecessor did, and also like the RMX, has a built-in sound interface. Same general configuration (you can plug extra gear in around the back). Same clunky controls (Hercules’s buttons, while undeniably heavy duty, are unsubtle). The first impression is that it just like the RMX. Let’s take a close look and see if it’s a worthy successor to the RMX… First impressions/setting up The crucial differences? Vastly improved jogwheels, and the ability to control four decks out of the box.
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It’s in the same casing, it’s the same size, the buttons are the same type, and it still has many of the same features. Now with the DJ Console 4-Mx, Hercules has taken stock of the changes in the marketplace and released what is obviously meant to be a successor to the DJ Console RMX. Heavy and constructed from metal, it was a pretty indestructible controller – a real workhorse which while still not without its foibles, has stood the test of time and quietly become one of the most popular DJ controllers out there: A real success story. However, their DJ Console RMX released a few years ago now, was a different beast.
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