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(More customer reviews)After using the virtual DJ software for a long time now, I felt I needed something to help me use multiple functions at the time (you can do only so much with the keyboard). I wanted something easy to use but functional, since I like to mix for fun. This one appeared to be nice fit. The reviews expressed before me are accurate as well. (As a footnote, I have a laptop running VDJ v5, one internal sound card with headphones for monitoring and one Creative External USB Soundblaster for main output)
Straight out of the box you get the mixer, a strap, user manuals, drivers and a special edition of Virtual DJ. Installing the drivers and software it's pretty straight forward. The Virtual DJ version you get is specially designed to work only if you have the Hercules controller connected, and all other options will be locked down. I guess this is ok, but I highly recommend getting a newer version of the software available on their website or other third party sellers, especially because of the fact that you cannot modify the way sound comes out of your PC. As I noted before, I have two sound cards in my PC, and it only allowed me to use one, which makes no sense.
As far as the mixer, the only real advantage I've seen is that it allows you to crossfade tracks more easily, since you have control of multiple knobs and levers at the same time (as opposed to the mouse). It has basic functions available, and some buttons map more than one action, so you'll be finding yourself pressing them several times to get something that you could do with your mouse in a second. The joystick located in the center is utterly useless, it's solely purpose is to select tracks from your list, but you can do it way faster with your mouse.
In summary, it's a very decent mixer, it grows on you, looks very cool, and it's ok if you plan to play with it for a while. Plus, you don't have a lot of options in the market in this price range. Yes, there a cooler and more precise mixers out there, but you'll be spending more than you really need to, since this mixer is just for fun. Don't think it will replace your keyboard or mouse, you will still use them because its faster sometimes. I was considering a slightly better piece of equipment for 129.99, a little extra buttons wouldn't have hurt.
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