Bill is 100% on the money. I have been in the MI retail business for over 20 years with the nation's largest music dealer. The Hercules stuff is plastic, relatively inexpensive, and the return rate is somewhat high. As for the different models, all you'll need to do is map all the controls yourself. I understand the discontinued model had a mapping for Flex that someone had put together, but all models of controllers should be easily mapped out with a little effort. In this case however I think the OP has already made a purchase of the Hercules hardware to utilize the prepackaged mapping.
-----Original Message----- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of William H. Fite Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:54 AM To: Ed Haskell Cc: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] hercules Every time I mention this someone seems to get offended and feel the need to flame me, but it bears saying again. The Hercules controllers are garage-band quality. For many people they work very well and their owners love them but you'll need to treat them gently. If you push your gear hard or move it from place to place often, you may find their lifespan limited. Someone will now respond by telling me that he has used a Hercules on 20 DXpeditions including a week on the moon with nary a glitch. To which I reply, GREAT! Just keep in mind that the Hercules brand is far from professional quality. If you want a controller that will really haul the freight, look at models from Allen & Heath or Vestax. Do I have any personal cred to say these things? No, not really. I went SDR to get away from knobs and switches. But I have a son who for twenty years has sold this kind of gear in the professional market, including many Hercules controllers. He gets more of them back for repair/replacement than any other brand. Hope everyone's new year is off to a great start. Bill KJ4SLP Bill, there are several successor models from Hercules that are supported and seem to work as well or better than the MP3 LE. Look on Tobias' website for a list of supported models. 73 Ed, W1PPN On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Tom k2bew <tombew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yea, It is not cheap. There is also a regular Tmate without as many > features that looks similar to the flex control knob, but more > expensive than the flexcontrol at 189 Euro. > . > http://www.woodboxradio.com/tmate.html > > 73, > Tom K2BEW > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX <c...@omen.com> > wrote: > > The tmate2 appears to have a 260 Euro price tag. > > > > It would be nice to have a second mouse or trackball map to RIT/clarifier > > tuning. > > > > Or right click on RIT to map the mouse wheel to RIT. > > > > Or better yet, a software function to analyze the harmonics in the > received > > audio > > and adjust RIT automatically. > > > > On 01/08/2015 07:00 PM, Tom k2bew wrote: > >> > >> Have you looked at the Woodbox controllers? > >> I don't have one but I am thing about getting one. > >> > >> http://www.woodboxradio.com/tmate2.html > >> > >> 73, > >> Tom K2BEW > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Bill and Sue <ope...@rcn.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> OMG, they are no longer selling the Hercules LE3 anywhere. Does anyone > >>> have any suggestion or have one for sale. That again, is the Hercules > >>> DJ Contor MP3 LE controller > >>> Thanks once again Bill > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >>> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > >>> To opt out of the Reflector: > >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > >> To opt out of the Reflector: > >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >> > > > > -- > > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX c...@omen.com www.omen.com > > Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications > > Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" > > 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > To opt out of the Reflector: > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
