A rugged, organized USB digital music controller with CBR and VBR MP3 compatibility.
The Cortex HDC-500 is a USB equipped combination of brains and brawn that can handle a beating and your
beats while controlling your digital music. Knowing that the DJ environment can sometimes be a bumpy one, the Cortex engineers
placed the brains of this digital music controller inside a fine steel frame with ABS plastics and ensured the buttons, faders,
and jog wheel are tough enough to handle the abuse of nightly use.
So you know about the "hard" part of this piece
of hardware, but what about the "ware"? Well, first off the HDC-500 can play all your MP3s, whether they be CBR or VBR at
any bitrate up to 320kps, with two high-speed USB ports (one front, one rear) and internal support for recognizing multiple
storage devices like iPods or external CD/DVD drives. It can also handle store-bought CDs, or your own MP3 and WAV music files
via a USB CD/DVD-ROM drive. Once you've got your music collection together, utilizing the free, downloadable Cortex database
software and an optional USB keyboard, you can search through even the most massive libraries of music within seconds by artist,
title, genre, album, keyword, phrase and even BPM, much the way you would on a portable music player. The radiant 4-line,
80-character LCD display makes this easy to do whether at home or in the confines of a dimly lit DJ booth. And the frame accurate
searching means you'll get pinpoint search, cue and playback at all times. Savable user configurations are also a convenient
benefit.
Once you've got the music going, the playback screen displays detailed track information such as artist, track
title, pitch, time elapsed/remaining, file format (MP3 or WAV), genre, track length and waveform display. When you have two
separate devices supplying tunes, a simple click of the Info button for a corresponding side (front or rear) will cause the
ID3 tag information for that particular song to pop up. You can play your tunes in single, continuous, or shuffle mode, with
customizable fade-ins and outs, with no fear of digital file corruption from sudden accidental shutdown with the HDC-500's
exclusive protection feature. You can also create seamless loops. During playback, the Jog Wheel provides lightning fast forward
or rewind, and in Select Mode allows you to search, edit, and cue up your favorite tracks. In Scratch Effect Mode, it's super
sensitivity offers realistic "vinyl" scratching of your CDs and MP3s. Lastly, there is a pitch fader for a smoother transition,
a pitch button for quick bursts of fine tuning, and the jog wheel for a more casually adjustment, all three options which
give you a range of 8%, 16%, and 24%.
Cortex HDC-500 USB Digital Music Controller Features:
- Full CBR and VBR MP3 Compatibility
- Support for various hard drive & flash-based music players, such as Apple iPod and external CD/DVD-Rom drives
- Intelligent music database management
- Multiple search options including file explorer and BPM search
- Playlist creation with iTunes Playlist Compatibility
- Dual 4 line 80-charcter LCD displays for playback information, parameter adjustments, and waveform display
- Front and rear USB ports for easy access
- USB keyboard connection for search and navigation
- Jog wheel with Jog Mode Select
- Scratch effect mode
- Seamless Loop
- User-configurable setup menu
- One touch song and ID3 tag info button
- Free cortex database manager software
- Single/continuous play modes
- Shuffle mode for unattended playback
- Auto-fade mode
- Two time display modes
- Frame accurate search
- Pitch control fader and bend button with range of +/- 24%
- Performance protection eliminates accidental shutdown
- Rugged 1U rack mount slim designed steel frame construction for any application
- Balanced XLR outputs
- German, Spanish, and French language support
Order today and enjoy a much more seamless DJing experience night after night.
Cortex HDC-500 USB Digital Music Controller Specifications:
- Dimensions: 19"(L) x 1.75"(H) x 3.15/32"(D)
- Weight: 3.75 lbs.
