Hercules DJ Essentials Kit Controller, Speakers and Headphones Bundle

The DJ Essentials Kit is the step up from the Starter Kit, and each of the three pieces is a rung higher. The controller is the DJControl Inpulse 300 MK2 with its 16 pads and 8 modes, the speakers are the 4 in DJMonitor 42 pair, and the headphones are the circumaural HDP DJ60. Both Serato DJ Lite and DJUCED come with it.

The teaching features are the point of the bundle. The Beatmatch Guide lights LED arrows to show which way to move the pitch fader when cueing by hand, and the Intelligent Music Assistant in DJUCED and Serato DJ Lite reads energy and BPM to suggest what should come next. Hercules DJ Academy publishes free video tutorials built around the same hardware.