How does it shape up in a very different world? In today’s Hercules DJ Control Instinct review, we find out… First impressions and setting up Now nearly a decade later, we have the latest little baby in the company’s range to look at. Back in 2004, I was asked to review the very first Hercules DJ controller – one of the first DJ controllers ever made – which was a tiny device not dissimilar in looks to the Hercules DJ Control Instinct, which we look at today. Despite having no sound card (so no headphones) and some pretty serious design misgivings, that little controller was what got me hooked on digital DJing.