MC-202 Hack - Defective Records Forums

New version 2.0.3 now available

dnigrin — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:12:29 -0400

This is a bug fix release - it addresses a problem that caused realtime cassette audio output from MC-202 Hack to the MC-202 to default to the first sequence that was sent to the MC-202; any modifications to that first sequence would not correctly get sent. This has now been corrected. Also, on the Mac, this release is now Intel compatible only.

calibration

lionelred — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:37:20 -0500

Hi there i cannot get it to wrk.

I have a mac and apogee ensemble

I keep getting the 3 beeps when trying to calibrate, could you help?

when i enter manual mode i am getting around 1132

I have a loud signal but cannot get past step 1

Cant get it to work...

Pish — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:08:59 -0400

I'm trying to calibrate but its not happening. I cant even get Mary Had A Little Lamb in. I'm only bothered about midi>seq. Maybe im using the wrong cables? I dont know what to do. I have adjusted the gain up and down in increments of 5 and I just keep getting 3 beeps or sometimes 1 beep with the screen getting a number 1 then 3 beeps. Help?

pad to bar/tempo

polysci — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:31:48 -0400

Hello. I'm creating MIDI files in Reason by playing live from a MIDI controller. I see in the Hack's "sequences" window that the Gate and Step values are odd and variable numbers, due to the "live" element. When I send this data to the 202, does the 202 not quantize the incoming data to values it can handle? My results are very poor. And if I check the "pad to bar" option, the tempo slows way down. What am I doing wrong here? Does the MIDI data have to be edited in Reason or the Hack to 202-friendly values for this method to work? Thanks!

Programming a Rest

Spacewreck — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:46:06 -0400

I've read the manual, but don't see anything about programming rests. Is this possible? Also, it looks like there might be a bug in the program. When I add new steps, the default node number comes up as zero which is an invalid note number. You have to click on it to get it to change to 36.

MC-202 Hack Demo won't start up on Windows XP SP3

robouser — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:51:29 -0500

Hi, I just installed the latest JRE on Windows XP SP3, and then the MC-202 Hack Demo, and when i start up MC-202 Hack it launches but then never appears. I have to go to the task manager and kill it's process to quit it. Any idea what the prob is?

I'm running XP from a bootcamp partition on a MacBook Pro. Works OK on Mac side, but I do music production on the PC side.

Also, is it necessary to purchase a separate license for both the Mac & PC versions?

MC-202 Hack for Android?

hex — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:27:03 -0400

Any plans to make a version of mc 202 hack as an android app?

Calibrating trouble, what if ?

fatbastian — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:13:57 -0400

Hello, and first thanks for this crazy tool !
i'm planing to buy 202 hack, so i've downloaded the demo, everything seems to run fine but the calibration. After auto tries, i've tryied in manual mode, the "current freq" seems to be too low, i'm about 1800 and the field can not let me go that low, it stop to 2300. My question is : i've the "mary" thing onto my 202 after the second step of calibrating process, and i just want to use 202 Hack to create sequence or import midi to the hardware via the soft. As the "mary" file have been loaded fine to the hardware, maybe i can also import midi and transmit it to the 202 ? i'll not import 202 pattern onto the software, i just need to export from the soft to the hardware. Does this will work ? As the "mary" pattern have been loaded with success ?
thanks in advance. Bastian.

Crash [demo version]

bmot — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:44:15 -0400

I can't get the demo to work, hoping for some advice. I did have discussions with Dan about this in the past when I first downloaded the demo, and he tried various things but with no success. That was on Win XP. I tried again when I first got Windows 7, but same problem. I tried again when I got a different sound card, same problem.

It crashes around 1 second after I switch on the audio: "MC 202 Hack Demo has stopped working. Windows is searching for a solution". When it crashes, "MC 202 Hack Demo" remains in the Windows audio mixer and can't be removed without a reboot of Windows. I have tried different compatibility settings with no success. It's a real pity, because I would love to buy and use this programme with my 202.

I have a Novation X STation (Novation USB Asio driver) and Delta 1010.

calibrating mc202 hack

Mslwte — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:21:43 -0400

hi, ive just downloaded the demo version of 202 hack and im having trouble calibrating it to my 202.

i get a good audio waveform but it will not recognise k3 in auto mode.

when calibrating it manually live from the 202 i can get the markers lined up as in the manual but it it still wont calibrate.

i cant seem to get it to recognise a prerecorded audio file either.

any help would be appreciated :)

Details of mc-202 tape format?

jmejia — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:58:25 -0400

Can you tell me where to find technical information about the mc-202 tape format? Your software looks great - but I'm hoping to put something simpler together that will run on linux for myself. (I just want to convert midi -> mc-202 sync, similar to the earlier version of your software - but for linux).

Any advice you have would be appreciated!

Help with 202 hack

lionready — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:06:50 -0400

Hi There

Just recently got a 202! and bought MC 202 Hack.

I am having trouble in saving

I have the tape out signal It is Green and seems to transmit a change in frequency and stop,click.

but when i look at the sequence page there is just a small orange rectangle top left of sequence.

I assume it hasn't worked but I am not sure what happens after it saves.

Making MC202 bigger?

oortone — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:10:37 -0400

Hello.

Is there some way to make the MC202-Hack window bigger?
Especially the sequence editing window is very tiny to work with.

Otherwise it looks great!