Open from disk- what file format?

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Newbie question- can you open a recording you have saved as MP3? What format should the file be?

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if you saved the project to disk you would have saved it in JSON format. you would have EXPORTED as MP3 or WAV.

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Thanks very much, sorry I should have clarified, I’ve saved a song I played on bass via my phone and its a mp3. Do I need to save this as a JSON file to load it into Hooktheory? Or can’t the software do that?

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Hi and thank you for your question.

Currently you can’t load any mp3s into Hookpad. You can import monophonic MIDI files and json files which were created with a Hookpad export.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Dennis

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you would want to convert it to MIDI. you could likely find some free online app which could convert it. then import it.

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Hi
but it says monophonic midi file, so I guess you can not import a whole song like a mp3 but only a part per time.
greetings

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Hi, there are two different concepts mixed in this thread.

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  • Open from disk:
    Here you can open/upload a song you have created with Hookpad and then saved to your local disk.
  • Import Midi Melody:
    Here you can import a midi file which contains a monophonic melody (not a complete song). The melody will then be imported into the melody region of an existing project.

Please let me know if this helped.

Dennis

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Hi,

I saved on of my files to the disc and. i can see the folder and the HTML file but I don’t know how to load it into hookpad, any advice?

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Hi,

you should be able to go to “File” → “Open From Disk”, just like in the screenshot above.

But your file should be a .json file, not a .html file. Did you use the “Save To Disk” command you can also see in the screen shot above or did you do anything else?

Regards!
Dennis