What is the proper way to put Hooke Verse on?

While holding the right earpiece with your right hand and the left earpiece with your left hand. Bring the entire headset behind your head so that the long cable is resting on the back of your neck, then hook the earbud memory wires over your ears and pop the earbuds in.

What is the proper way to put Hooke Verse in the carrying case?

My phone doesn’t see the Hooke Verse in Bluetooth Settings. How Do I put Verse into pairing mode?

1. Make sure the Hooke Verse is powered off.
2. Hold the power button down until the LED flashes RED RAPIDLY
3. Open Bluetooth preferences on your phone and select Hooke Verse.
4. When Hooke Verse is connected, the Hooke LED will glow SOLID BLUE

My iPhone says the Verse is connected, but when I open the Hooke Audio app, it says “2D”.

1. First make sure you see a little headphone logo in the top right of your iphone screen.
2. If you do not, reset the Verse by pressing the reset button (small hole on right behind ear enclosure) and repairing to your phone
3. To ensure a secure connection with your iphone:
   1. Make sure the Verse is powered off
   2. Make sure the Hooke Audio app is completely killed and not running in the background on your phone
   3. Connect the Verse to your phone
   4. Open the app

If you follow the steps above, you will have a secure connection every time.

My Android says the Verse is connected, but when I open the Android app, it says “Verse is not paired”

1. To ensure a secure connection with your Android:
   1. Make sure the Verse is powered off
   2. Make sure the Hooke Audio app is completely killed and not running in the background on your phone
   3. Connect the Verse to your phone
   4. Open the app

If the issue persists, power cycle your phone and reset the Hooke Verse by pressing the reset button (small hole on right behind ear enclosure) and repairing to your phone

Is Hooke Verse Waterproof?

Hooke Verse is not waterproof

How Do I put the microphone windscreens on?

1. Pull the eartips off of the earbud
2. Slide the microphone windscreen over the eartip so that the plastic knob of the earbud sticks through the windscreen hole.
3. Then re apply the eartip over the earbud and windscreen

What chargers can I use with Hooke Verse?

Any 5V USB charger rated at 200mA and above.

I am experiencing dropouts in my bluetooth recordings, what can I do to fix?

1. Power cycle your phone if you haven’t in the last 72 hours.
2. Ensure that you don’t have several apps running in the background during record. The Hooke 3D Audio app takes a ton of processing power to transmit, receive and package 3D audio from the Hooke Verse. Any apps taking up precious power in the background can affect the quality of your recording.
3. Turn your phone to Airplane mode and leave only Bluetooth on. We have found some Android devices to have bluetooth chips incredibly close to the antennae used for calling. Airplane mode can help rid the device of any wireless interference.
4. Make sure you don’t have a lot of bluetooth devices previously stored on your phone. A large amount of “remembered” devices can affect the performance.

REMEMBER: You can always reset your Hooke Verse by pressing the reset button, located in a small hole on the right behind the ear enclosure.

ALSO NOTE: In areas where there is a high amount of bluetooth devices in your immediate vicinity, your performance may be affected. We recommend turning on airplane mode at conventions, concerts and on busy city streets.

How Do I use the recording cable?

The recording cable is to be used with devices that do not have bluetooth, like DSLR cameras, GoPros and Field recorders. For more information on the recording cables, see here:

How Do I know when Hooke Verse is fully charged?

Hooke Verse will glow white when it is charging. When Hooke Verse is fully charged, the light will go out

I am a blind user, where can I find accessibility tips and support?

https://hookeaudio.com/blog/2017/05/09/how-to-blind-users-hooke-audio-3daudio-app-ios-accessibility/

Can I put my phone to sleep or put the app in the background during a recording?

Yes, but only when recording audio only. You can begin an audio only recording, put the phone to sleep and in your pocket, and continue recording

What is the “Jim Head” binaural dummy head for?

Jim Head is for when you want to capture 3d audio without wearing Hooke Verse. You can place Hooke Verse on this dummy head and record 3d audio without wearing the Verse.

Can I use Hooke Verse with other apps besides the Hooke Audio app?

We have developed a custom Bluetooth recording codec to allow Hooke Verse to capture wireless 3d audio to a smartphone. In order for this to work, our mobile app does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to receiving the wireless 3d audio codec. In order for a third party app to support Hooke Verse, they would need to support our wireless 3d audio recording codec. 

However, there is a way to use Hooke Verse on 3rd party apps using the Hooke recording cable. Many adapters allow you to convert your Micro USB or Lightning port into a 3.5mm stereo input. Plug one of these adapters into your phone, then plug the Hooke recording cable into the adapter. The adapter will override your built in mic and allow you to use the Hooke Verse on that app via a wired connection. 

What is the sample rate and bit depth of Hooke Audio recordings?

Hooke Verse does record in 16bit 48kHz. However, the packing and transmitting of this audio is unlike any other microphone on the market. Never has a microphone sent multiple channels of high quality audio over bluetooth to a smartphone before. The analog microphones at the Verse pick up omni directional 16bit 48kHz audio. This audio is then digitally sparked into bits which are sent over Bluetooth to the phone for unpacking.

It is very precise how many bits are sent and at what frequency so as to ensure optimum performance and risk bluetooth packet loss. The app then receives the bit and unpacks them into a desired file format. Though the resulting file is an m4a, it is not the m4a in which you are normally accustomed to as it has been sent via bluetooth bit transfer from a 16bit 48kHz microphone. Regardless, we plan to roll out .wav packaging and .aac packaging in further updates.