Hooka creates a four-bar Trap or Hip-Hop hook — lead and chords — from scratch. Shape the direction with key, scale, rhythm and voicing, then preview the take and drag its MIDI straight into your DAW.
You have an empty piano roll and an idea in your head. You need a musical starting point that gives the track direction.
You want to stay in the session, not spend it scrolling presets or starting every melody from scratch.
A usable starting point should fit the key, harmony and feel you already chose — not force a generic pattern on the track.
Hooka creates a four-bar lead and chords from scratch. Shape the direction, then use the take as raw material for your next track.
Choose a rhythm profile, density, articulation, voicing and lead style when the track calls for it. Start simple when it doesn’t.
Review earlier takes, mark favorites and return to the ideas worth building on — without recreating your settings from memory.
Drag Lead, Chords or Full into your piano roll. Use the output in commercial releases, licenses or performing-rights registrations — no royalties or required credit to Hooka.
A full generation costs 10 credits. Cheaper actions such as regenerating a single bar will be added later at a lower credit cost. Top-ups are currently invoiced manually via email — automated Stripe checkout replaces that step without changing the offer.
You get 200 free credits when you sign up. A full generation costs 10 credits, so the free allowance covers 20 full generations. Credits do not renew automatically. Paid top-ups (10 € for 200, 20 € for 500) are available today via email invoicing (Stripe checkout ships next).
Download Hooka, open it in your DAW (or Standalone), click AI CONNECT, enter your email and paste the sign-in code we email you. That is your account — no separate web signup, no password.
Yes. Generation happens on Hooka's cloud, so you need an internet connection each time you press Generate. The preview and drag-into-DAW work offline once the take is generated.
Yes. Every note Hooka outputs is royalty-free — use it in commercial releases, sync placements, samples, whatever. No credit required.
Hooka runs as a VST3 plugin, an AU plugin (macOS only) and a Standalone application. Any DAW that hosts VST3 or AU can load it. A tested-DAW list will appear here after the Day 6 release-candidate matrix (Logic, Ableton and a Windows VST3 host are the first covered).
Windows code signing is deliberately deferred at MVP so we can ship the Windows build sooner and use real-world feedback to prioritise it. SmartScreen will warn on first install — see the Windows notice in the Download section for step-by-step guidance.
The plugin tells you exactly how many credits are left and that a full generation costs 10 credits. Email hooka.vst@gmail.com from your account address to top up (10 € for 200 credits, 20 € for 500) — credits land on your account within a business day. Automated Stripe checkout is next.
Every editor state has a HELP button that opens this help page. Sign-in issues, payment, installation and account deletion all live there. You can also delete your account directly from the in-app account panel.
Support and questions: hooka.vst@gmail.com. Feedback about a specific generation is best sent from the in-plugin Feedback form — it attaches the settings that produced it.
