Session recording: MP3 to take home.

1 · Enable

1. Settings → Audio & Recording → enable „Session recording (MP3)"
2. Bitrate: 128, 192, 256, or 320 kbps. Recommended: 192 kbps (~90 MB per hour)
3. Storage: defaults to Documents/Hypnotika Sessions/. Customizable.

Right next to the recording settings you'll find two buttons: „Open folder" opens the recordings folder in your file explorer — the fastest way to the finished MP3. „Open history" jumps to the History page with the logged sessions.

Recording starts automatically as soon as the session starts — on the first phase change or when you start a nature sound (even with no music at all). It stops only on Soft Stop: if you fade out a nature sound by clicking its tile, the recording keeps running — e.g. for spoken passages without a soundscape.

2 · What's recorded

• Music bus (all tracks) — pre master volume slider, independent of your listening volume
• Mic bus (your voice) — controlled by mute toggle
• Trigger bus (all anchor sounds you fire)
• Nature bus (nature-sounds layer) — at the level set by the Nature slider in the cockpit; runs through continuously, even while you speak (nature sounds are never ducked)

Not recorded: system sounds, other apps. Hypnotika uses internal audio routing, no OS loopback.

3 · Naming

Format: YYYY-MM-DD_Session_HH-MM-SS.mp3

4 · Auto-save every 30 sec

While recording, Hypnotika writes to disk every 30 seconds (overwrites the file). On app crash, power loss, or hard close: maximum 30 sec of audio is lost — the rest is safe.

On clean Soft Stop: encoder is „flushed" (= last frame closes properly). On force-close, last ~30 ms frame might be slightly unclean but file plays fine.

5 · GDPR note

Recording contains the client's voice — special category personal data. What to consider:

• Get written consent before the session
• Encrypt files (e.g. VeraCrypt container) on shared devices
• Don't share or upload to cloud without consent
• Delete or anonymize after retention period (10 years for medical practitioners in Germany)

Hypnotika itself sends NO recordings to us or third parties — all files stay local on your disk.

6 · MP3 to take home

One of the USPs: hand the session MP3 to the client (USB stick, email attachment, secure cloud link). Clients listen 2-5 times in the first two weeks — significantly amplifies trance learning.

Recommendation: don't ship the raw 70 MB file. Re-encode to 128 kbps in Audacity (~50 MB) and normalize loudness.

7 · Recovery on app crash

If the app crashes during a running recording and you still need the file:

1. The recording folder contains the file with the latest auto-save state (max 30 sec before the crash)
2. Open the file in Audacity — it plays back, the last frame may be slightly unclean
3. Optional: in Audacity „Effects → Repair" applied to the end

Related: Audio setup · Mic & ducking · Nature sounds