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Title: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: travelinbeat on June 19, 2010, 05:24:08 PM

I was recording on my R09HR and suddenly lost power.  The entire recording transferred fine from my card to my computer and will playback in VLC, but will not open in Soundforge or r8brain (I'm trying to get it down to 16/44.1).  Any ideas on utilities that can help me out?

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: it-goes-to-eleven on June 19, 2010, 07:23:08 PM

The first rule of data recovery is not to make any changes -at all- to the original media until you have completely recovered the audio.

What result do you get with pigiron's utility?

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=72936.0

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: travelinbeat on June 20, 2010, 03:51:48 AM

No dice, gents =(.  Any more suggestions?

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on June 20, 2010, 04:30:20 AM

Check the sticky at the top of the forum for links to a couple threads on dealing with corrupt files.

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: it-goes-to-eleven on June 20, 2010, 02:29:40 PM

You haven't told us much.  Stuff like the file size on disk, the reported duration vs. how long you think it should be, the sample rate&depth, the specific outcome of any recovery actions you have attempted...   You say it plays in vlc, so the recovery should be pretty simple.

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: travelinbeat on June 20, 2010, 04:44:59 PM

I got it!!!  It took me a while to figure out how to use pigiron's utility, but that seems to have done the trick!  1.60GB, 49min, 45sec at 24/96 fully restored!  Thanks to all!

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: fmaderjr on June 20, 2010, 04:48:54 PM

It's great that you saved the file!

A quicker easier way if it happens again is to use the HR's repair function described on page 80 of the manual. Worked great for me the 1 time I needed it. Too bad only the R-09 & R-09HR have a utility like this, as far as I know.

Title: Re: How to save a corrupted 24/96 wav?
Post by: travelinbeat on June 20, 2010, 11:06:22 PM

Quote from: fmaderjr on June 20, 2010, 04:48:54 PM

It's great that you saved the file!

A quicker easier way if it happens again is to use the HR's repair function described on page 80 of the manual. Worked great for me the 1 time I needed it. Too bad only the R-09 & R-09HR have a utility like this, as far as I know.

Good to know!

For any future readers of this thread, you can find those steps outlined, as fmaderjr said, on page 80.  Here's a link to an e-copy of the manual for easy reference.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zzounds.com%2Fmedia%2FR-09HR_e1-49eb187ccdb04f7190c277ea3c6be071.pdf&ei=N9YeTPOcKoL6lwfJ1NWnDg&usg=AFQjCNF5fvdvIW6OGr5YpgUfncok1Rmi5g&sig2=t3uRR5NhGJN1shcB3h4ZKw