A friend who bought my Edirol R-1 just got a corrupted recording the other day. When played back, it sounds like the playback is sped up several times and the speed sounds like it is changing wildly in a random manner. So much so that it is unintelligable. The playback is the same in the R-1 and in a PC. Has anyone else experienced this? My first guess is that something is wrong with the header and the playback is assuming variable bitrate when it is not.... or vice versa. But if so I am not sure how to diagnose and fix it. The recording is semi-irreplaceable so it would be nice if I could retrieve it.
Possibly related..... the card was erased while the unit was plugged into a PC via USB. The next record attempt produced a "no song" message (in record, not in stop or play). Formatting the card in the unit restored normal operation. Also possibly related..... some time after the reformat, the unit suddenly started to eat batteries. Battery life is down to about 50% or less of what it should be. One possibility is that she forgot to turn it off between uses (it could have gone to sleep and looked like it was off) but she is pretty careful. I am about to measure the battery current with and without the card inserted and see if anything has changed.... I measured the current when I first bought it and as I recall it was around 350mA in record and a bit less in stop mode.
Paul
Topic: Corrupted Edirol R-1 recording (Read 1707 times)