sooooo.....yeah
the title says it all. i experienced major data loss recently and nearly every track ive done in the past 6 months is wrecked.
before anyone goes on about back ups and whatnot...i know. if i had the drive space (or the $$ for a new drive) i would have had a more recent back up...but i didnt...so no need to talk about it.
my actual project files are fine...but my entire vst folder got wiped (along with lots of other files). theres a chance i may be able to simply reinstall everything and have it working (i say "simply", it will take days), but there are certain other files (such as sample maps, custom patches, and various settings and such) that i dont know if ill be able to recreate.
i have used data recovery software, which sees the files, and seems like it gets them back...but they are all corrupted and unusable.
my question is:
can i salvage my tracks using the 320kps mp3s that i have? they were unmastered, i was simply using them for streaming purposes...but if thats all im left with...can i use them for anything?
i was weeks away from sending these off to a small label to be released...and now...well im too upset still to even contact them about it.
is there any light at the end of this tunnel, or am i just f'ed?
catastrophic data loss...irretrievable files.
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- KVRAF
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
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- KVRAF
- 11339 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
I don't think you are f**ked on this one.
Much of it depends on the software you used and the host method of saving. Many hosts will recall specific settings of the plugin, regardless of recalling that specific preset used (and most cases it will recall the preset used even if you've moved it or deleted it from your computer).
As far as sample maps are concerned, if you are talking about Reaktor... well, that could be a problem. If you're talking about Kontakt, well there's a good chance it will ask you to locate the missing samples needed, so yes... It will be tedious but still possible to fix.
Next...
If all else fails. Despite the work involved so far, be prepared to decide that was your best work at that time, but now you are capable doing better. May sound silly... but for one, it's probably true (even if you hadn't lost your data) and second, times like these are good for believing in your ability.
Much of it depends on the software you used and the host method of saving. Many hosts will recall specific settings of the plugin, regardless of recalling that specific preset used (and most cases it will recall the preset used even if you've moved it or deleted it from your computer).
As far as sample maps are concerned, if you are talking about Reaktor... well, that could be a problem. If you're talking about Kontakt, well there's a good chance it will ask you to locate the missing samples needed, so yes... It will be tedious but still possible to fix.
Next...
If all else fails. Despite the work involved so far, be prepared to decide that was your best work at that time, but now you are capable doing better. May sound silly... but for one, it's probably true (even if you hadn't lost your data) and second, times like these are good for believing in your ability.
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- KVRist
- 98 posts since 8 Apr, 2005
I had the same thing happen when the hard drive read/write head failed. So recovery software was useless. But what wasn't useless was getting that repaired through a professional data service for about $270. Then I was able to recover everything. Food for thought. The trick is to limit them to only repairing the hardware. The service wanted to charge $2700 to do the recovery but I knew once they fixed the hardware I was golden.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
indeed the sample maps im concerned about are for reaktor. they were custom sample maps i made and while i might be able to accurately recreate them, thats not something im counting on to work out properly.elxsound wrote:I don't think you are f**ked on this one.
Much of it depends on the software you used and the host method of saving. Many hosts will recall specific settings of the plugin, regardless of recalling that specific preset used (and most cases it will recall the preset used even if you've moved it or deleted it from your computer).
As far as sample maps are concerned, if you are talking about Reaktor... well, that could be a problem. If you're talking about Kontakt, well there's a good chance it will ask you to locate the missing samples needed, so yes... It will be tedious but still possible to fix.
Next...
If all else fails. Despite the work involved so far, be prepared to decide that was your best work at that time, but now you are capable doing better. May sound silly... but for one, it's probably true (even if you hadn't lost your data) and second, times like these are good for believing in your ability.
these sample maps are actually the files im most worried about. just about every track ive done in the past 6 months made heavy use of dron-e with custom maps, soooo...if i cant accurately remake those maps...those tracks will never sound right.
do i remember exactly how i made those maps?
of course i dont.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
yeah, if this were a hardware issue, id have a shot, unfortunately for me...this was a software problem.solar28 wrote:I had the same thing happen when the hard drive read/write head failed. So recovery software was useless. But what wasn't useless was getting that repaired through a professional data service for about $270. Then I was able to recover everything. Food for thought. The trick is to limit them to only repairing the hardware. The service wanted to charge $2700 to do the recovery but I knew once they fixed the hardware I was golden.
well, to be more accurate this was a stupid user (namely me) problem. i was an idiot and did something i should have known better not to do. by the time i discovered that files had been removed that i didnt want removed...it was nearly a week later and i had been using the computer the entire time. so things were being overwritten and such.
thats what i get for deciding to take a week off from making music to play witcher 3. had i opened fl studio in the first couple of days and seen what was going on, i probably could have salvaged most if not all of it.
what a complete ass
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- KVRAF
- 4589 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
There are two types of users: those who are making backups and those who will be making backups. 
For that kind of money you can get new 4-disk RAID.But what wasn't useless was getting that repaired through a professional data service for about $270
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
well...i was able to recover one project.
it was a pain in the ass...but the implications are that i should be able to recover them all.
seems the recovered sample maps work...which was my primary concern.
now all i have to do it spend untold hours reinstalling everything in that vst folder...and all the corresponding automap dlls.
fun times.
i think ill just reinstall everything as i need/want to use them, instead of plowing through the whole folder at once. that sounds less tedious...and i can still work on music as i go.
at least i had (multiple) backups of all my m-rgt stuff. id have gone on a kill crazy rampage if i lost those.
it was a pain in the ass...but the implications are that i should be able to recover them all.
seems the recovered sample maps work...which was my primary concern.
now all i have to do it spend untold hours reinstalling everything in that vst folder...and all the corresponding automap dlls.
fun times.
i think ill just reinstall everything as i need/want to use them, instead of plowing through the whole folder at once. that sounds less tedious...and i can still work on music as i go.
at least i had (multiple) backups of all my m-rgt stuff. id have gone on a kill crazy rampage if i lost those.