Corrupt Wav files if unit switched off before recording stopped

[markr]

At gigs we have had a couple of times when the recording was not stopped before the unit was powered down by a bandmate.

The data is on the SD card but unreadable and showing 0 bytes. Tried repair in Audacity, etc. to no avail.

Is there a known file repair or plans to ensure interrupted recording are still accessible?

[KeithJ A&H]

@markr

There is a process described here – https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4402934227857-SQ-Recovery-of-corrupted-SQ-Drive-recordings
Although the article has been written with SQ in mind, it would certainly be worth trying with your SD card.

Thanks,
Keith.

[Jackson]

The SQ process worked perfectly for me after thinking I lost some recordings from a great show.
Seems to keep happening at shows but never once in practice, so I have to assume the power cable is getting yanked when I’m not looking.

Not as much to worry about knowing this, thanks for the suggestion!

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