june61944
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Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
I saved a project the I've been working on as a template and then went into that file to strip out some of the extraneous tracks and all of the events in order to start off clean. At least I think that's what I did, but Sonar is telling me otherwise. The original project is now missing all of its audio and midi content and the template I thought I created is nowhere to be found. Is there some way of rolling back edits on a project after its gone through this many changes???? The raw audio clops are still in my audio folder, but all the midi work is gone....
I hate learning stuff the hard way.
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june61944
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/22 19:36:17
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Sorry - second time in a row that I figgered something out on my own after stepping back from the cliff and breathing deeply. The original file was definitely gutted, but I found the template I created and found all of the missing content there, too. Made several backup copies of the darn thing.
Thanks anyways.
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Anderton
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/22 19:58:30
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☄ Helpfulby tlw 2016/04/22 21:14:31
Backups are beautiful. Never trust a computer, software, or storage medium.
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dwardzala
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/22 20:29:34
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2016/04/22 21:22:12
Or user, in my case, myself.
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lawajava
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/22 21:22:36
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june61944
I saved a project the I've been working on as a template and then went into that file to strip out some of the extraneous tracks and all of the events in order to start off clean. At least I think that's what I did, but Sonar is telling me otherwise. The original project is now missing all of its audio and midi content and the template I thought I created is nowhere to be found. Is there some way of rolling back edits on a project after its gone through this many changes???? The raw audio clops are still in my audio folder, but all the midi work is gone....
I hate learning stuff the hard way.
Where were your regular backups?
Two internal 2TB SSDs laptop stuffed with Larry's deals and awesome tools. Studio One is the cat's meow as a DAW now that I've migrated off of Sonar. Using BandLab Cakewalk just to grab old files when migrating songs.
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rogeriodec
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/22 22:09:39
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I'll tell you what I do, after suffering much from losses in Sonar: I do an automatic synchronization of all Sonar files and folders to SFTP (including versioning, that is, if I save the same project 50 times, I'll have 50 versions of this file in the FTP side). This may seem excessive, but as versioning is in the FTP it will not consume space on my machine, but still will have a huge chance to recover something lost. There are several software that do this. I particularly use FreeFileSync (to create jobs) and more specifically the sub-application RealTimeSync, which is installed together and scans the folders to detect any changes in the files. What should be done: - Create a job in FreeFileSync indicating, in the left, the original folder (or folders) where are the projects in HD, and in the right, the FTP route where the original files are stored.
- Configure the Versioning option
- Also, in settings I use the custom option to only move the FTP side (ie avoiding so if a file is accidentally deleted on the FTP, this does not reflect on the original computer side, as the "Two Way" option)
- Manually run this job to test (check the results on the FTP side)
- Once everything is right with this job, create an scheduled job with RealtimeSync. Basically it runs the job automatically every 'x' seconds.
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jsg
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Re: Accidentally deleted 3 weeks of work...
2016/04/23 13:38:15
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Anderton
Backups are beautiful. Never trust a computer, software, or storage medium.
When I am working on a piece, 3 backups are made every day, one to a USB flash, another to a 2nd hard drive, and the 3rd (MIDI file) is uploaded to my server. Audio is backed up to DVD and placed in a bank's safety deposit box. People who use computers who don't take backing up seriously are asking for trouble. The importance of having off-site backup is critical. If you value your work, back it up! ;>) Jerry www.jerrygerber.com
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