Subject:How to recover overwrited tracks.

Posted by: Grie

Date:2/27/2002 10:09:18 PM

I'm From Brazil and I need some help.

Anyone knows if sound forge have a tool to recover or repair tracks.

I record a track over other and I need to recover the first track recorded.

Please send me a answer to Grie@bol.com.br

Thanks

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: Grie

Date:2/27/2002 10:10:35 PM

I'm From Brazil and I need some help.

Anyone knows if sound forge have a tool to recover or repair tracks?

I record a track over other and I need to recover the first track recorded.

Please send me a answer to Grie@bol.com.br

Thanks

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: MyST

Date:2/28/2002 4:29:04 AM

I don't think that can be done, since you've probably saved your project.
Sound Forge has alot of tools to repair music, but I don't think any program can do what you're asking.
You need to contact the people looking at the ENRON computers. They can find stuff that was deleted on computers. :)

¢¢

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: rraud

Date:2/28/2002 2:20:23 PM

Once you "Save" you can't go back. In the future make a copy of your original file or use "Save as" which creates a new file leaving the original untouched.

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: Rahl

Date:2/28/2002 4:26:53 PM

Impossible to go back to it. It's been over-written. One of the problems of SoundForge is it's destructive nature, meaning the edits you do are made permanent to the file. Anyway, even the people working on the Enron computers couldn't get your file :) Save under different edit names next time, or just save at a different area.

-André Barriault

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:2/28/2002 7:28:07 PM

Voce e F*@&ed meu amigo.

Make sure when you open the window for recording that it says "Create a new window for each take", and then you will never run into this problemo again.

Tudo bem?
Tchau,
rednroll

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: MyST

Date:2/28/2002 7:55:20 PM

"Voce e F*@&ed meu amigo."

Now THAT'S funny!! :D

Never thought I'd learn a foreign language on this forum. Would this translate to "You are f****d my friend."?
Good one!

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:2/28/2002 8:28:25 PM

Myst, you're Portuguese is Moito Bom (very good) :-)

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: dbarry

Date:2/28/2002 8:48:54 PM

There is a way to recover the track. If you have an exact copy of the second track, the one that did the overwrite, you subtract it from the summed track. This means you invert the polarity of track 2 then add it back to the overwritten track. If the timing and levels are exactly as they were you may be lucky to get back what was lost.
Good Luck

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:2/28/2002 9:40:31 PM

Sound Forge, does not do an additive record, it overwrites the active window if you have the "punch In" option selected in the record window. Although you're theory would work if it was additive and then you recorded the "Exact" same sound in and then tried to line them up at the Exact same point at the exact same level at 180 degrees out of phase. You also might have better chances of buying a lotto ticket and winning a million bucks, than having all those variables be exactly how you need them.

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: JTelles

Date:3/1/2002 6:22:18 AM

Ok, just for the record:

Seu português é muito bom...

and

Você está f*@# meu amigo... (by the way, in both languages it starts with f)


That's more like it. As for the overwritten file, do not think one can get it back.

Good luck

JTelles
(another brazilian)

Subject:RE: How to recover overwrited tracks.

Reply by: dbarry

Date:3/2/2002 10:22:12 PM

Hi rednroll
I completely agree with you that the timing must be exact and the phase must be 180, but if the track was added to rather than overwritten, the original will be easily recovered. I aggree that you are correct on the default mode of operation. I was just pointing out that if a "mix" was done, then it could be done, otherwise our friend is out of luck.