I’m losing my shit because I think I just lost all the work I’ve done in the last year.
I hadn’t backed up my Octatrack in a while, so I decided today would be a good time. I had the usual issues with getting my Macbook Pro to acknowledge that the OT was even connected via USB mode, but eventually it did.
I then tried to drag and drop the set I wanted to back up from the OT’s 4gb standard compact flash to my computer desktop. I realized immediately that it would have been better to copy it instead of dragging it over, but before I could do anything I received a message that some files were corrupted and that I should back up as soon as possible.
So, the Set folder is now on my desktop and not on the OT, but NOTHING IS IN THE FOLDER EXCEPT FOR 2 AUDIO FILES! Nothing else transferred, but the original is also no longer on the flash card. Everything ‘disappeared’ on the way to my desktop and I fear it is gone forever.
I only use the OT sporadically, but was actually backing it up today because I was excited about some work I had intermittently completed over the last few months (and particularly over the last week). Much of that work will be impossible to reproduce; the samples were captured live from jams, friends’ instruments, even the radio via my OP-1, and were heavily edited. I would literally just give up on all that stuff and have to move on.
I’m not hopeful, but does anyone have any suggestions?