Is the sample really gone?

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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I spent some time working on a little something from the AK. I…

  • Recorded “on the fly” via manual sampling
  • Assigned to a flex machine
  • Did some moderation audio editing
  • I powered down without saving or doing whatever I need to do to save a sampled sample (I blame old Ableton habits)
  • When I powered up… the sample is gone

Here is my question:
Is the sample really gone, not recoverable ?

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Yup. You need to save your Sample Buffer to make it persistent.

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figured. thx

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It took me a while to get myself in the habit of always saving first thing. Force yourself to think of the buffers like old-school sample buffers. It is nice that you can have 8 buffers going on the Octa at once and use them without saving but I find it best to remind myself that I should treat sampling like an older hardware sampler - the buffer is for sampling input. I must save asap.

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How cool would it be if turning off the machine actually showed a prompt (option in Prefs of course) that said “are you sure? Want to save your samples first?”

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First thing I do when I’ve recorded is save a copy, I’m old school though so it’s normal for me to think like that.