i just did the dumbest thing

unsoundbwoy · Post by **unsoundbwoy** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:37 pm

I've been working on a track for about a fortnight now. a full dancehall track, a version built in with lotsa nice edits, fairly intricate synth work and a highah seekah vocal on top. was getting pretty happy with it.
then i wrote this break i really liked and decided to save it seperately, deleted all the other channels. thought i'd saved it as a new name
checked my email was about to go to bed because im fucking tired, went back into the sequencer went to close and it asked if i wanted to save.
I HIT YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UFCK I JUST SAVED OVER TWO WEEKS OF WORK WITH A FUCKING TECH-STEP STYLE LOOP!!!
FOUR FUCKING BARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all i can do is laugh really

hehe dumbass

everyone should take this as a reminder to be vigilant and backup
its easy to fall out of good habits

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:50 pm

oh you poor poor motherfucker

damm

safire · Post by **safire** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:53 pm

well... it could be worse man, i lost bout 30 pro tools sessions and 25-30 logic sessions.... everything i ever did

cant dwell on it thought, for me it was time to move 4ward anyway and do better things...

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:58 am

Incredibly nerdy, but I've thought about using version control like Perforce before for my audio projects..

unsoundbwoy · Post by **unsoundbwoy** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:07 am

yup.
all i can do its write something better
that'll show me

resist · Post by **resist** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:41 am

That sucks.

Its happened to me before... although not with 2 weeks work.

grooki · Post by **grooki** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:36 pm

Isn't there windows recovery mode that resets the comp back to when you want? I've heard some sort of talk along those lines... otherwise ^R&(%^$*

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:35 pm

I've even wiped stuff accidently using tape, so its not a new thing to lose great musical ideas.
Funniest one I've heard of is Keef Richards when he lived in France circa late 60's - he was so smashed all thwe time that he would write cool riffs and then nod off before recording them.only to wake up and not be abel to remember how they went.
Just as well you're not a junkie huh?

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:56 pm

ah those cock sucker blues

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:30 pm

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:00 pm

I lost about two weeks worth of crumbs when i wiped my bench the other day...gutted.

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:23 pm

aerobiotic · Post by **aerobiotic** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:10 pm

they need a pop up that says "are you sure you want to choose yes... Think about it!!!" after you initially press the yes button...

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:23 pm

Or a dialogue box when you first start up the app

"Are you planning on drinking or smoking while operating this software? Yes/No"

Then if you click yes, popups work like this:

"Are you sure you want to quit? This will lose all changes to your session. Yes/No"

Yes

"... Seriously man. You just clicked Yes. You want to ditch *EVERYTHING*? Yes/No."

Yes

"Just to confirm you're not going to make a mistake, let's check for consistency. Do you not, not want to un-save your work? Yes/No"

MR B · Post by **MR B** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:40 pm

ouch!

Post by **fooishbar** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:34 am

at least it's not as dumb as throwing your phone off a balcony.

aerobiotic · Post by **aerobiotic** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:48 am

a1studmuffin wrote:Or a dialogue box when you first start up the app

"Are you planning on drinking or smoking while operating this software? Yes/No"

Then if you click yes, popups work like this:

"Are you sure you want to quit? This will lose all changes to your session. Yes/No"

Yes

"... Seriously man. You just clicked Yes. You want to ditch *EVERYTHING*? Yes/No."

Yes

"Just to confirm you're not going to make a mistake, let's check for consistency. Do you not, not want to un-save your work? Yes/No"

its called VISTA!!!!