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Re: Resurrecting corrupt aiff file?

Subject: Re: Resurrecting corrupt aiff file?
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
Date: Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:01 am ((PST))
At 4:51 PM +1100 11/3/08, Andrew Skeoch wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions on recovering a corrupted aiff file?
>
>The file was being recorded to an external drive when it lost power.
>I'm guessing, but the file may thus have a missing 'end of file'
>flag? It shows up in the finder (mac), but without a preview. I have
>tried to import the file into various apps, which all refused to open
>it.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Andrew
>

Amadeus Pro-> Import Raw Data-> Save File As should also work.
There's a 30 day free trial.  If using the header change function of
Soundhack, I try to make a back-up copy of the file in the finder
first. Rob D.

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