[Joe Flood]

Ok David, thanks for the reply. Samsontech/ ZOOM are recommending Audacity to restore files corrupted in this way.

Update: I was able to launch Audacity on another MAC– Corrupt audio file recovered!!! I was pulling my hair out… very grateful for these detailed instructions.

Thanks again, Joe

[Joe Flood]

Hello and thank-you for this post! I experienced a nearly identical event with my ZOOM H4… power was pulled leaving a corrupt file. I followed these instructions and all seemed encouraging. When I attempt to launch Audacity it always “unexpectedly quits”. For some reason it won’t open on my Mac (Mac Pro, OS 10.6.8).

I tried using BIAS Peak’s “Recover Audio File” function, which seems similar to Audacity. The options are:

Audio Data Location:
1. In AIFF SoundDataChunk
2. In WAVE Sound Chunk
3. At Start of Data Fork (SD2, RAW)
4. At Byte Position [ ]

Byte Order:
1. Big-Endian (AIFF, SD2)
2. Little-Endian (WAVE)

and Bit Depth, Sample Rate selectors.

Using “In AIFF SoundDataChunk” or “In WAVE Sound Chunk” with “Little-Endian” produce a recovered file (2048MB) but with “Max: -90dB” level???

Any thoughts on what could be the problem? Is there another free app like Audacity? Much appreciated!
Thanks, Joe