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Almost entire history deleted, can't go back to how project was

[quotz] · started 2021-11-10 14:48 · updated 2021-11-10 19:28

I copied and pasted the melody from my lead synth onto a pad patch. I was re-arranging the notes so I could find what key I was in, what notes to construct chords with, etc. I decided to go back and check on an idea I had earlier but has since deleted. To do this all I did was hit the back arrow labeled "undo". When I tried to go back to what I had it wouldn't let me. "Project History" was half gone and I had lost most of my progress. I tried to go back and forth even more and it ended up deleting my entire history altogether. This was two/two and a half hours into the project and I've lost everything except for the bare skeleton of a melody and drums I made when I first opened to project. Please help me restore my project or check the bug so it doesn't happen in the future, this was a pretty big blow. Thank you for your time.

Comments (2)

2021-11-10 17:00 · 2021-11-10

check bookmarks, if you never saved anything then take this as an opportunity to make your track the best it could be.

2021-11-10 19:28 · 2021-11-10

Sorry to hear that. History implementation in Studio has always been sketchy. It's easy to corrupt it with certain sequences of actions. Watch out for soloing/unsoloing of cables, for example. Here's an old bug report (still open) about this: https://www.audiotool.com/board/bug_reports/exclude_cue_audio_source. If you follow the steps, you'll see how a history corruption leads to the loss of the entire history.