S10:E8 – The Android - Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Android, part 10 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series. Storytime! Man, I had a heck of a freak-out with this episode - you guys don't know how lucky you are to get this on time! So, I've got most of this book recorded already, it just needs editing, yeah? I opened up this chapter two days ago and got started, and right when I hit my usual quick-save, my computer crashes and dies. The computer was fine after a restart, but the problem was, since the save file was in the process of being overwritten, there was not only no save, but NO AUTO-BACKUP for ANY of this book. I still technically had the actual audio, but it was in 5000+ 6-second pieces with no project file to tell it how to be assembled (why Audacity organizes its audio that way, I have no idea). I thought I was faced with piecing together the audio bit by bit (about 20 hours of work) or rerecording everything from Ch. 8 on (about 3 hours of work, but requiring quiet house time I didn't have available), and was SO disheartened, you have no idea. I spent a bunch of time at work yesterday and the day before sneaking moments of research on Google, trying to figure out if there was a way to recover it. Short answer. No. BUT! I remembered right when I got home last night that I actually HAD made a backup file! I'd backed up ALL my audiobook files just a few days ago! Sure, I lost the edits for Ch. 7, but that's already complete, so who cares, the important thing is that I HAD ALL OF THE RAW AUDIO! IN ORDER! READY TO EDIT! So I hurried and got today's chapter finished late last night and you guys don't have to wait a week until the next time I would have been able to rerecord. YAY! Story time over. Thanks for listening! (To both the chapter and the ramble!)