# Tools for recovering CQ recordings and removing silent files **URL:** \ **Category:** CQ Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [24 November 2025 09:00 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-cq-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30470 "2025-11-24T09:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Great news that could be really helpful for everyone affected. It’s so cool that someone from outside the company has developed such a workaround app, making it much easier to solve these problems afterward. Many thanks to @robinhow! But of course, it would be much better if these problems didn’t occur in the first place. The suggestion, which even @MarkF supports, would naturally still be a better solution than having to repair corrupted files afterward. And A&H hasn’t denied the possibility, and if it’s technically feasible, it shouldn’t be a feature request, but rather a given that it should be implemented in the affected consoles CQ, QU and SQ. > [@Auto-save of recorded tracks to SD](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/auto-save-of-recorded-tracks-to-sd/27451): > > I want to foolproof the CQ-12T’s recording feature so that if I inadvertently switch the board off without explicitly stopping and saving the recording to the SD card, most of the recording is preserved. Context: There have been multiple occasions where I am both performer and board operator and under pressure to tear down quickly between acts I have just switched off the board. In these cases I have lost the recording every time. I have learned my lesson and I explicitly stop and save with a … Btw.: @robinhow Couldn’t you also lend A&H a hand with your expertise by developing a modern audio player that could be integrated into the aforementioned series? 😉 Thanks again! 👍 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-cq-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30470)._