# Tools for recovering Qu recordings and removing silent files

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**Category:** Qu Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [24 November 2025 09:04 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-qu-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30474 "2025-11-24T09:04:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/keith/32/2852_2.png) [@Keith](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/Keith)\
**Post date:** [24 November 2025 09:04 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-qu-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30474/1 "2025-11-24T09:04:36Z")

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Hi all,

When recording direct to drive/card and the media is removed, power is lost or the recording is not correctly finalised for any other reason, files will not have the correct headers and can appear corrupt.

We have articles here ( [https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/41213015556369-Qu-Recovery-of-corrupted-SD-USB-A-recordings](https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/41213015556369-Qu-Recovery-of-corrupted-SD-USB-A-recordings) ) and here ( [https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4402943864209-Qu-Why-do-my-Qu-Drive-recordings-appear-corrupt](https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4402943864209-Qu-Why-do-my-Qu-Drive-recordings-appear-corrupt) ) which explain how to attempt recovery, but the wonderful @robinhow has created a tool which tries to find affected files to fix them for you, and has very kindly offered to share it with the community here.

As a bonus, he’s also created a handy python utility which will look through recorded files and remove anything with a level lower than specified – useful if you armed tracks that weren’t actually in use and now have silent files taking up drive space!

Please note that neither of these tools are officially supported or tested by A&H, so use at your own risk:

[http://bit.ly/3JLpiSE](http://bit.ly/3JLpiSE)

Thanks for sharing Robin 😊

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**Author:** ![SQuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/squser/32/1200_2.png) [@SQuser](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/SQuser)\
**Post date:** [24 November 2025 14:01 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-qu-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30474/2 "2025-11-24T14:01:48Z")

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Just a link, as it’s also interesting for QU users:

> [@Tools for recovering CQ recordings and removing silent files](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/tools-for-recovering-cq-recordings-and-removing-silent-files/30470/2):
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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 possibili…