In my rack, the monitor mixer slides out on a shelf just below the 24 track
hard disk recorder (SDR 24/96).

I pulled the headphone cable, inserted a headphone extension cord and
bumped the rewind button, then stretched out across the room, listening
without realizing that I wasn't recording anything. Never done that
before.

These new computer recorders have such light touch buttons that just
brushing against them activates the function.

The worst part is it took me until just now (hours later) to realize how I
lost that take.