How can I recover deleted files

Question

The Issue I'm Experiencing, In Brief...
Somehow I discarded a great deal of files from my HD, into my Mac's trash can.
Furthermore to add grave insult to minor injury, I proceeded to empty that same trash can.
Though I wouldn't know, I do feel slightly hopeful that a DIY remedy - complex, vastly
unkown yet free of charge - exists...that a few bright Mac- enthusiasts know of such a solution
and that but still a few of those same beings are willing to help me out with such an issue.
I thank you sincerely for so much as taking the time to read about my screw-up.
C.J. Mooney
Canada
Hey - this is my very first 'messaging' experience.
Late last night I was prompted to seek help - world wide, today, with my new found problem.
Wanting to make significant hard drive space available I managed to exceed my intended goal. Wanting to download and install various 'live packs' - utilized in the process of music production via software created by the Ableton company - I knew that I'd need to 'throw out' about 30 GB - more if I could.
Anyway, having spent the time downloading more than a dozen such Live Packs...and installing them thereafter...it didn't take to long for me to begin pondering what could have happened to ALL my created tracks, instruments, etc.
My best guess at this point is that somehow when I threw huge groupings of files into the trash - parts of what I had intended to get rid of possibly came to be attached somewhere/somehow to the very files which I thought to be most safe and sound.
Realizing the extent of what had occurred - it took some time to know for certain I had thrown away ALL of my created files - I began to imagine going about fixing my brand new, painful problem.
Though I am far from being computer savy, etc. - I have this notion that if only I were more aware of my mac's abilities, etc. I could perhaps bring my lost files back from the dead.
Late last night, I learned that there are software products out there to solve just this problem - but, being unemployed I am unable to pay the $80 asked for.
I've learned that such programs are free of charge for Windows customers, but not Mac owners...they say it's much more difficult to fet back files which have been placed in the trash and then thrown out on a Mac - hence the fee I suppose.
Regardless of everything, I
DO hold faith in the possibility that someone (even many, perhaps) not only knows how to go about correcting my issue, but knows how to go about teaching me such a process (i.e. YouTube, etc.), and wants to be responsible for the teaching of this remedy free of charge.
Maybe I'm completely out to lunch and the remedy involved is both incredibly difficult, without guarantee, and only possible through $80 plus fee.
My personality enjoys others, however, this process of sending my question 'out there' for an answer comprises a brand new experience...and I hope that those who come into contact with my writing are neither left confused nor irritated.
I greatly look foward to the possibility of being helped out by someone who is able and willing to help another person.
I look forward to the chance to hear back from another person, not a salesman or even an existing friend of mine own - I imagine I would enjoy being helped with my current mishap by another human being who wants to help me...how could such an experience not feel pretty decent - I mean an interaction free of title, roles, role-playing...pretension ad nauseum (as found anywhere in Western 'civiliation').
                                   [oops! perhaps way too much writing...then again, it is a personal first...]
Thank you sincerely to anyone who should so much as read my stated issue!!

Answer 1

I have no knowledge of any way to recover trashed filed except with a paid piece of software. I have used Data Rescue 3 with excellent results, but it's $100.
I don't know of any free software that can retrieve trashed data.
Sorry,
Clinton