Patent ID: 7415314
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: G11B,G11C

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a microphone: an automatic gain control circuit for adjusting an output signal from said microphone; an analog to digital converting circuit for converting an output signal from said automatic gain control circuit into a digital output signal; a storage device for storing said digital output signal from said analog to digital converting circuit; an input device for causing a recording start operation and a recording end operation; a controller for starting and stopping a writing into said storage device of said digital output signal from said analog to digital converting circuit, said controller starting said writing of said digital output signal from said analog to digital converting circuit into said storage device upon a lapse of a predetermined time interval after said input device is operated; and a cabinet in which said microphone and said input device are arranged, wherein said controller starts writing into said storage device when said predetermined time interval has lapsed after said input device is initially operated, and stops recording of said digital output signal from said storage device at a time point equal to said predetermined time interval before an end of said digital output signal after said input device subsequently operated.