Patent ID: 7881175

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a plurality of record signals recorded by a recording apparatus which includes a plurality of recording devices, each of which records a corresponding record signal of the plurality of the record signals in parallel and in synchronization with a record clock, and a signal generating device for generating each of the plurality of record signals in association with the corresponding recording device such that a reproduction clock synchronized with the record clock can be generated on the basis of the plurality of record signals respectively reproduced in parallel, if the plurality of record signals are reproduced in parallel, the reproducing apparatus comprising: a plurality of reproducing devices, each of which reproduces a corresponding record signal of the plurality of the record signals in parallel; and a clock generating device for generating a reproduction clock synchronized with the record clock and commonly used in the reproduction of the plurality of record signals, on the basis of the plurality of record signals respectively reproduced in parallel, wherein the plurality of record signals are generated such that a reversed edge appears on a waveform of at least one of the plurality of record signals in every time unit synchronized with the record clock, and the clock generating device generates the reproduction clock by sampling the reversed edge which appears on the waveform of the at least one of the plurality of record signals.