Patent ID: 7907741

Claim:
A recording device for recording audio signals on a recording medium, the recording device comprising: a plurality of incorporated microphones for obtaining the audio signals; correction circuits configured to change characteristics by correction parameters for the incorporated microphones, to correct characteristics of the audio signals obtained by the incorporated microphones to a reference characteristic, and to output the corrected audio signals; and a recording unit configured to record the corrected audio signals output from the correction circuits on the recording medium; wherein when an audio signal obtained by an external microphone is input to the correction circuits and recorded on the recording medium in place of all the audio signals or a part of the audio signals obtained by the plurality of incorporated microphones, the characteristic of a corresponding correction circuit is set by a correction parameter for the external microphone which is usable to correct sensitivity thereof, the correction parameter being obtained from information contained within the external microphone, the audio signal obtained by the external microphone is corrected to the reference characteristic to produce a different corrected audio signal, and the different corrected audio signal is output.