Patent ID: 8467549

Claim:
An audio information recording apparatus comprising: a microphone unit that obtains a plurality of audio signals; a generator that generates a plurality of audio information based on the plurality of audio signals, wherein the plurality of audio information includes first front audio information, second front audio information, first rear audio information, and second rear audio information; and a recorder that records the audio information output from the generator on a recording medium, wherein, in response to a first mixed signal in which the first front audio information and the second front audio information is mixed being larger than a second mixed signal in which the first rear audio information and second rear audio information is mixed, the generator outputs the first rear audio information and the second rear audio information, wherein, in response to the first mixed signal being smaller than the second mixed signal in which the first rear audio information and the second rear audio information is mixed, the generator generates mixed audio information in which the first rear audio information and the second rear audio information is mixed, and outputs the mixed audio information instead of the first rear audio information and the second rear audio information.