Patent ID: 8078037

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus comprising: a video operating device which is operated by a user to set a video reproduction effect for a video image; a music operating device which is operated by the user to set a music reproduction effect for music; an adding device for setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said video operating device and adding the set video reproduction effect to the video image, and for setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with an operation amount of said music operating device and adding the set music reproduction effect to the music; a change operating device which is operated by the user to perform at least one of (i) a change operation of changing a condition of said video operating device between (i-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and (i-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the video reproduction effect for the video image and to set the music reproduction effect in linkage with the operation of said video operating device, and (ii) a change operation of changing a condition of said music operating device between (ii-i) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and (ii-ii) a condition to be operated by the user in order to set the music reproduction effect for the music and to set the video reproduction effect in linkage of the operation of said music operating device; and a controlling device for controlling said adding device to perform at least one of (i) an operation of setting the music reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said video operating device and of adding the music reproduction effect to the music, and (ii) an operation of setting the video reproduction effect in accordance with the operation amount of said music operating device and of adding the video reproduction effect to the video image.