Patent ID: 8811626

Claim:
A recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a plurality of unidirectional microphones; a storage device; a plurality of direction indicator switches operable by at least one user arranged in relation to the plurality of unidirectional microphones so that each of the switches is associated with a designated directivity of at least one microphone among the plurality of microphones; and a microprocessor programmed to execute: a recording task of recording a plurality of audio signals picked up by the plurality of unidirectional microphones in parallel and storing the recorded audio signals in the storage device; and a reproduction task that: if no indicator switch is operated by a user, reads and reproduces the plurality of audio signals stored in the storage device in parallel; and upon one of the direction indicator switches being operated by a user during reproduction of the plurality of audio signals in parallel, selectively reads and reproduces only the audio signal, from the start thereof, emitted in the designated directivity associated with the one direction indicator switch.