Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of readily setting a desired recording condition at the time of recording a music signal to music data and maintaining the recording conditions even when transmitting the recorded music file data to another equipment. A system controller acquires recording condition parameters employed in recording a voice signal, appends the parameters to music data to generate music file data, and stores the data into SD memory, or the like. Music file data are selected at the time of new recording operation, and recording condition parameters appended to the selected music file data are read, whereby recording conditions are automatically set.

Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of readily setting a desired recording condition at the time of recording a music signal to music data and maintaining the recording conditions even when transmitting the recorded music file data to another equipment. A system controller acquires recording condition parameters employed in recording a voice signal, appends the parameters to music data to generate music file data, and stores the data into SD memory, or the like. Music file data are selected at the time of new recording operation, and recording condition parameters appended to the selected music file data are read, whereby recording conditions are automatically set.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for efficiently converting, by means of mixdown, audio signals recorded in multiple tracks into stereo signals. A plurality of audio signals input from an input terminal are recorded into a plurality of tracks of a recording medium. A mixer reads the audio signals recorded in the multiple tracks, subjects the audio signals to mixdown according to a mixer parameter set by an operation section, and records the processed signals as audio signals in the recording medium without reproducing the processed signal in real time. A plurality of mixer parameters are set, and a user can select a desired mixer parameter.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for efficiently converting, by means of mixdown, audio signals recorded in multiple tracks into stereo signals. A plurality of audio signals input from an input terminal are recorded into a plurality of tracks of a recording medium. A mixer reads the audio signals recorded in the multiple tracks, subjects the audio signals to mixdown according to a mixer parameter set by an operation section, and records the processed signals as audio signals in the recording medium without reproducing the processed signal in real time. A plurality of mixer parameters are set, and a user can select a desired mixer parameter.

Abstract: An optical disk drive recovers data in a write-once optical disk interrupted in the middle of recording operation. An optical disk drive includes a CD-R drive. When MP3 files are recorded in a CD-R, a CPU of the drive creates recovery data including file information, such as a filename, an extension, and a destination folder name of each MP3 file, prior to writing of the MP3 files; and writes the data. When power shutdown arose during recording of the MP3 files, the CPU reads the recovery data written in heads of respective MP3 files; creates FATs by use of the thus-read recovery data; and writes the FATs into the first tack of the CD-R.