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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Masami Tsubaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Sekigawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for editing an input information signal is capable of preventing breaks in sound even if the length of a cut is edited as extremely short. In the editing apparatus, the input digital information signal is temporarily stored in a recording buffer means. Further, the digital information signal is read at a speed faster than its write speed and recorded on a recording medium. The digital information signal read from the recording medium is written into a reproducing buffer means. Thereafter, the digital information signal is read from the reproducing buffer means at a speed slower than its write speed, after which it is restored to an analog information signal. A control means for controlling recording and reproduction controls whether an information signal should be recorded in an auxiliary area according to the presence or absence of a splice recording, and monitors whether a point to be edited has been changed to a length causing a break in sound due to editing. Thus, even if the length of a redefined cut is less than or equal to a limit length, edit working allows the prevention of the length of the cut being less than or equal to the limit length. It is thus possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of breaks in reproduced sound.