Audio recording apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Apparatus for recording audio signals from a plurality of locations comprising:
- a first room for housing at least one performer, the first room having a first microphone therein for receiving audio signals from the performer therein;
a second room adapted to house at least one other performer, the second room having a second microphone therein for receiving audio signals from the second performer;
a third room having a plurality of recording devices therein, each of the rooms being acoustically isolated from the other rooms;
means for each room, respectively, for placing it in visual contact with the other rooms, each recording device having a recording medium associated therewith, each recording medium having at least one recording channel thereon, there being a recording head for each channel, respectively, of each recording medium; and
means for electrically coupling the first and second microphones with the recording heads of selected ones of the recording devices so that audio signals of the performers in both rooms can be recorded together on a first medium, can be recorded separately on second and third media, and can be recorded at greater or lesser volume on channels of fourth and fifth media.
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Abstract
A system for recording audio signals generated from a plurality of locations in which the signals from such locations can be selectively recorded or not recorded depending upon the audio effect to be reproduced. One embodiment of the system includes three acoustically isolated rooms with the interiors of the rooms being visually observable, directly or via television, from any of the other rooms. In one room, one or more performers can be positioned, in a second room a plurality of performers can be located, and in the third room recording equipment can be placed. The recording equipment comprises a plurality of recording devices with each device having a recording medium, such as a disk or magnetic tape. The medium of each recording device can have one or more recording channels with each channel being provided with a recording head. Thus, a performer in the one room can be recorded on the medium of one recording device along with all of the performers in the second room, and the performer in the first room can be recorded alone on the recording medium of another device. Similarly, all of the performers in the second room can be recorded on a third device without the performer in the one room, and all of the performers can be recorded on the medium of still another recording device with the audio signals from one or more of the performers in one room being at a lessor or greater volume that the performers of the other room. All of the foregoing recording acts can be done simultaneously with conventional recording equipment.
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10 Claims
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1. Apparatus for recording audio signals from a plurality of locations comprising:
- a first room for housing at least one performer, the first room having a first microphone therein for receiving audio signals from the performer therein;
a second room adapted to house at least one other performer, the second room having a second microphone therein for receiving audio signals from the second performer;
a third room having a plurality of recording devices therein, each of the rooms being acoustically isolated from the other rooms;
means for each room, respectively, for placing it in visual contact with the other rooms, each recording device having a recording medium associated therewith, each recording medium having at least one recording channel thereon, there being a recording head for each channel, respectively, of each recording medium; and
means for electrically coupling the first and second microphones with the recording heads of selected ones of the recording devices so that audio signals of the performers in both rooms can be recorded together on a first medium, can be recorded separately on second and third media, and can be recorded at greater or lesser volume on channels of fourth and fifth media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- a first room for housing at least one performer, the first room having a first microphone therein for receiving audio signals from the performer therein;
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7. Apparatus as set forth in clam 1, wherein at least one of the rooms is remote from the other room, said placing means including a television system for each room, respectively.
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8. A method of audio recording comprising:
- generating a first set of audio signals in a first region;
generating a second set of audio signals in a second region acoustically isolated from the first region;
recording the audio signals from both regions on a first recording medium in a third region acoustically isolated from the first and second regions;
recording the acoustical signals from the first region on a second recording medium in the third region;
recording only the audio signals from the second region on a third recording medium in the third region; and
recording the audio signals from the first and second regions on a fourth recording medium in the third region with the audio signals from one of the regions having a volume selectively controllable over the volume of the audio signals from the other region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
- generating a first set of audio signals in a first region;
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Current AssigneeArjun N. Saxena
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Original AssigneeArjun N. Saxena
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InventorsSaxena, Arjun N.
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Primary Examiner(s)Canney, Vincent P.
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Application NumberUS06/113,886Time in Patent Office547 DaysField of Search360/13, 360/22, 360/31, 360/63US Class Current360/13CPC Class CodesG11B 31/00 Arrangements for the associ...H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconn...H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording ...
