Methods of recording and reproducing audio signals
CA 1265239 C · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Wilkinson, James Hedley; Boreland, Peter Charles
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A method of recording a digital audio signal in association with a digital video signal which is to be recorded in oblique tracks on a magnetic tape using a rotary head the rotational frequency of which is locked to the digital video signal, comprises the steps of assembling incoming audio data words which correspond to successive samples of an audio signal into groups nominally of N audio data words where N is the number of audio samples corresponding to the digital video signal to be recorded in one oblique track allowing the number of audio data words in each group to vary preferably over the range N-1 to N+1 to maintain synchronism of the audio signal with the rotational frequency of …
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- Granted January 30, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 30, 2007.
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