Magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus

In apparatus for recording and reproducing periodic information signals comprised of first intervals and predetermined numbers of second intervals included in each of said first intervals and which are recorded in respective areas of successive parallel tracks on a record medium the combination of recording circuit means comprising means for providing different first and second carriers for the information signals, carrier selecting means for alternatively selecting said first and second carriers for said information signals to be recorded in said record tracks, and control means for said carrier selecting means operative to cause the recording of said information signals with said first and second carriers, respectively, in tracks which are next adjacent each other;

• and reproducing circuit means comprising transducer means for reproducing information signals recorded in each of said tracks along with cross-talk signals from tracks next adjacent thereto, and means for providing said information signals reproduced from each of said tracks with a common carrier and for eliminating said cross-talk signals there-from on the basis of said different first and second carriers with which the information signals are recorded in the tracks which are next adjacent each other.

In an apparatus for reproducing periodic information signals comprised of first intervals and predetermined numbers of second intervals included in each of said first intervals and which are recorded in respective areas of successive parallel tracks on a record medium with the information signals recorded in next adjacent tracks having different first and second carriers:

• the combination of transducer means for scanning along said tracks one at a time so as to reproduce the information signals recorded in each of said tracks along with cross-talk signals from the tracks next adjacent thereto, and means for providing said information signals reproduced from each of said tracks with a common carrier and for eliminating said cross-talk signals therefrom on the basis of said different first and second carriers with which the information signals are recorded in the tracks which are next adjacent to each other.

In apparatus for recording video signals having luminance and chrominance signal components and being comprised of field intervals and line intervals which are recorded in respective areas of successive parallel tracks on a record medium:

• the combination of means for providing different first and second carriers for said chrominance signals components;
• carrier selecting means for alternatively selecting said first and second carriers for said chrominance signal components to be recorded in said tracks;
• and control means for said carrier selecting means operative to cause the recording of said chrominance signal components with said first and second carriers, respectively, in tracks which are next adjacent each other.

In an apparatus for reproducing video signals having luminance and chrominance signal components and comprised of field intervals and line intervals which are recorded in respective areas of successive parallel tracks on a record medium with said chrominance signal components of video signals recorded in next adjacent tracks having different first and second carriers:

• the combination of transducer means for scanning along said tracks one at a time so as to reproduce the video signals recorded in each of said tracks along with cross-talk signals from the tracks next adjacent thereto, means for separating said chrominance signal components from the luminance signal component in the reproduced signals, and means for providing the separated chrominance signal components of video signals reproduced from each of said tracks with a common carrier and for eliminating therefrom the chrominance signal components of the cross-talk signals on the basis of said different first and second carriers with which the chrominance signal components are recorded in the tracks which are next adjacent to each other.