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US 4,067,049 AGranted
Sound editing system
AssigneeGlen Glenn Sound
InventorsJoseph D. Kelly, Emory M. Cohen, Barry K. Henley, Hammond H. Holt, John Agalsoff
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Abstract
A sound editing system having a "library" of prerecorded sound effects stored on magnetic recording tape for insertion at selected locations and with a selected quality for forming a final sound track for use in association with a visual display such as a television program is disclosed.
Claims6
A sound editing system comprising
- a. a video recording means having means for starting and stopping said video recorder means;
- b. a first multi-channelled audio tape recorder having means for starting and stopping said first audio tape recorder;
- c. means for synchronizing the movement of said video recorder and said multi-channelled audio tape recorder;
- d. means for visually displaying the position of at least one of said recorders at any time;
- e. a second audio tape recorder, said second audio tape recorder having its audio output connected to a control board, said control board having means for activating a selected channel of said first multi-channelled audio tape recorder, and the output of said control board connected to the input of said first multi-channelled audio recorder;
- f. said control board having a plurality of means for acting upon the input signal to said control board to alter the characteristics of said input signal;
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- g. means for providing a switching signal on at least one channel of said first multi-channelled audio tape recorder for switching the output signal on a second channel of said first multi-channelled audio tape recorder to a selected one of said plurality of means for acting on the input signal to said control board.
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