Circuit for selectively setting a monaural playback channel in a stereo audio apparatus

A circuit for selectively setting a monaural playback channel in a stereo audio apparatus, which digitally signal-processes audio signals of a plurality of channels reproduced from a recording media and converts, via a D/A converter, the audio signals into analog output signals, said circuit comprising:

• a channel selecting signal generator for generating a channel selecting signal to select a channel, from the plurality of channels, which corresponds to a signal desired to be reproduced among the audio signals of the plurality of channels;
• storage means for temporarily storing the audio signals of the plurality of channels, said storage means being synchronous to a predetermined clock signal;
• path controlling means for controlling the paths of (a) an audio signal supplied after being processed into a digital signal and (b) a signal output from said storage means, so as to transmit to the D/A converter the audio signals corresponding to the channels selectively set by said channel selecting signal generator;
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• control means for outputting to said channel selecting signal generator a control signal designating a desired channel to be reproduced in response to user commands, and controlling the generation of said channel selecting signal.