Recording apparatus with a control for selecting a gain adjustment amount

A recording apparatus for recording a signal onto a recording medium, comprising:

• level adjusting means for adjusting a level of an input signal to a level corresponding to its own gain;
• recording means for recording a signal output from said level adjusting means onto said recording medium;
• input level detecting means for detecting the level of said input signal;
• recording level detecting means for detecting the level of the signal output from said level adjusting means as a recording signal level;
• and
• control means for deciding a gain adjustment amount of said level adjusting means in accordance with the level of said input signal and said recording signal level and for changing the gain of said level adjusting means by the decided gain adjustment amount, wherein
• said control means increases said gain adjustment amount as the level of said input signal is larger and reduces said gain adjustment amount as said recording signal level approaches a target recording level.

A recording apparatus for recording a signal onto a recording medium, comprising:

• a variable gain amplifying circuit receiving an input signal and outputting the signal with a level adjusted in accordance with the gain of said amplifying circuit;
• recording circuitry for recording the signal output from said amplifying circuit onto said recording medium;
• an input level detecting circuit for detecting the level of the input signal;
• and
• a processor controlling the gain of said amplifying circuit in accordance with a level of the input signal in such a manner that greater input signal levels correlate to greater increases in the gain.