Method and apparatus for dubbing a recording tape loaded with information

An apparatus for dubbing information onto a plurality of slave recording mediums, comprising:

• memory means for temporarily storing the information;
• control means for deciding a recording mode about the information and controlling the memory means so that the information will be outputted from the memory means with a delay time depending on the decided recording mode;
• a plurality of slave recorders each including a rotary drum, heads mounted on the rotary drum at positions spaced from a phase reference position on the rotary drum by different angular intervals respectively, the heads being in pairs each having two heads at diametrically-opposed positions respectively, and means for selecting at least one from the pairs as an active head pair in accordance with the decided recording mode;
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• a distributor for distributing the information outputted from the memory means to the slave recorders, wherein each of the slave recorders records the distributed information on a slave recording medium by the active head pair.

A method of dubbing information onto a plurality of slave recording mediums, comprising the steps of:

• temporarily storing the information in memory means;
• deciding a recording mode about the information and controlling the memory means so that the information will be outputted from the memory means with a delay time depending on the decided recording mode;
• using a plurality of slave recorders each including a rotary drum, heads mounted on the rotary drum at positions spaced from a phase reference position on the rotary drum by different angular intervals respectively, the heads being in pairs each having two heads at diametrically-opposed positions respectively, and means for selecting at least one from the pairs as an active head pair in accordance with the decided recording mode;
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• distributing the information outputted from the memory means to the slave recorders, wherein each of the slave recorders records the distributed information on a slave recording medium by the active head pair.