Enhanced user control operations for sound recording system

摘要

A sound recording system includes a hand microphone with a plurality of operation switches mounted on the hand microphone. The switches include a record switch. The system also includes a sound recording device which is connected by a signal path to the hand microphone and records sound information generated at the hand microphone. Control circuitry included in the hand microphone and/or in the sound recording device controls operation of the sound recording device on the basis of input signals generated by the user via the operating switch array. If the record switch is actuated for only a brief period of time, a record-lock mode of operation is implemented. If the record switch is actuated for a longer period of time, a momentary-record mode is entered which lasts only as long as the record switch remains in an actuated position.