There is provided a portable mixing recorder which enables a user to
readily produce music using overdubbing and/or other recording techniques
while suppressing degradation of sound quality to the minimum without
excessive concern for space restriction. An input analog audio signal is
converted to a digital audio signal by an A/D converter section. A
decoder reads out a compressed audio signal from an original source file
stored in a memory card, and then extends the compressed audio signal to
a digital audio signal. A mixing section mixes the digital audio signal
obtained by the A/D conversion by the A/D converter section and the
digital audio signal obtained by the extension by the decoder. An encoder
compresses the digital audio signal obtained by the mixing by the mixing
section to a compressed audio signal (mixed file). The mixed file
obtained by the compression by the encoder is stored as a new source file
in the memory card.