PURPOSE: To prevent data from being scattered and lost, by recording and reproducing fundamental data of sounds to be recorded as pictures.

CONSTITUTION: When data of a music is recorded, a keyboard of a microcomputer 1 is operated to output character video signals to which a music name, a player name, and a recording data, and a movable contact of a changeover switch 5 is connected to an input terminal 5a after confirming whether data is erroneous or not on a television receiver 2, and the movable contact of the changeover switch 5 is connected to an input terminal 5b after recording character video signals on a video track of a magnetic tape for a certain time, and an audio video signal of desired sounds is recorded on the video track of the magnetic tape.