A recording apparatus for recording input information via a memory and a head onto a disc rotated by a disc driver, including a mode switch which successively provides a first mode direction for waiting for the recording and a second mode direction for performing the recording. A control circuit controls the apparatus in such a manner as to place only the memory in a wait state in accordance with the first mode direction, and then stores said input information into the memory in accordance with the second mode direction, at the same time or afterwards, starts the disc driver means.