Music Center Incorporated

Music Center Incorporated
Music Center Incorporated
Company typePrivate
IndustryProfessional audio
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
FounderGrover 'Jeep' Harned
Defunct1982 (1982)
FateAcquired by Sony
SuccessorSony
Headquarters
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsMult-track Recorders
Audio consoles
RevenueUS$20 Million (1979) (1979)

Music Center Incorporated (MCI) is the former name of a United States manufacturer of professional audio equipment that operated from 1955 until 1982 when it was acquired by the Sony Corporation. The company is credited with a number of world firsts: commercialising the 24-track multi-track recorder, the tape Auto Locator and in-line mixing console.[1]

  1. ^ "1972 MCI JH-400 Series Inline Console". Mix Magazine. 2007-09-07. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2022-08-14.