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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.〔(1972 MCI JH-400 Series Inline Console )〕 ==History== During the late 1950s Grover 'Jeep' Harned, the founder of MCI, owned and operated a small record and stereo servicing outlet in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He also designed and built custom audio equipment such as mixing consoles, audio preamplifiers and general record electronics at the request of customers like Mack Emerman, the owner of the nearby Criteria Recording Studios. Harned's growing list of record industry contacts led in time to regular referrals, and then to long term service contracts. In addition he installed commercial sound systems for the Parker Playhouse, Pirate's Worlds and Fort Lauderdale International Airport amongst others.〔MCI At 25: A pioneer spirit in studio equipment earns global respect, September 1, 1979, Billboard Magazine〕 Consequently in 1965 Harned established the company Music Center Incorporated.〔Jeep Harned, 1930-2003 (Maxonline.com Obitary Jeep Harned )〕 Many years later Harned recounted the change in direction during an interview 〔(Interview With G.C"Jeep" Harned the Founder of the MCI Firm )〕
In 1968 Tom Hidley, then manager of TTG Recording Studios in Hollywood, asked Harned to supply a 24-track recorder. Hidley had recently modified an Ampex 300 tape machine to accommodate 2-inch open reel magnetic tape and required multitrack audio.〔"MCI At 25: A pioneer spirit in studio equipment earns global respect, September 1, 1979, Billboard Magazine".〕 Harned delivered a custom built 24-track machine — a modified Ampex 300 — which was commissioned later that year. This unit became the prototype for a new MCI product line, the JH-5 tape recorder. The "JH" designation is attributed to Jeeps first wife: Joyce Harned. Mrs. Harned ran the office bookkeeping and files assigning her own numbering system. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Music Center Incorporated」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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