MCI (Music Center Incorporated)

console and tape machine manufacturer, Fort Lauderdale · Elsewhere in Miami-Dade

Founded

1955 to 1982

Hub

Elsewhere in Miami-Dade

Placed at

1958: founding year 1955, before the map starts; placed at 1958

Status as of 11 September 2026

Sold to Sony in 1982.

Evidence class

publicly verified: own site, current listing, press, public calendar or planning filing

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 164 of 236) · people and production 0.000 (rank 155)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [CRW] [HOR] (register)

Jeep Harned's company, whose consoles and multitracks were proven on Criteria's floor with Tom Dowd's help; the manufacturing branch of the Criteria lineage. Studio E's 56 channel console was a custom MCI.

Connections

People, ownership and staff

• founded or owned byGrover (Jeep) HarnedMCI's consoles and multitracks were proven at Criteria1955

Lineage

• came out ofCriteria Recording StudiosConsoles and 24 track machines developed on Criteria's floor with Tom Dowd1960s