page_title: TASCAM
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: TASCAM / History
caption_attribution_description: English: My TEAC 2340, photo taken my me.
context_page_description: TASCAM is the professional audio division of TEAC Corporation, headquartered in Montebello, California. Tascam is credited as the inventor of the Portastudio, the first cassette-based multi-track home studio recorders. Tascam also introduced the first low-cost mass-produced multitrack recorders with Simul-Sync designed for recording musicians. Tascam also manufactured reel-to-reel tape machines and audio mixers for home recordists from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s.
context_section_description: Tascam started out as a research and development group to research how to use TEAC's recording technology in musician and recording studio products.  The group was called TASC (TEAC Audio Systems Corp).  The founders included Mr. K. Tani, one of the founders of TEAC-Japan and Dr. Abe, a senior TEAC-Japan engineer.  In 1971 TASCAM (TASC AMerica Corp.) was founded to distribute TASC products in the U.S.  It also conducted additional market research in the US for the Japanese parent company. The company's first headquarters was at 5440 McConnell Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.  In 1974 it moved its headquarters to 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California.
  Tascam's first products were TEAC brand multitrack recorders.  In 1972 it introduced the first low-cost mass-produced multitrack recorders with Simul-Sync:
  The A3340 4-track recorder with 10.5" tape reels, 7½ and 15 ips speeds w/ manual direction toggle lever
  The A2340 4-track recorder with 7" tape reels, 3¾ and 7½ ips speeds w/ manual direction toggle lever
  The A3340S 4-track recorder with 10.5" tape reels, 7½ and 15 ips speeds, the 's' designation indicating improved w/ solenoid control
  The A2340S 4-track recorder with 7" tape reels, 3¾ and 7½ ips speeds, the 's' designation indicating improved w/ solenoid control
  In 1973 they introduced the first Tascam-branded products:
  M-10 modular 12x4x2 mixer
  Series 70H-X MTR
  Series 70H-8 MTR
  On March 4, 1973 TEAC merged the Tascam Corporation into TEAC Corporation of America (TCA). TEAC-Japan retains the exclusive worldwide rights to the TASCAM brand name for their professional audio related products.
  In 2013 Gibson Brands Inc. bought a majority stake in TEAC Corporation, the parent company of TASCAM. In October 2017, TASCAM partnered with Philly punk band the Dead Milkmen and philanthropic record label The Giving Groove to sponsor a remix contest.
caption: The TEAC 2340, a popular early home multitrack recorder, four tracks on ¼ inch tape
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