The Chandler Limited TG1 is a recreation of the classic EMI TG12413 Limiter used in custom EMI and Abbey Road recording and mastering consoles from the late 60's. The TG Limiter was originally designed to be like the Fairchild 660/670 which was loved by many EMI engineers, including Geoff Emerick, but ended up with a very special sound all its own. These rare pieces were never commercially available and only EMI owned studios had access to them. Our version has been remade from the original design information and circuit board drawings as provided by Abbey Road and EMI to ensure extreme authenticity!
TG equipment was used on many classic records and this Limiter was featured on every channel of TG consoles used to record The Beatles "Abbey Road", several Pink Floyd records including "Dark Side of the Moon", Paul McCartney, and the Rolling Stones.
The Limiter/Compressor features an all discrete circuit with transformer balanced input and output. The limiting element is a rarely seen diode network that produces smooth, pleasing distortion. The warm open sound, often compared to a Fairchild 670 set to stun, is very audible and squishy sounding while maintaining its clarity and high frequency response.
Features
- Replication of the EMI 12413 Limiter
- Original Abbey Road & EMI circuits
- Solid State Design
- Transformer balanced in- and outputs
- Diode network limiting element
- Warm open Fairchild 670 like sound
- Harmonic Distortion Function
- without PSU, optional PSU-1
Technical Specifications
- THD: 0.12% (Comp.), 0.27% (Limit.)
- Input Impedance: 300 ohm
- Output Impedance: 600 ohm
- Output Level (max): +28dB
- Attack: 8ms (Limit.), 47ms(Comp.)
- Release: 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2 seconds (Limit.), 0.25, 0.5, 1.2, 2.5, 5, 10 seconds (Comp.)
- Dimensions: 2U
- Power requirements: External PSU-1
