The EMI TG12413 Zener Limiter is the ultimate TG Limiter issued in celebration of the 75th birthday of Abbey Road Studios. The Zener Limiter was conceived by Chandler Limited designer Wade Goeke and is based on the vintage EMI circuits
used to record The Beatles and Pink Floyd. This newest EMI Limiter continues the tradition of EMI Limiters started in 1956 with the RS114 tube limiter, and continued with the RS168 Zener Limiter in 1966, part of the TG12345 console
channel in 1968 and TG12413 in 1974. The newest version borrows from the RS168 Zener Limiter and TG12345 console strip to make a new fully featured and flexible unit for modern use. It is interesting to note that the TG Limiter was
originally designed to replace both the Fairchild 660 (Limit Mode) and the Altec 436/RS124 (Comp 1 Mode)
The main reason for Zener Limiter reissue was to add features and flexibility to the powerful and vintage sounding TG limiter circuits. To that end Wade has added many new controls including switchable input impedance for hard of soft
driving of the unit, 11 position attack, 21 position release, side chain filtering, and Comp1, Comp2, and Limit settings.
A simple Limiter from the rich past of EMI and Abbey Road has now come full circle into a modern powerhouse suitable for recording, mixing, and mastering. The rest is NEW Chandler Limited/EMI/Abbey Road history....
Features
- Replication of the EMI TG12413 and RS168 Zener Limiter
- Original Abbey Road & EMI circuits
- Solid State design
- Transformer balanced in- and outputs
- Two Input Impedances (switchable 300/1200 ohm) with different Gain (+6dB/+12dB)
- Diode network limiting element
- Expanded Attack, Release, Side Chain Filtering
- Harmonic Distortion Function
- without PSU, optional PSU-1
Technical Specifications
- THD: Comp 0.15%, Limit 0.65%
- Input Impedance: 300/1200 ohm
- Output Impedance: 600ohm
- Output Level (max): +28dB
- Dimensions: 3 U
- Power requirements: External PSU-1
