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From Our Research Team:

The Sound of Abbey Road!

The '60s were a great time for music and gear. In fact, even the word "gear" was a '60s British euphemism for "great" used by people such as the Beatles. Another thing used by the Beatles in the '60s was the classic EMI TG12413 Limiter. The Chandler Limited TG1 is an authentic recreation of the classic TG12413, which was never commercially available, remade from the original design information and circuit board drawings as provided by Abbey Road and EMI. The limiter/compressor features an all-discrete circuit with transformer-balanced input and output that produces smooth, pleasing distortion. This is a reproduction of the limiter that was used to record The Beatles Abbey Road and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

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. The Chandler Limited 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.

Note: Power Supply sold separately.

Chandler Limited TG1 Features:

• Selectable Compression/Limiting
  
• THD control lets you bypass Comp/Limiting but still pass audio through the circuitry
  
• Transformer balanced inputs and outputs
  
• New input control provides better control at lower amounts of compression

Chandler Limited TG1 - The Secret Weapon of Abbey Road/EMI!

Specification Detail Number of Channels 2 Controls Input/Hold, Output, Comp/Limit, Recovery Threshold No Threshold Control Ratio No Ratio Control Side Chain Insterts No Inputs 2 x XLR Outputs 2 x XLR Sidechain I/O No Sidechain I/O Rackmount Spaces 2U Height 3.5" Manufacturer Part Number TG1

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