Inspired by the EMI TG limiters from Abbey Road Studios, Chandler Limited’s TG12413 Zener Limiter revived the vintage hardware used to record Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Now, Softube has released its Chandler Limited Zener Limiter plug-in for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces.
Like the EMI/Abbey Road TG limiters, the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter’s circuit employs zener diodes – rather than other limiter topologies such as optical (Teletronix LA-2A), FET (1176), or VCA (SSL G-Master Buss) or diode bridge (Neve 33609). Exploiting the difficulties associated with Zener diode circuitry, the Softube model closely emulates the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter’s entire circuit, including its transformers and circuit nonlinearities and germanium transistors – and adds extended functionality including Mid/Side processing.
The original EMI limiters featured a single attack setting and six release settings. The Chandler Limited TG12413 Zener Limiter boasts 11 attack and 21 release settings, greatly enhancing its usefulness in your workflows. The switchable input impedance varies the of drive the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter plug-in for more severe limiting, and tweaking the THD control gives smooth distortion with a high-frequency bump. The Side Chain feature removes low frequencies feeding the limiter.
Like the hardware, the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter plug-in is suited to use in tracking, mixing and mastering.
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