Chandler Limited TG Opto

TGOPTO - 500 Series TG Opto Compressor

The TG Opto for 500 Series is a relative of the TG1 Opto, found in Chandler Limited’s TG Microphone Cassette, the TG1 Limiter and Zener Limiter, and traces its lineage to the historic EMI TG12413 limiters found on the TG12345 mixing and mastering consoles of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

EMI’s transistor based TG12345 recording consoles helped shape the sound of the Beatles’ final album, Abbey Road, which was notably richer sounding than the band’s earlier work, and Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of The Moon”.
The Chandler Limited TG Opto compressor is a handmade, fully discrete, mono, dual space module, designed for the 500 Series format and includes controls for selectable sharp and rounded knees, continuous input, output (makeup gain), attack, release, and true bypass.

The attitude of the TG Opto is one of two personalities, each actuated by the selectable sharp and rounded knee types. In sharp, the TG Opto is capable of explosive drum sounds, and set to rounded, it’s easily suited to scenarios where compression is required to be less obvious.

The continuous control-set affords the ability to fine-tune compression to respond to an array of sources and create a variety of tones.

Together with the Chandler TG12345 MKIV EQ and TG2-500 preamp the TG Opto compressor creates a classic EMI TG console channel in a 500 Series rack.

Features

• 500 series modular Compressor (2 slots)
• Opto Compressor - Special adaptation of the Chandler Limited TG1 Limiter, based on the historic EMI TG12413
• Tow characteristics: Sharp and rounded
• Continuous input, output, attack, release controls
• Gain reduction meter
• True bypass
• “Official Equipment” of EMI/Abbey Road Studios
• Handmade in the U.S.A