Chandler Limited Zener Limiter

Name: Chandler Limited Zener Limiter
Price: 299 USD
Author: Softube

by Softube · Compressor · Zener diode limiter

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Chandler Limited Zener Limiter by Softube

An emulation of the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter, Chandler's compressor based on the EMI TG12413 console limiter used at Abbey Road.

Best for: Mix Bus, Drums, Vocals. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: hardware emulation, British console, diode-bridge, drums, 60s, bus processing, external sidechain, full mix, mid/side, mix bus, mixing, sidechain input, single-band, stereo-linked, vintage, vocals.

What it does

An emulation of the Chandler Limited Zener Limiter, based on the EMI TG12413 limiter design descended from Abbey Road equipment.

Modes: Comp 1, Comp 2 and Limit, plus a THD mode.
Input stage: variable impedance.
Software extras: mid/side processing, external sidechain, channel linking and Console 1 support.

Source: Softube product page

When to use it

A colourful limiter/compressor for drum room mics, parallel compression and adding thickness, where a clean limiter would be too polite. It is also sold with the Curve Bender as the Zener-Bender combo. It's a sound choice, not a transparent mastering limiter.

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