TheChandlerLimitedTGChannelMKIIisarecreationofseveralclassicEMIcircuits.ItcombinesaTG2preampsectionwithanequalizerthatwasadaptedfromacircuitintheTG12410Transferconsole.Thisconsolewasthemasteringcounterparttotheoriginal”Beatlesdesks”installedatAbbeyRoad.
TheactiveportionsoftheunitusethesamediscreteamplifiersandtransformersasintheTG1LimiterandTG2preamp.ThepassiveequalizerportionoftheEQisanallinductordesignandofferssweethighfrequencieswithlargeinductorbasedlows,andaveryhigh”Q”midcutsection.Althoughnotdesignedassuch,duetoitspassiveinductordesigntheunitwillinevitablydrawcomparisonstothePultecEQP-1A3,aVERYsimpledescriptionwouldbetocallitanEMIPultecwithanEMIpreampthrownin.
Input-Combines600ohmmicinputanda10klineinputwhichisselectablewiththelineswitch.Thefifteenpositionswitchattenuatesmicandlineandgivesalargerangeofcontrolfornormalandnotsonormaluses.Micgainfrom-15dbto+55db;linegainfrom-25dbto+45db.Includes48voltphantompowerandphasereverse.
Output-Functioningasaconsolefader,thiscontrolisplacedaftertheinputstageandbeforetheoutputstage.Thisallowsfortrimmingoftheinputsignal,aswellasallowingtheusertoruntheinputveryhot(forextracoloration)withoutdistortingtherecorder.
HighEQ-Ahighboostcontrolwith18dbofgainandaselectswitchthatcombine’sshelfandpeaksettings.Peakcharacteristicisresistorcapacitorbasedandthepeaktypesareinductorstyle:
- 16k,12k,8.1k,6.8kshelf
- 5.8k,3.9k,2.2k,1.8k,1.2kpeak
MidEQ-AmidfrequencyEQwith20dbofcutwithsixpointssetatverysharp”Q”.Speciallydesignedtofixproblemareas.Allinductorbased.
- 300,400,800,1.7k,3.3k,6.8k
LowEQ-Alowboostcontrolwith20dbofgainandaselectswitchthatcombinesshelfandpeaksettings.Bothpeakandshelfcharacteristicsareinductorbased.Also,onthepeaksettingsthe”Q”getssharperwithmoreboost.
- 30,65,165shelf.50,70,100,200peak
Lowcutat50hz





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