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OFFICIAL
EQUIPMENT
Chandler Limited
®
RS124 Compressor
User Manual
Thank you for purchasing the Chandler Lim-
ited TG Microphone Cassette, you now own a
piece of EMI / Abbey Road Studios official
equipment.
The Chandler Limited RS124 Compressor is
a recreation of the rare EMI / Abbey Road
Studios RS124, and reimagined for the mod-
ern era. The Chandler Limited RS124 is a
mono tube compressor, and incorporates
an extended feature set over the original
equipment.
Each historic Abbey Road Studios’ RS124
compressor is unique in more ways than
one, and Chandler Limited’s incarnation of
the equipment includes the three favorite
original units still in use at the historic
studios, in one device for the first time.
Your Chandler Limited RS124 Compressor has
been carefully crafted and built by hand at
Chandler Limited in Shell Rock IA, U.S.A,
using through-hole components for the ulti-
mate analog experience.
At Chandler Limited we are proud of our
American made products and we hope you like
them!
Please feel free to call our shop anytime
for help or questions. Phone: (319) 885-
4200
HISTORY
First designed in 1960 by Abbey Road Head
of Technical Bill Livy, Deputy Head Len
Page and seasoned EMI Audio Designer Mike
Bachelor, the EMI RS124 compressor is one
of the most coveted pieces of recording
gear ever developed.
During the late 1950’s, EMI acquired Al-
tec 436B compressors, and soon realized the
units were insufficient for critical re-
cording applications. Livy, Page and Bach-
elor worked to modify the Altecs to meet
their standards and ultimately ended up
designing an entirely new compressor in the
process, the EMI RS124.
The RS124 was popular with Abbey Road Stu-
dios’ engineers. The RS124 added its unique
character to single instruments, rhythm
busses and entire mixes. So integral to the
recording, mixing, and mastering process,
a pair can be seen in almost every control
room photo in Abbey Road during the 60s pe-
riod.
Still in use today at Abbey Road Studios,
and most recognized for its use at virtual-
ly every Beatles session, the RS124’s true
inner-workings have remained an enigma,
until now.
