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INTRODUCTION
TG Microphone Cassette
Thank you for purchasing the Chandler Limited TG Micro-
phone Cassette, you now own a piece of EMI/Abbey Road
Studios official equipment.
Chandler Limited’s TG Microphone Cassette is a fully fea-
tured mono mixing console channel strip, incorporating el-
ements of the historic EMI/Abbey Road Studios TG12345
recording and mastering desks of the late ‘60s and ‘70s.
The TG Microphone Cassette is comprised of Chandler Lim-
ited’s TG2 pre-amplifier coupled to a Curve Bender EQ sec-
tion, and a fully independent TG1 Opto compressor, deliver-
ing, the historic TG sound with modern conveniences and
flexibility.
Your Chandler Limited TG Microphone Cassette has been
carefully crafted and built by hand at Chandler Limited’s fac-
tory in Shell Rock IA, U.S.A., using through-hole components
for, the ultimate 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 ques-
tions.
Phone: (319) 885-4200.
History
Conceived from meetings in 1967 between Abbey Road
and EMI’s Central Research Laboratories teams, the EMI
TG12345 Mark I desk ushered in a sea of change in sound
and flexibility at Abbey Road Studios.
Installed in Abbey Road’s Studio Two in November 1968 and
making its debut on an 8-track recording by the Shadows,
the transistorized desk marked a departure from the earlier
REDD valve consoles.
The new EMI TG12345 console was modular in design, with
twelve dual-channel “microphone cassettes.” Compared to
their REDD predecessors, the TG desks featured expanded
EQ, and for the first time ever, a compressor/limiter on ev-
ery microphone and group cassette channel.
The EMI TG12345 desk helped shape the sound of the Bea-
tles’ final album, “Abbey Road,” which was markedly richer
sounding to that of the band’s earlier work. The sonic quali-
ties of classics like “Here Comes the Sun,” “Come Together”
and “Something” would have been very different without the
EMI TG12345.
The desk encountered many revisions throughout the ‘70s
and became the main recording console used throughout the
studios until 1983. The EMI TG12345 console Marks I–IV
were used on everything from Pink Floyd’s "The Dark Side
of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" to John Lennon’s
"Plastic Ono Band," George Harrison’s "All Things Must Pass,"
to epic film scores including Raiders of the Lost Ark.
OFFICIAL
EQUIPMENT
