Developed for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform by Softube, the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in is an exacting emulation of this ultra-boutique, inductor-based EQ. Based on the vintage EMI TG12345 desk from Abbey Road Studios, the same one used to record Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles' Abbey Road, Chandler Limited’s Curve Bender Mastering EQ takes the warm, legendary sonics of the vintage EMI unit, and expands it into a powerful mastering EQ.*
Endorsed by Chandler Limited founder Wade Goeke, Softube emulated the Chandler Limited’s Curve Bender circuits end-to-end, including its filter inductors, germanium transistors, transformers, and circuit nonlinearities. This allows the Curve Bender plug-in to retain the hardware’s rich harmonics and vintage tone.
Exacting emulation of this modern classic EQ for mixing and mastering, fully authenticated by Chandler Limited
Based on the vintage EMI TG12345 desk used to record The Beatles and Pink Floyd
Models entire Chandler Limited Curve Bender electronic path including transformers and circuit nonlinearities
Plug-in only features include Mid/Side functionality and channel linking
Chandler Limited, recognized globally for signal processing and related music and audio products that deliver the classic analog sounds that recording and professional musicians seek is excited to announce the release of the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in, developed for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 software platform by Softube.
Chandler Limited’s acclaimed Curve Bender hardware EQ, based on the vintage EMI TG12345 consoles used to record The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon records at Abbey Road Studios and reimagined for the modern era, delivers the legendary sonics of its historic pedigree.
The Chandler Limited Curve Bender EQ is a powerful tone sculpting equalizer, featuring 51 frequency points and relied upon by modern engineering and mixing luminaries, including Tony Maserati, Michael Brauer, Joe Chiccarelli, Ryan Hewitt, Michael Wagener, and Kevin Kadish, to name a few.
Chandler Limited’s Curve Bender EQ can be heard on records by Adele, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Pink, The Lumineers, Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith, White Stripes and many more.
Softube’s plugin emulation of the Chandler Limited Curve Bender is circuit-end- to-end, including filter inductors, germanium transistors, transformers, and circuit nonlinearities. Softube’s circuit-end-to-end approach, allows the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in to retain the hardware counterpart’s rich harmonics and signature vintage tone.
The Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 platform is available from UA's Online Store and adds features not found on the original hardware, including Mid/Side functionality and channel linking.