Chandler Limited Zener Limiter - Manual (Page 5)

Controls and Features continued
RELEASE - A special feature of all EMI Limiters from the RS114 tube limiter, RS124/Altec
compressor, RS168 Zener prototype, TG12345 console limiter, and TG12413 mastering limiter
was that they all shared a special set of six release times. This is a very important part of the
EMI and TG sound. The Zener preserves these settings in all their glory but also greatly expands
on them adding further to the flexibility and tonal character.
The new release control is 21 positions with the original 1-6 release times marked in white with
parentheses. New additions are in yellow marked 1-21 and in between the vintage release times.
Again it is easy to recall the old school setting of your choice or experiment creatively with the
new times. Some people may wish to use the new release times to tune the release to match the
tempo of their song or just enjoy the great variety of sounds attainable.
Note that the fastest release times in yellow, marked 1 and 2, were mainly chosen for the
generally slower acting COMP 1 and 2 modes. When LIMITING very hard on these settings, you
may get unpleasing artifacts and it generally is best to switch to the #1 white setting which
was the standard fast setting on EMI Limiters.
Release times -
Limit - 10, 25, 50, 65, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 625,
750 ms, and 1, 1.25, 1.5, and 2 seconds.
Comp 2 - 20, 50, 100, 130, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 ms, and 1,
1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 seconds
Comp 1 - 60, 125, 250, 375, 425, 545, 700, 850 ms, and 1, 1.2, 1.6, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 2.8,
3.5, 4.25, 5, 7.1, 8.5 and 10 seconds.
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