Chandler Limited has released the Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in for Universal Audio’s UAD-2 software platform by Softube.
Chandler Limited’s Curve Bender hardware EQ is based on the vintage EMI TG12345 consoles) used to record The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon albums at Abbey Road Studios) reimagined for the modern recording environment. A powerful tone sculpting equaliser, it features 51 frequency points. Softube’s plug-in emulation is ‘circuit-end-to-end’, including filter inductors, germanium transistors, transformers and circuit nonlinearities. Ths approach allows the Chandler Limited Curve Bender Mastering EQ plug-in to retain the hardware counterpart’s 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.