Avalon 737 Legendary Vocals with SC Mids Mode 

I have the same one . I bought mine second hand . Meter didn't seem to work so I sent it in to AUDIO REHAB for a once over , they hooked me up this is better than brand new. Plus the Help I just got from you . Much thanks for this video .

Great information. I've been looking at a 737 for a few years now. Might have to be my next big purchase 💵💵💵

Damn thank you. I have the avalon for over 10 years and neber knew this. I always just pressed those buttons and turned knobs until I heard a sound a liked

Thanks a lot for sharing this gem Sean, I own the UAD version and always wondered if I could use the SC>Mids function to De-ess, indeed a time saver cause I really love the Avalon on my rap vocals And you did it in 07:37 😅

Thank you soooooo much for this

That's an amazing feature. My voice tends to have high dynamics with esses and it'll be hard to tame with just deessing. This will help a ton

Thanks I've had this Pre Amp for about 2 years now. I bought it to Mirror the Studio I normally go to at home. I basically only use the preamp and Turn off the Compressor and EQ. Amazing how many different ways you can set it.

I have the uad version it definitely upped my game got some heat coming soon

I just realized how nuts this is

This is such a great tutorial! Not only for the strip/device, but a real lesson in how to work with incoming sound.

Awesome info. I have the very same one . Not the anniversary addition but I ordered the Black face and Black Meter cover . So I really enjoyed this video Thank you . !!! Going to try that on my 737 hardware asap

Definitely my next studio purchase🔥🔥

I been following your boy since 2008 finally upgraded to a real preamp 🎊 🎉

Looks exciting to me still learning from the video before I purchase one can’t wait 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

I’ve got that exact unit - the anniversary edition with the black face plate - haven’t fired it up in a while and now I’m excited to run it again 😊 Cool vid bro

hey thanks sean for the informative info on the legendary 737. Keep up the great work.

Thank you bro there’s not a lot tutorials on this

Thankful for this one, I might be wrong but haven't seen other videos exploring this feature. I have set up my UAD 737 to reduce lows on 30 & 150, and to expand highs on 8k, but I wanted to see how pros are seting up these two. Got the answers from this video, won a deesser as well. I am not removing the oxford supresser from the chain yet though. I wish you could do some more videos about tracking lead vocals with UAD echosystem, but it seems so impossible given your love for the studiorack and the Waves afiliation you have got.

Love the video as always Sean, Can you do a Video on the Neve 1073 in the future? Plz

pls do a UA plugin vs hardware. AB comparison ! lets see how close the plugin can get....

Thank you for this!! ✊🏾

Thanks a lot for sharing this

Does your vocal on this video have additional processing aside from the 737 ?

I have a Rupert Neve portico II but i really love the sound of the Avalon so I'm thinking of switching to it. As someone who owns both, which do you like the most and which do you find yourself using the most?

I take the 737 over a neve u can get that same saturation and distortion from the Avalon if u want to by pushing the preamp and back down the output , then u can get clean transparent warm vocals and I use the compressor as well many people don’t like the compressor but I do it’s a great tracking compressor

I barely even used the eq or compressor, but now I'm about to abuse this lol

I like how u made the video 7:37 on the dot lolllz

very helpful

Great video, but I would like to see a video on how you set it up to record vocals without mid side mode

Gems!

I’ve been looking to get more body and low end out of my vocals. I have the 737 as well as the TLM103. I have a Telefunken TF51 coming this week so I am excited to try similar settings like this to combo with it. Would you recommend me adding an Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor/Limiter? I heard it’s amazing

How much stronger is the physical Avalon than the digital version

Great demo. Do you find it sounds all that much better than the RME Ufx?

Been learning about LUFS and the proper loudness to get videos at. I watched some of your videos on loudness. I notice on stats for nerds on a few of your videos, this one in particular according to stats for nerds is at -7.9dbs. I noticed this with a few other RU-vid channels who have made videos covering the topic on getting youtube videos to sit at the recommended loudness level. They tell you about what would be a good volume to shoot for for youtube videos, but then you go and look and they're way under the recommended loudness. I've seen some channels where you can tell they it looks like they actually tried and their videos are sitting at around -1db or -2db under the recommended loudness or their 2 above... I'm wondering how many people are actually thinking about this before uploading videos lol Like, before every video you upload to youtube, are you measuring the loudness of your audio to see if you are hitting the recommended, and simply making an intentional decision to just upload the video even though you're audio is -7dbs below the recommended? I notice a few videos where your audio is way below the recommended, I'm assuming you're not paying attention or don't care really? Should anyone care? I think the lowest I've seen any of your videos since I started looking your channel and other people's channels was about -7.dbs! I find this interesting, please give me some insight on this as I'm still learning and I would like to know if it even matters then...

Thank you, yes, I am worried I will get burned when i go to buy in about 4 months. I will change the tubes if I have to but am hoping it warms up my vocal tracks... I have wanted one of these for many years and have heard the NEVE but don't really think it is as versatile and I like tubes...

Great video Sean… I just bought a stereo pair of these. Have you ever had experience using this with a Blue Kiwi? If so, I wanted to grab a suggestion from you as to which frequencies would you consider hitting in Side Chain mode with this pair?

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Hey Sean, what cameras are you using? I see a Canon lens cover.

i see you showing us the compressor and everything on the avalon, but on the daily are you turning off the compressor buttons and just using it as a pre, and then using your Rupert compressor, or are you using both compressors from the Avalon and the Rupert

Where did you get the anniversary edition?

do you recommend adding the cl1b to the avalon in a vocal chain?

Where can you order the exact model 737 you have. The black with the all blue lights ????? Wanted to grab one last month just can’t find that exact one. There all silver faced with the red lights.

does this compressor have a lot of hiss issues and noise floor issues? Is this thing quiet? :)

Were you able to buy your anniversary 737 new or was it used?

Is there much of a different sound to your previous preamp with this avalon?

Thanks for the video.I am new with Avalon 737.I want to use the avalon as insert with cubase.Input to output soundcard then output to input of avalon.does its right way to use as insert like this??

What exactly is this babyface mod .. as in the singer babyface?

Sean, quick question. What’s the best Avalon alternative? I don’t have an Apollo anymore.

how you set up your pre amp gain

While it’s in SC Mid mode , does it still compress the full vocal ?

do you need the eq button in before the compressor?

I like how the video is 7 minutes ad 37 seconds lol

no ssl fusion anymore? 😩

Hey bro does your Avalon make noise ?

Which is better. This or the CLA?