Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
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The larger-than-life sound of pop, hip-hop, and R&B — now on UAD.
The dominant player in chart-topping pop, hip-hop, and R&B productions, Avalon's flagship VT-737 channel strip is the best-selling standalone channel strip ever made. From Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, to Babyface and Beyonce, to Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones, the VT-737 delivers consistently polished results, with radio-ready gloss and detail.
Exclusively for UAD hardware and UA Audio Interfaces, and fully endorsed by Avalon Design, the Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in captures the entire hit-making essence of the channel strip that defined the sound of modern music.Now You Can:
Track and mix through an exacting emulation of the Avalon VT‑737 analog channel strip
Get the full character of the original hardware’s tube mic preamp with Unison technology
Add legendary Avalon gloss and presence to bass, vocals, voice‑over, and more
Sculpt your sources with a vocal‑flattering optical compressor
Tweak sounds with four-band EQ and add high‑end detail with 32k "air" band
Mix with artist presets from Eric J Dubowsky, (Flume, Odesza), Hector Delgado (A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey), Michael Brauer (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket), and more
Take a Listen
Capturing the Sound of Modern Music
After carefully auditioning multiple Avalon 737 hardware units, the UA team selected a "golden unit" with the ideal optical compression response. UA's DSP team then artfully captured the target hardware's class-A tube amplifier section with custom-wound transformer, LED-style optical compression, and discrete four-band EQ — the signature Avalon sound heard on thousands of chart-topping hits.
Unison™ Technology for UA Audio Interfaces
Harnessing UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology, the Avalon VT-737 plug-in captures the hardware’s mic preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors, giving you all the detailed sonics of the original Avalon hardware — including its gentle high-pass filter for removing mud and low-end gunk. And because the VT-737's front-panel Hi-Z input is a legendary bass DI, the VT-737 plug-in's Unison-enabled Hi-Z input endured rigorous evaluation, ensuring it was virtually indistinguishable from the original hardware.
Versatile Optical Compression
Excelling on vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, and voice-over work, the VT-737 plug-in's dynamics section emulates the hardware's gentle touch, rather than adding squash or crunch. Its relatively transparent compression also make it perfect for "stacking" the compressor again at mixdown, expertly controlling the dynamics of a vocal in a dense mix. An exclusive plug-in only, super-fast mode gives you “X4” faster attack, pushing the VT-737 beyond its physical limits, affording you tons of new dynamic versatility.
EQ with Details
The Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in expertly emulates the hardware's discrete four-band EQ, allowing you to sculpt lead vocals with a visceral, larger-than-life presence and sophistication, placing them front-and-center in any mix. Like the hardware, the EQ can easily be placed before or after the compressor, and the mid bands can be engaged as sidechain filters for laser-focused compression. And with the 32k high frequency "air band," you can add delicate shimmer to everything from strings to background vocals to acoustic guitars.
Add Chart-Topping Sheen with Any UAD Hardware
Of course, the Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip isn’t just for UA Audio Interface owners. UAD hardware owners can use the VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in on any mix, giving your sources legendary fat bottom, "glassy" top-end textures, and a bevy of clear-eyed color — without ever going outside the box.
“The UAD Avalon VT‑737 plug‑in captures all the details of the hardware — from the preamp to the EQ and compression — this emulation is spot on. UA nailed it with this one.”
– Mike Larson (Pharrell, Ariana Grande, Migos)
“The Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in captures the hardware perfectly. Plus, it's incredibly versatile, allowing me to add polish to vocals or warmth to bass.”
– Eric J Dubowsky (Flume, Odesza, Weezer)
“The UAD Avalon VT‑737 plug‑in is an indispensable recording and mixing tool with texture for days.”
– Hector Delgado (A$AP Rocky, Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey)
“The UAD Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip is an amazing sounding emulation. It’s a must have in any modern engineer’s toolkit.”
– Ian Boxill (Lenny White, Prince, 2Pac)Customer Reviews
J. Casas
December 12, 2020
El salto definitivo al estándar profesional.
Hola! Tras años dando pequeños pasos para conseguir un estandar de sonido profesional como voice over, este año me hice con una Arrow y con un Neumann Tlm103. Con los preamps que trae...
Read MoreR. Whiteman
December 12, 2020
Instant satisfaction
Love the warmth the Avalon brings to my chain! I have always wanted to own an Avalon after using one a few years back, and I probably will invest in the hardware one day... until then, this...
Read MoreO. Yermolin
December 11, 2020
Great Tool!!!
Nice control of sound! Can chose little warm or very fat vocal.
Read MoreW. Carridge
December 10, 2020
Excellent Product
Combining this as a preamp with the Townsend sphere, immediately created the depth and fullness I was seeking for my vocals!
Read Morey. rosario
December 10, 2020
Avalon vt-737- tube channel strip
this so far emulate the real Hardware, sounds the same as the real actual hardware sounds so clean, I’m really happy with this purchase oh my God what a plugin and this is one of my...
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Key Features
VT-737sp exclusively licensed by Avalon Design, modeled by Universal Audio
Made famous as the ultimate pop, R&B and hip-hop performance and production tool specializing in tight, focused vocals and bass guitar
Best of Avalon's design: high headroom tube mic preamp, optical compressor, and discrete four-band EQ
Feedback-style 58 dB tube mic preamp with Mic, Line, or Hi-Z input with Unison technology
Models entire VT-737sp “Special Performance” circuit path, including transformers, tube amplifiers, active and passive EQ filters, and optical gain reduction
Compressor Sidechain Unlink/Link and EQ Pre-Dynamics, EQ Sidechain filtering, Hi Q and Frequency multiplier
Physical input impedance and front panel control of gain staging and other preamp parameters via Unison
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Customer Reviews
Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
J. Casas
El salto definitivo al estándar profesional.
Hola! Tras años dando pequeños pasos para conseguir un estandar de sonido profesional como voice over, este año me hice con una Arrow y con un Neumann Tlm103. Con los preamps que trae incluidos la Arrow , el sonido ya era espectacular , pero cuando probé el Avalon 737, descubrí la increíble dimensión que podía adquirir mi voz. Es realmente mágico y ahora entiendo porque todos los propietarios de Neumann siempre lo recomiendan. Una pieza indispensable para ofrecer el auténtico estandar profesional. Insuperable relación calidad-precio!
R. Whiteman
Instant satisfaction
Love the warmth the Avalon brings to my chain! I have always wanted to own an Avalon after using one a few years back, and I probably will invest in the hardware one day... until then, this is on my chain
s. Ha
good~!
Like it. It feels similar to my original hardware.
O. Yermolin
Great Tool!!!
Nice control of sound! Can chose little warm or very fat vocal.
W. Carridge
Excellent Product
Combining this as a preamp with the Townsend sphere, immediately created the depth and fullness I was seeking for my vocals!
y. rosario
Avalon vt-737- tube channel strip
this so far emulate the real Hardware, sounds the same as the real actual hardware sounds so clean, I’m really happy with this purchase oh my God what a plugin and this is one of my favorite plugin for sure. Now my voice sounds with Sauce Nice job #UAD
m. tellez
Carácter imponente
Hace un tiempo había probado esta emulación del Avalon 737 y me impresionó lo que pude lograr en lo voz que estaba grabando en esa ocasión. Después de haber intentado con otras emulsiones está fue la que me resolvió el problema. Ahí fue cuando me dije "tengo que hacerme con esto". Ahora después del Manley BoxVox este es mi segundo unison favorito. Sin duda hace su trabajo como se supone.
N. REVIL
Avalon VT 737 Avis
Simple et efficace
G. Gorordilov
Great preamp
The Avalon sounds very good. This is the best tube channel strip/pre and is authentic to the hardware.
R. Gagl
I wasn´t prepared for that...
This is a perfectly coded masterpiece. The first time I switched it on it knocked me off my studio chair. I just didn´t expect to be surrounded by the sound of its hardware counterpart. Brilliant work! Chapeau!
M. Santos
Killer!
Paired this with an SM7B and omg did I need this! I was using a 1073 hardware clone and I’m done with that, this turned my SM7 to a killer modern vocal mic with a bit of high eq boost and some compression
M. Desai
AMAZING
aah the warmth this adds! UA team has absolutely nailed the EQ and compression! sound so much like the original!
C. Vincenzo Mario
GREATA PREAMP SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE REAL ONE
I had the chance to compare this unit with the one we have in studio, it sounds exactly like the real thing. I can't stop being surprised by UAD accuracy in "modeling" electroacoustic devices.
D. Adet
VT 737
Incroyable chaleur ! Une merveille de précision.
J. TONDA LUKUSA
ok
ok
O. Lamas
Very, vey nice.
Worked with the hardware models for a long time. This plugin is excellent. Wow!!!
J. Vargas III
A Must Have!
This right here is definitely my go to. This sounds Awesome!!!
H. Eaves
Yes!! Great Piece of software
I've wanted a VT-37 hardware Mic pre for a while.
I would always settle, and talk myself outta it for something else. I have 2 UA M5"s (Hardware), as well, I keep them specifically for Vocals. After purchasing the UA software version, I was blown away, to be able to get the same Wow factor i got upon first hearing one on a elec piano. I now can put that Wow factor quality as a plugin, on multiple tracks of my choosing.
I Love it!! and I still say, "WOW" Great job UAG. Johnson
Game changer
Love this product!
Y. Quintero
Buenísimo !
Es unos de los poco plug-ins que hacen el trabajo casi igual al original “VT-737 !! Tengo uno físico y en verdad no escuché mucha diferencia de uno al otro. Gran trabajo Universal Audio !!! Lo recomiendo totalmente !!!
