Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
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Get the larger-than-life sound of pop, hip-hop, and R&B.
The dominant player in chart-topping 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, the Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip plug-in delivers the same consistently polished results, with radio-ready gloss and detail.
Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- 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
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Capture the Sound of Modern Music
By artfully capturing our "golden unit" Avalon's flagship VT-737 hardware's class-A tube amplifier section, LED-style optical compression, and discrete four-band EQ, you can give your tracks the signature Avalon sound heard on thousands of chart-topping hits.
Record Vocals and Bass “Through” a Hit-Making Tube Preamp with Apollo
UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime through the Avalon VT-737 Channel Strip plug-in using your Apollo, giving you the chart-topping sound of the original hardware’s line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors.
Experience Versatile Compression on Vocals and More
Excelling on vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, and voice-over work, the VT-737 plug-in's dynamics section gives your tracks the hardware's gentle touch, rather than adding squash or crunch. This transparent compression is perfect for "stacking" the compressor again at mixdown, so you can control a vocal in a dense mix.
Fine-Tune Your Mixes with Bold EQ
The Avalon VT-737 plug-in's four-band EQ, gives your vocals a lively presence and sophistication, placing them front-and-center in any mix. Like the hardware, the EQ can 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.
UAD Quick Tips
Learn how to get album-quality results on your hip-hop vocals using the Avalon VT-737 channel strip's musical EQ and compressor sections.
“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
M. Osipenko
November 10, 2024
My go to for vocals!
UAD's Avalon vt-737 is my go to plugin for anything vocals, sounds great on any material!
Read Morej. king
October 19, 2024
Excellent plugin emulation
It’s a very clean and transparent software plugin very good and vocal s recommend to anyway who can’t afford the real thing
Read Morej. king
October 19, 2024
Excellent plugin emulation
It’s a very clean and transparent software plugin very good and vocal s recommend to anyway who can’t afford the real thing
Read MoreL. Francois
October 18, 2024
OMG!! BY FAR THE BEST VOCAL PLUGIN I'VE EVER TRIED!!
i have tried many vocal plugins in my time and always wanted to buy the Avalon VT-737 Hardware but too pricey. I have never been so please with this plugin and best part are the preset for...
Read MoreP. Angel
October 17, 2024
Excelente plugin.
Yo había grabado con el Avalon en físico y conozco el sonido original y prácticamente no hay diferencia. Es asombroso!!!
Read MoreD. Monroy
October 15, 2024
El mejor Vocal Chanel
Increíble sonido, no me arrepiento de haberlo comprado, fue una muy buena inversión
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Customer Reviews
Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
M. Osipenko
My go to for vocals!
UAD's Avalon vt-737 is my go to plugin for anything vocals, sounds great on any material!
J. Saunders
Couldn't get it to work on windows 11
After multiple attempts to run it and trouble shoot it i got it to run fine on windows 10 on my other machine. There's a development issue on 11 that needs a patch. Not satisfied with my purchase
J. Saunders
Couldn't get it to work on windows 11
After multiple attempts to run it and trouble shoot it i got it to run fine on windows 10 on my other machine. There's a development issue on 11 that needs a patch. Not satisfied with my purchase
j. king
Excellent plugin emulation
It’s a very clean and transparent software plugin very good and vocal s recommend to anyway who can’t afford the real thing
j. king
Excellent plugin emulation
It’s a very clean and transparent software plugin very good and vocal s recommend to anyway who can’t afford the real thing
L. Francois
OMG!! BY FAR THE BEST VOCAL PLUGIN I'VE EVER TRIED!!
i have tried many vocal plugins in my time and always wanted to buy the Avalon VT-737 Hardware but too pricey. I have never been so please with this plugin and best part are the preset for vocal in tracking and after recording. Love it!!
P. Angel
Excelente plugin.
Yo había grabado con el Avalon en físico y conozco el sonido original y prácticamente no hay diferencia. Es asombroso!!!
D. Monroy
El mejor Vocal Chanel
Increíble sonido, no me arrepiento de haberlo comprado, fue una muy buena inversión
k. logan
So far so fucking good
Great sounding plug in.no complaints.
D. Bordin
Many features to employ
Has a lot of bases covered with numerous effects like compression, eq, reverb etc
A. Navarro
Tenía ganas de tenerlas , no me arrepiento
Sonido, poquísimo consumo de recursos y fácil manejo. Excelente para lo que quieras
A. Davis Jr
always wanted this piece of gear
always wanted this piece of gear but couldn’t afford the hardware so I was elated when I saw the plug-in
R. Martínez
sound like a hardware
I had Avalon hardware and sold it, but I have the courisity if the pluging sound similar, Im very exited because, the diference between they are unaudible, i give 5 stars, Im surprised with the quality of re-creation, I recomeded, From Monterrey México.
N. Mambetov
Love it)
I've had a hardware before. And this plugin gives me almost the same feeling. Just some tactile difference) Great sound. I'm happy with it.
E. Lee
Sounds good
It’s so cool to finally have the Avalon sound inside my daw. I so used to the sound of a Bass DI coming through it and the air band on some vocals it’s unmistakable recognizable.
G. N
Awesome and transparent
Please enable the machine authorization :)
R. Rati
Avalon
This is just about the best vocal plug I ever used .
Always wanted one since using the hardware back in the day.
The plug rocks.A. Paut
VST Avalon VT-737 Universal Audio, the perfect emulation of an already incredible tool.
Avalon-VT 737 Tube Channel Strip from Universal Audio is a pre-amp, compressor and equalizer. Better than a multifunction tool, it is a surgical vst that I use both in Send effect and Insert effect to provide warmth and dynamics.
The +: the High Gain function for recording a guitar, for example, and the EQ setting at 32k to air out the Trebles. Universal Audio has achieved more than just the perfect emulation of an already incredible tool.T. Normz
Tomas Normz
The review is of the Gear the plugins of universal audio are good and real time to make music
j. schwart
Warm glewing sound
First tests on male vocals , tracks with fairchild vintage synths, and snare-drum came out with very fat and pleasant warm sounds . I specially like the pre-amp knob
