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Old 08-22-2006, 11:18 AM
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Default Re: Avalon 737 and Vocals

I've had some success with a U-87 into the 737, light compression (no more than 3/1 (fairly slow attact, letting many of the initial peaks through, with very little gain reduction, and a slow release), and very light eq, w/ no more than a 2-3db boost of the highs. I've found my 737 to be a little bit brittle in the mids, so i'll lightly cut anywhere from 1.6-3k 1-2 db. The freq. cut depends on the voice of course. I use a very narrow bandwidth for this cut after determining the culprit freq.
BTW - I much prefer going into the Neve or Vintech into either the tubetech cl-b or the distressor for most vocals; but, the question is about the 737, which does have it's place in my studio, and is a good value piece of gear in my opinion. I suggest replacing the tubes on a regular basis.
Hope this helps.
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