The very best explanation and tutorial i have ever seen. This is how you teach something where anyone can follow . Outstanding job !!!

@jl.8408

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! :)

Searching far and wide for a channel that actually fucking explained the VU meter properly. Thank you.

Great video! I've been looking for one like this for over two years! Thanks so much! May God bless you!

I just bought an apollo twin and got the avalon UAD with it so looking around at videos on set up and best configurations. Found your video helpful buddy. Thanks

@237tazi

4 жыл бұрын

Did u ever set it up, i have the same set it up. I’m curious to know how you connected it

@225maine

3 жыл бұрын

@@237tazi he's talking about the plugin Version...there is nothing to connect.

Thank you so much for this man!! Made a world of a difference in my recordings.

this was a perfect video. on a few minutes i learned how and why. the sidechain mids was not touched but the compression, input and output explanations, was straight to the point.

Direct, to the point, right to it. Thank you! Want all tutorials to be like this. Great job! This now available as pluggin on Universal Audio!!

@likeyou3210

4 жыл бұрын

I'v e got the plugin and hardware and I gotta admit uad did very well

Very well done and easy to follow to achieve a good starting point. Thank you for posting.

Yaaaaaayyyy!!! I have had one of these devices for 20 years and never really known how to use it. Thanks for making this

@jvonnjvonn4688

3 ай бұрын

Too much compression wouldn't work on tracking

A big mistake in this video and one that most people make is assuming that the meter is measuring input levels when in fact the meter on the 737 reflects OUTPUT levels and of course compressor gain reduction when selected. This is clearly stated in the user manual and can also be proven in practice by turning the input gain to unity (0dB) and the output gain off (-40dB) you will see that the meter will not move despite input gain at unity.

@rossdonald594

10 күн бұрын

So, by what you're saying, the input level cannot be measured if the meter is measuring the output of the signal?

Your video is quite educational I've really learned quite a bit thank you

This was so helpful. Great video and thanks much!

Thank you SoOOO very much for this concise explaining of this beautiful unit! God bless you!

Great Video. Just what I needed. Much obliged.

I never leave comments this was very well done!! thanks please make more like the uad software interface if you have it. if not great job!

extremely useful information. Thanks

For those who missed it, he had the vocals low cut / high pass at 55 on the bottom left knob. But was not engaged as the Filter “In” button was inactive.

Very informative thanks. I would have really liked to have heard your vocal with/without 737 on the input mic. Thanks again.

best demo yet!

Thank you! simple easy to follow great job!

Nice video, feel like a pro after watching this.

Taught this ten times better than my college professor back when I was in school lol! 👍🏾

lovely run down - thanks heaps!

Very informative! Thank you!

You are the best instructor I’ve ever heard and seen. Very simple and easy to follow. Do you teach?

excellent tutorial compression is complicated. this will help me with my Avalon

Awesome explanation, wow!!! thank you soooo much!!

Thanks bro.. Very good detailed info.

This was really good. Thank you!

Thank you, i needed this!!!

Thank you very much for this video!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Excellent video!

Super presentation. Thanks

Really great tutorial.

Thank you for this brother.

the Neumann TLM 103 is a condenser mic

Fine Job explaining ...Thanks

nice gear, u got the best stuff

The was fantastic thank you very much!!!

Great video bro!

Thank so much for this vid man, helped me out a great deal. Just have to cut back a bit cause I hear lip smacking sounds .

great video

Great tutorial....thanks

very informative. Thanks!

Really useful, can you do more videos? I'd love to get more of this style tutorial esp regarding EQ stuff. Thanks!

Thanks for the video.

order and clear.. txs a lot

GreAt Video 🙌

Thank you!

THNKS FOR THE VIDEO!

I have both! Happy camper! :)

For input in your daw check the input/output setting of your sound card ( High/Lo/+4/-10 ) and also the pad and low cut on your mic

Only thing to note with the VU meter is, is does not show the signal coming in. It only shows gain reduction, or what's going out.

Thank you.

nice

Hi, Im using a avalon pre AD2022 and the avalon compr AD2044 - I do mainly voice recording. I will try out your settings tomorrow for recording - my question is that after the recording suppose I want to compress the voice track a little more should I change the attack and release settings? and for the treshold and compr what is best for the vocal to increase or both? I notice the compr is very delicate but when I use it a little too over you will hear the voice loses quality and I want to keep the quality --- Last when I want to use it after as mastering what setting of attack and release is best and setting compr and treshold you recommend working with a MP3 karaoke music track and the live vocal track - hope you can give me a start with the experience you have with this product and in recording vocals --- Leo

Thanks!! This is gold. Question....if am using the plugin for this channel it makes a difference by setting line instead of mic for the input?

Great!

Helpful video. Have you ever used the Avalon 737 in a live scenario?

I might’ve been a little more conservative than he was setting the very first input gain. if there’s distortion, especially on the hot transients from the condenser mic, at the very first input stage you can never really get rid of it. If that’s the signal chain where the gain to the preamp is first and then he’s compressing that signal after he would just be compressing distortion along with the signal. If the signal path has the compressor before the preamp game if that’s even possible then maybe he could avoid the very first stage distortion however subtle it might be pinning the meter like he was.

What interface are you using? I've heard of some people having issues with trying to use the Avalon 737 along with the Apollo. I was using Saffire pro-40 until I had to upgrade my Mac and found out that focusrite no longer supports the pro40 and I have a tlm Neumann 102 and I'm looking to get a Scarlet interface or a Apollo interface

How do yall feel about haveing an all in one piece a gear like this Avalon 737? Vs having separate pieces of gear? I'm starting to buy more rack gear and before I go too crazy I want to get some outside opinions. Right now I'm running a TB12 pre amp and a Pro vla II (cheaper compressor) and was looking into getting an out board eq like the Warm eq. In the next couple weeks. Is it better to buy separate? Or save for a more expensive unit like this one?

Thank you man. Great vid. Why do you move to the compressor before the EQ instead of going from the EQ to compressor?

@380stroker

4 жыл бұрын

You can do compressor before the eq. Or eq before the compressor. It's up to you. Or you can do EQ then compressor then back to EQ again. Whatever you want.

Can you please do another tutorial for Avalon 747sp?

I have the Avalon on my record line in my daw. Do I use line or mic? When I use mic I get a stronger signal but when I use line I have to use the high gain. Which is ideal? I see people use line and mic on the hardware but I just have the digital and want to be sure I’m using it correctly

You don't show the hook up ? Or how it's done?

Please do this for a manley slam!

Can you use this for instruments or only voice?

I find that my vocals sound nice if have the output gain knob all the way to the right, high gain engaged, and very little pre amp gain. I don't like to track wit the compressor so I'll bypass that. Maybe a couple db boost for some air around 20k. It sounds very clean this way, but is this a fundamentally wrong way of tracking? I need advice. Thanks

bro this a 103, but now i know what the 107 is lol thank you ...i was like f*ks a 107

i’m not getting output signal from the balanced line output of my avalon into my apogee ensemble +4 line input…what am i doing wrong??

Why is it that when I connect my microphone directly into this the meter reaches no where near zero even when I crank up the preamp gain, but in my DAW the input level is super loud.

@brauxpas1043

7 жыл бұрын

I'm having the same issue. Any news on this?

@SaenSaen1

4 жыл бұрын

Same issue. Anyone have an answer to this?

@realcasper81

2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for this question like... forever... I have a Neumann u87ai and I've always had this issue. After 200 years of usage I saw a pad button on the interface and did the job. But still not sure if that's the right way to do it.

@seandimaria9509

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe try turning down the output level on the Avalon (the knob on the upper right side)? Check the input level on your sound card to make sure you don’t have that turned up. Also make sure the input level (on the line in for that channel) in the DAW is set to either zero or below.

Good job on the video; I prefer a release a little slower to it's a little smoother

not sure how the output level of your channel strip will affect the interfaces gain. shouldnt the interface input be bypassed (line connection) or set to unity since you are using the 737 preamp?

What is with that background hiss?

107?? looks like a tlm103 good vid though

@THETRAPHOUSESTUDIOS

8 жыл бұрын

102

@wermeint2

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, 103.

@Njabuloseh

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a TLM 103

HEARING the mic might help...

@JosephPembroke

3 жыл бұрын

did you miss where he said he activated the mic hes adjusting

The truth.

Maybe someone can explain why I have to have my preamp gain knob almost all the way to the left or it distorts. I have a Neumann U87 mic. I followed every step. Its like its too much power. I just have an Presonus Audiobox USB 96 interface. I have a Mackie HMX 56 headphone amp connected also running into a Mackie 32.8 Mixing Console. I can barely get the meters to move. Super loud and distorted. Its like I cant hardly use the 737.. Thanks in advance.

This is a good example of what I am concerned with. The noise floor seems so high. I hear a noise gate cut in and out on this track. Is that from the mike or the electronics in the Avalon? It seems there should be dead silence for the noise floor using this high end (and expensive) of gear. I have a similar set up, and the noise floor is troublesome. Vocals sound great in the track though. But recording soft violin (for example) - I probably would have to pass on using this set up.

@benjaminclark995

7 жыл бұрын

miditime that's where you set your -10db on most higher end mics or pres

Only one output on that thing...I want to split the signal for zero latency monitoring. Would a Y-cable suffice or do I have to drop $100 on a mic splitter? Would I be losing anything from the signal with Y-cable?

@FundamentalBeats

5 жыл бұрын

impedance

Something is seriously wrong with your recorded signal.

@lml1501

6 жыл бұрын

he is gating the signal, but god knows what the hell he is recording with.

@johnnyweatherbie

5 жыл бұрын

It's also not recommended to engage the +48v before the mic is plugged in.

@johnnyweatherbie

5 жыл бұрын

and his compression ratio being that high is typically bordering on limiting even with the attack and release set that fast.

@jvonnjvonn4688

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyweatherbie what's the best setting for setting the compressor for just tracking vocals for recording

@alexeybelan3787

5 жыл бұрын

@@jvonnjvonn4688 there's no defined answer, everything depends on the voice, equipment and especially performance

It only has one input and one output. So do you need two units for stereo?

@moulieldeloscontroles4659

7 жыл бұрын

you can duplicate it on your DAW if its stereo instrument but for vocal its a mono recording session.

@theonebutnottheonly9174

6 жыл бұрын

u do,yes,they usually pair them for stereo mastering

Is this the best mic preamp for the U87?

@REALLIFEADON

5 жыл бұрын

Ashen One I think so I’m buying the U87 and this Avalon

@YXNGNESS

4 жыл бұрын

Isa one is good

Why exactly such a fast attack?

not sure if you realize this, but the audio on your video is very distorted...

Que interface usas amigo???

@showdivine

5 жыл бұрын

Forte

may I say that 3db comp might be too much, I wouldn't compress more than 1 or 2 db TOPS on a take.

I heard the compressor sucks on the Avalon. I wouldn't spend all that money to get a channel strip that has a mediocre compressor, I'd rather build my own channel strip with separate processors, but everybody is different I guess.

on 8

Your meter needs to be recalibrated. This is good information but I would think that someone who invests the $3k to buy this wound know how to operate it. At least I would hope so or else they really shouldn't get it. Also, I notice that in most of this video you talk about how things look vs using your ears to determine proper compression and levels. I've done projects on 737s where I've slammed the comp because it SOUNDED good. I didn't give a shit what the meters said.

@funkieave

3 жыл бұрын

Stfu

Nice way of explaining.. but i just dont like the sound... sounds robotic... just my opinion and taste

He did nothing with attack/release.

Setting the attack and release all the way to fast is rarely a good idea.

Everything 0:16 onwards... I'm not so sure you should be giving advice to the world...

@mcsweet1966

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Farestvedt I'm not so sure you should use your mama's computer

well... your mic sounds terrible and I should trust your decisions. Got it.

Wow !! Sounds like he recorded that video in a small cell with playwood walls as the sound is soo boxy and bad I just cringe when hearing this. Great tut but the sound man ... Maybe spend your cash on treatment in your room and if you cant afford to do a pro treatment you will get MUCH better results selling that 737 and getting a midlevel preamp and a well treated room. A great example how expensive gear will sound like shit if the room is badly done and I feel bad for this video downplaying the awesomeness of the 737 ... another high end piece of gear wasted

Avalon not impressed me at all. No caracter, only a so much money. There are so much good equipment for same or less money.

overpriced junk

great video