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The Avalon 737 is a tube based EQ like I mentioned before. You won't get a sound out of a plug-in like you will that unit. You might get somewhat close, but it's not going to happen with Sonitus or anything in that category. Maybe a higher end UAD card.

I agree on that!
Pro Channel sound very good but it is not Tube. Its "solid state"-EQ.
Nomad Factory Blue Tube series  is one of my favorites. Sounds outstanding. Better then many WAVES & UAD.
 
 
http://www.nomadfactory.com/products/bt_bundle/index.html 

Damn I been hearing nothing but good things about nomad factory lately. How much is blue tubes

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I use Sonitus EQs and Gates all the time. I think they're awesome, and do not find them to colored at all. 

They're easy to use, flexible and detailed EQs. (I don't use Waves, anymore).

Sonitus EQs are perfectly fine on any track or mix bus.

They can run hot, so you absolutely have to make sure you're not distorting them.

IME, they're as utilitarian and professional as any console EQs I've ever used.

The ONLY major difference is the digital distortion if you hit them too hard (obviously, like all other plugs). 

Sonitus EQs have been a secret weapon for a long time, in my tool box.

I extolled their virtues in my Sonar 6 Tape Op review back in 2007.  

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Nomad audio runs a lot of specials - don't know what the cost is at the moment but it is worth waiting for it to drop to $99 or whatever.  It does add a tone or scrim or film to the sound if that is what you are after - some people like it and would say tone, others don't and call it a film.  In my work it has a place.  What is really nice are the delays and such in the entire kit.  I use them all the time.

The Prochannel EQs in SP are very good - that might be the way to go.  Not as dark and thick as the Nomad, but they seem more dynamic, in that the harder you drive them the more they seem to thicken up.  Nomad is more of a steady state tube effect.  You might be able to get away w/ just buying their blue channel strip.

And yes, outboard, analog gear will have a more cogent effect on the sound than most plugs, tho I know some pros who claim that UAD is close enough.

Pick your poison and open your wallet.  Nobody can tell you what you hear, it will be a matter or your artisic sensiblities.  You might want to check out some pro studios w/ different options, tho what you hear over big montiors in a treated room might not translate as well at home.

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I definitely hear that tone as you describe it, added by nomad factory stuff. I want that. Me likee. And sqye you preferred sonitus to waves? I thought they were big time?

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