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EarthWorks or DPA / B&K?

I have used B&K 4006 mics (they are omnis) and was amazed by their sound quality. (The 4000 series mics are now distributed by DPA.) I would love to buy a pair, but that would cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.

Can someone who has had experience with both please compare and contrast the:

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B&K / DPA 4003 and 4006 versus the EarthWorks QTC1

Where to plug it?

In an earlier post I complained that my refridgerator would cause a pop to go through my system when it turned on. I had a friend who gave me this "noise filter, surge protector". Should I plug it into my soundcard(Tascam 428) or my power amp? Or will it matter...or could there be another piece of gear that needs it?

Nuendo EQ

Hi, i have a ? I'm runnin my mic through a Mackie 1202 vlz pro preamp and by passing its eq's to go str8 to Nuendo, wut are some good overall 4 band eq's for rap vocals, or a good start for me to learn from. Also is it good to add a slight reverb and moddelay to vocals to depthen them? I heard something about stereo echo, wut does it do? thx

what exactly is mastering

i own a small 16 track digital studio, after recording and mixing i send my projects to one recording studio for mastering, what i would kindly want to know is what exactly is involved in mastering, what happens in a mastering studio that one cant do in a simple recording studio, i would also want to know what basic equipment is required for mastering as i hope to go into that field when i acqu

Upgrading Cubasis to Cubase VST 5.1...how?

That's about it. How do I do it? Is there a discount for Cubasis users? Man...I might just go with Cakewalk's Home Studio 2002. How would I switch from Cubasis to Home Studio? Help. :confused: I'm frying my brain trying to decide on the software...so much info...so many opinions. AAAHHHH! There's no place like home, there's no place like home...