There’s sort of a secret reason engineers use pop filters. So secret, I’ll bet a lot of them don’t even realize why they’re doing it. Plosives.
They’re like little earthquakes. But not every close mic vocal suffers from plosives. Nor can you count on protection from a windscreen.
A mic’s going to sound really different far away than it does close up. Those plosives are going to occur in the low frequencies and you can minimize them by engaging a low cut filter. You can roll it off at the mic preamp or you may be able to do it in post.
But engineers use a windscreen probably without even thinking about it for another reason. Vocalists have magnetic lips. Lips that insist on hugging the grill of the microphone no matter where it’s positioned.
And this windscreen is actually a pretty good way to maintain a consistent distance. Our upcoming cohort of vocal kitchen appears like it might be full, which means maybe we’re going to run another one. And if someone who belongs in it, share this post.
