homemade popper stopper design

[dobro]

I've got one layer of fabric on my bought-from-a-sewing-shop
embroidery hoop popper stopper. Are there supposed to be two layers?

Reason I ask: tonight I got 3 pops despite using the aforementioned assembly.

Or do I just have strong pops?

[dobro]

Do you think this might do it?

http://www.sweetwater.com/cartoon/home.tpl

[ffmada]

I think that many popper stoppers would stop the pops, but it would probably sound like you were singin' through a wet blanket

As for your first question, I think another layer might help, so it is worth a try

[jet-rocker]

Hey on my popper stopper there's two layers. One on each side of the circle. Some I think have even three layers.

Good luck, building one yourself, is far more worthy than purchasing something so easily made.

I guess women's nylons work great for the fabric.

-Jett Rocker

[Shailat]

First of all a pop screen isn't full proof.

Here are some tios to add to the screen,

* You might try backing away a bit from the mic if it's a condenser
* Move the mic a bit lower ( or above) then your mouth.
* Point the mic at an angle to your mouth
* Look for the energy of the pop in the low freq's around 100kHz and under
and use your DAW to kill it.
* Use a compressor with a eq inserted into a key to trigger like this:
Useing a "Y" cable, split the output from the vocals into a compressor and the other end into a Equalizer.
Plug the compressors output into your mixer and plug the eq output into the compressors external key. ( you can also hook the eq to a side chain from the compressors side chain output(sebd) to your eq's input and the from the eq's output to the side chain input(return)).
Adjust the eq to boost your problematic freq from the pop.
Adjust the compressor to reduce gain only when the pop is heard.
Set the compressor to a 7:1 ratio with a fast attack and medium-fast release

If there is a problem, boost even more the bass freq's of the vocals or cut the higs and mids hard. As long as the compressor reduces when poping is heard only.

[Magnum Pi]

Can someone give me directions for making my own pop-stopper???

[Tim Brown]

Originally posted by Magnum Pi
Can someone give me directions for making my own pop-stopper???

A pair of stockings and a coathanger will work in a pinch.

Or, you can make one from a piece of 6" PVC pipe for the "frame" (you cut the PVC ring about 1/4" thick) then you have to mount it to the bottom of a Mic Clip (the part that threads onto the mic stand).

I have seen this done several ways...the one that seemed to work the best, was a piece of metal was bolted to it, and then the metal mounted to the clip just like the top portion of the clip did.


Tim

[dobro]

Shailat - thanks for all the ideas - I almost dumped that take with the pops - I'll try EQing them out first. Thanks for that sweetwater link, too - a good chuckle.

Magnum - if you go to a shop that sells sewing equipment, you can get an embroidery hoop for about a dollar, you choose the size. Pantyhose material works well for the stopper, or really thin nylon scarf material. I suppose the pros use silk.

The problem is how to attach it to the mic. At the hardware shop, I got (I don't know what it's called) a circular metal band with a screw tightener that I clamp around the mic. I cut up a coat hanger and attached it to the hoop with bulldog clips (stationery shop). Slip the coat hanger hook into the circular clamp and tighten it up. Not too sophisticated, but eminently functional. Maybe two bucks total, not counting the nylon material, which you can get from your wife if you got one. I encourage all homerecordists to get married - it pays off eventually.

[Ginzoo]

Would the cotton panel of the pantyhose stop more of the mid/low pops?

[Tim Brown]

Originally posted by Ginzoo
Would the cotton panel of the pantyhose stop more of the mid/low pops?

That depends upon if they were used, and she had bathed before donning them!

Tim