are pop filters worth it?

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im going to be recording vocals on a condenser mic (behringer 2 for $60) and i read that you should get a pop filter should i and what about recording with a $40 dynamic mic from dc music

and does any body know were to get realy cheap mic stands preferibly boom stands the ones i have i made out of wood they work good but there not boom stands
 
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Pop Filters Are Overrated Do Not Buy One Because It Is The Way The Bigwigs Like Guitar Center Make Money Off People Who Dont Know Anything About Recording Dont Worry If Your Song Soundls Like Shit Its All About The Feeling Of The Music You Should Just Take A Good Pair Of Headphones And PULg Them Into The Input And Hang Them From A Sprinkler In Th Emiddle Of The Room To Capture The Feeling
 
If you want mic stands that sag a little with heavy mics, ones are cheap cheap cheap, ones that you will have to end up replacing in 1-6 years depending on usage and amount of abuse, these are your stands:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/prod...d-Mic-Stand-with-Fixed-Boom-10Pack?sku=450835


If you want cheap stands that will "stand" the test of time, sturdy, will hold its position, get these:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Tama-MS205-Boom-Mic-Stand?sku=450200

Oh and yes get a pop filter, MF has a nady metal one for $15.
 
if you get pop's when you sing/speak in a mic, yes a pop filter is worth the money. every bit of it. if you're broke use panty hose and anything you have to make a ring.........coat hanger, cardboard, folded up duct tape, top of a coffee can........you get the idea.

if you need a boom stand, the onstage cheapies at mofo work just fine if you're careful with them. always place one leg of the tripod in the direction that the boom is pointing. always tighten the rubber gripping clutch very tight. don't over tighten any of the other metal parts. it's a cheap made stand but if you use some common sense, it will last a long time and make a good tool.

i think auralmirage hit the crack pipe a little too hard today. :D
 
Red Stripe #6, plus, have you seen the other messages this guy has posted?
 
auralmirage said:
Red Stripe #6, plus, have you seen the other messages this guy has posted?
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He seems to be genuinely interested in learning. He's just having problems coping with the way we run here. And his own ADD.

Pop filter = essential studio gear.
 
yea, he's a douche bag for sure but there's no need to put up bad info. other people read this crap too and we can't be having all those crappy home recordings infested with plosives on top of the 60 hz hum, bad room sounds, and direct guitars. it would just ruin everything. no what i mean? :D

red stripe #6? you mean you had just drank all that crappy beer and that gave you the sudden urge to capitalize all your words? one word for ya.....terrapin. mmmm, mmmm.
 
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what the fuck is red stripe #6??
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I would guess he is on his 6th bottle of Jamaican pisswater

now Smithwick's .... that's a beer!
 
maybe this?
 

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Shit A Feeling?

Also, I just gave marshall amps some rep. good job big guy.
 
Buy one or make one, it's not that much work and it can save you in the long run. Nothing worse than a perfect take ruined by plosives. Actually, I lied, there are worse things: your studio could catch fire and destroy all the gear you worked so hard to buy and forgot to insure. But that one is up there, too.
 
yes get a pop filter...


get one on ebay cheap...

but yeah, definitely do if youre using a condenser.

I had a group member rush to re-record a verse for our album since was moving without the pop filter, and it was so distorted we couldnt use it and it delayed our album
 
A pop screen can also help get the talent to sing into the microphone from the proper distance. In general, you don't want lips on grill like many live rock and roll singers do. Position the pop screen far enough away that you don't hear the pops when that channel is soloed. Weird enough, having the talent say the word "pop" a few times will help get the correct positioning.

Pop screens are a tool, just like everything else you can buy for your studio. You can get away without using one, but since they can be found cheap, they are a tool any serious recordist should have at his/ her dispossal.
 
i remember when i got my first bit of recording gear, and didnt have a popscreen, and quickly discovered why you needed one...

i went to an old boombox i had, with a removable cloth kinda grill over the speakers...threw it on a mic stand and taped it...

boom..first popscreen

(i got a real one 2 days later)
 
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