Pop Shields

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At the moment I have a Samson PS-01 Pop Filter but am not really recording any vocals at the moment. I've seen lots of things on dolphinmusic.co.uk and on pop filters there are a lot more expensive ones with all this stuff about better material, metal screens instead of fabric and lots of bullsh*t. Does it make any difference? Is it worth the extra £?
 
Ridickolas said:
At the moment I have a Samson PS-01 Pop Filter but am not really recording any vocals at the moment. I've seen lots of things on dolphinmusic.co.uk and on pop filters there are a lot more expensive ones with all this stuff about better material, metal screens instead of fabric and lots of bullsh*t. Does it make any difference? Is it worth the extra £?
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When the nylon rots or tears, upgrade to a metal one and it won't do that. :D

Beyond that, I wouldn't expect either to affect the sound much except for reducing the wind portion of plosives, so I wouldn't bother upgrading until the old one fails unless you just want to.
 
dgatwood said:
When the nylon rots or tears, upgrade to a metal one and it won't do that. :D

Beyond that, I wouldn't expect either to affect the sound much except for reducing the wind portion of plosives, so I wouldn't bother upgrading until the old one fails unless you just want to.
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Put a mic up for vocals, figure out a line that has no plosives (b's, p's), and then try recording two vocal tracks, one with pop and one without. I've actually been curious and tried this myself, mainly out of boredom, and on my equipment there's no audible difference (to my ears, anyway).

I'd only upgrade, maybe to metal, when you destroy the current one by accidentally rollingg over the filter with your desk chair.
 
Personally, I can easily tell the difference between using a pop filter and not using one in my setup. In the end however, I find that using one still becomes the methid I choose. It does change it a little, but thats nothing the right mic, placement, and touch of EQ can't handle. At least I find it is better than dealing with too many overbearing plosives. As far as the metal versus nylon debate, I feel like the metal pop filters are more affective. They seem to change the airflow more without affecting the sound as much. I do not notice much of a sonic difference between the metal and nylon, but they do seem to reduce the plosives more without changing the source signal quite as much. Either way, I would not say you need to run out and buy another, but like mentioned above, if you ever do replace yours, maybe consider replacing it with a metal one:)
 
I sometimes tape a pencil to the mic which helps plosives.
 
Karma, StudioProjects, and Nady make inexpensive metal pop shields.

Paj
8^)
 
Ok thanks everybody, ill be keepin that in mind. im gonna stick with the one ive got now.
 
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