RE: Going to Buy a Metal Pop Filter at Home Depot

[Les W]

RE: Going to Buy a Metal Pop Filter at Home Depot

I am going to custom a Metal Pop Filter. If I find a good find I'll post it here. Wish Me Luck

 

[ozraves]

i have a friend who is a machinist who tried this route and gave up as a fruitless quest. good luck, though.

steve
www.mojopie.com

 

[DJL]

Hey Les,

You can buy a new metal pop filter for just $35... checkout the link that aznwonderboy just posted in another thread.

http://www.stonerecording.com/proaudio/popfilter.html

 

[Marik]

Gentlemen,

I wish you knew this sweet word: DIY

That is not about Les W getting pop filter from the store, that's about doing it himself, and I believe whenever he sings into this pop filter, he will feel a personal attachement with it. At least that's what I feel recording myself with my mics and preamps--I know them from inside.

Go for it Les W!

 

[DJL]

Please note that Les said he was "Going to Buy a Metal Pop Filter at Home Depot"... (key word "Buy") so I thought he was just trying to save a buck... but then again, they don't sell pop filters at Home Depot, so maybe your right.

Go for it Les... good luck with you DIY project.

 

[noground]

I don't know if doing that yourself is going to work out too well. As I understand it, the idea behind those metal pop filters is that the air stream is kept mostly intact but directed away from the microphones via a very specific construction, probably difficult to duplicate unless you are a machinist with the right tools and very good metalworking skills, and probably some good modeling software. The nylon fiters just work by turning a predictably steady stream of air into chaotic movement, very different from the metal ones. Of course metal could be used in place of the nylon to accomplish the same thing, but the metal mesh will probably not be fine enough to accomplish the task while at the same time not accomplishing what the commercial metal ones can do. I'm not positive of any of this so feel free not to trust me. Anyway I don't own a metal one, I've just done some reading. If you get a good result I'd love to know how you did it.

 

[guitarfreak12]

I'm an electrician, but I have a fabrication shop available to me. I work in a paper mill, and some of the screens we use for filters on the processing of stock are very fine screens. I found that some screens do well for blocking pops, but some do better with the sound. What I did was take pieces of the screens and held them up to my monitors and them took them away, I listened to the difference, and the one with the least difference, I used, they all blocked pops well. I had to fabricate/weld a holder and neck, be careful, forget what you know about stocking type filters. With metal filters you only need one layer, otherwise it blocks too much of the sound. So figure out a way to stay with one layer and you'll do fine. I would buy small samples of all the screen types at Home Depot, and take them home and listen to it like I did, you'll be suprised which ones do better, mine are awsome. Good luck

 

[noground]

guitarfreak12,

That's great that you found a metal mesh that gets the job done. Have you been able to make a fair comparison to nylon in its ability to both block pops and to minimize high frequency loss? I'd be interested in such a result.

 

[Giganova]

Are you still at the Home Depot Les??

 

[DJL]

It's a big store.

 

[TexRoadkill]

I find that the $15 nylon ones seem to stop all the pops I can throw at them.

 

[dejacky]

Stedmann pop filter. Tell the guy at guitar center you want it for $33 and now more. It works, u can thank me later.

 

[guitarfreak12]

noground,
I find that there is little to no attenuation of high freqs with the metal filter. Deffinately better than the nylon, basically I can't really hear the difference of when the filter is there, and then when I take it away. It's great, I can send you a pic of my finished product so you can get an idea. I think basically it's hard to get the right screen.

 

[Teacher]

I find that the $15 nylon ones seem to stop all the pops I can throw at them.

they do but they also stop the hi end clarity...

 

[Track Rat]

I used to have this problem all the time. Then I had my girlfriend take them off.............................

 

[Les W]

Yeah it's a DIY project!!

Ok I went to the hardware store first and got some screens, which was not bad. then looking forwire cutters to shape them I ran across a filter for a vacuum, not a bag but the huge filters. I noticed that there was a wire mesh on the inside and I took it apart and am cut out the circle for the pop filter. Right now I just need to find a mount for it. But it will work.

Pray for me!

 

[guitarfreak12]

ok, hope this works, here are the pics of my finished dealy. Man it works good. If you can't see them, I'll email them to yall.

 

[guitarfreak12]

ok, here's another

 

[dejacky]

They kinda ghetto and not straight, but very cool nonetheless! How much did you spend total and how long did it take you to make them? Also, where are you hosting your picture files?

-dejacky

 

[Les W]

ok, hope this works, here are the pics of my finished dealy. Man it works good. If you can't see them, I'll email them to yall.

looks great!! Did you customize the holder? Where did you get the parts from? The iron holder looks really familiar, but I can't remeber where I've seen it.

nice job btw