Fighting off them ‘plosives’ + mini audio lesson

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Everyone who’s anyone knows I have a sparkly new microphone — still getting used to it. Although it's got a great sound, it picks up on plosives frequently. Left unchallenged, they can ruin a vocal track... we’ll get to this in a bit.

Yeah, he’s mad!

The letters “T, B, P” and possibly others, when spoken into a cardioid microphone, can hit the mic’s capsule with a burst of air, leaving a bass‑y thud sound in its wake. I’m sure you’ve heard it before on less‑than‑professional audio — or live radio.

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So anyways, I’m taking a multi-approach in reigning in plosives. My two pop-shields don't seem to help at all, so I try to record while turned a bit so I'm not hitting the mic directly with plosives. Also, there's a very handy filter in Audition software (FFT) that is extremely useful in mitigating microphone pops.

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Happy New Year or Whatever!

Please stay safe and such.

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Happy Whatever to you too, @overkillcoin ;)

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New Years is a pretty safe holiday to proclaim, because it's hard to argue with a calendar... but even then, some cultures still hold onto their own calendars... I think everyone just gets offended so easily lately :)

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Nobody like Mr Plosive. I have a pop shield for my mic that seems to do the trick, but speaking just over the mic can help too. Happy new whatever to you too.

Enjoy a !BEER

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Yeah! Be safe my friend. I want to still read your posts in 2020! LOL Happy New Year @overkillcoin

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I don't even plan to leave the house unless I'm taking the doge out for a walk :)

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