Definition of Pop filter
A pop filter, pop shield or pop screen is a noise protection filter for microphones, typically used in a recording studio. It serves to reduce or eliminate popping sounds caused by the mechanical impact of fast-moving air on the microphone from plosives during recorded speech and singing. Pop filters can also keep saliva off the microphone during recording.
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- Why is a pop filter necessary? · Sound Design SE
Further reading
- Filter Design and Implementation · Wikibooks: Acoustics
- Polymer-Film Acoustic Filters · Wikibooks: Acoustics
- Filter Design Outline · Wikibooks: Engineering Acoustics
- Filter Design Proposal · Wikibooks: Engineering Acoustics
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What is Pop filter?
A pop filter, pop shield or pop screen is a noise protection filter for microphones, typically used in a recording studio.
Sources & credits
- Wikipedia: Pop filter – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by midiman – CC BY 2.0