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Does Popper Stopper make a big difference?
Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not.
Brendan |
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The Horta wrote: Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. Brendan yes and no. A good vocalist who doesn't get right up on the mic or hit it with plosives can get by without one. For someone with lesser technique, it will protect your capsule and reduce plosives. |
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yes and no. A good vocalist who doesn't get right up on the mic or hit
it with plosives can get by without one. For someone with lesser technique, it will protect your capsule and reduce plosives. Unless you're sure about their level of skill at the mic, I'd just use it as a matter of course. Saves headaches. |
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will wrote:
yes and no. A good vocalist who doesn't get right up on the mic or hit it with plosives can get by without one. For someone with lesser technique, it will protect your capsule and reduce plosives. Unless you're sure about their level of skill at the mic, I'd just use it as a matter of course. Saves headaches. ditto to both remarks....they are indispensable to vocalists with poor technique....almost useless to properly trained recording artists. Jonny Durango |
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In article writes: Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. If you have pops, use a pop-stopper. If you don't, then you don't need one. Some vocalists know how to sing or speak without plosives, others need a little help. And yes, not all pop-stoppers are alike. Some work a lot better than others. With some singers, just a little is all you need so "a piece of panty hose over a coat hanger worked fine for me" might well be true. You can make one for next to nothing, buy commercially made onees for $20 - $60, and here's one for $130 that's really, really impressive in its ability to block a puff of air: http://www.lasvegasproaudio.com/pasu.html -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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The Horta wrote:
Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. It's a tool that fixes a problem. Some vocalists pop their Ps. Some do not. Everybody should have one in the kit because sooner or later you'll be dealing with someone who does. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"will" wrote in message oups.com... yes and no. A good vocalist who doesn't get right up on the mic or hit it with plosives can get by without one. For someone with lesser technique, it will protect your capsule and reduce plosives. Unless you're sure about their level of skill at the mic, I'd just use it as a matter of course. Saves headaches. Protects the mic from spit too. In some cases that alone makes me want to use it. Predrag |
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Even if the singer doesn't have too bad P's, if you put up a valuable mic,
it protects spit on the mic diaphragm, just a reason to put it all the time! "The Horta" wrote in message .. . Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. Brendan |
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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1119127417k@trad... In article writes: Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. If you have pops, use a pop-stopper. If you don't, then you don't need one. Some vocalists know how to sing or speak without plosives, others need a little help. And yes, not all pop-stoppers are alike. Some work a lot better than others. And no stopper can prevent popping on a crazed singer hell-bent on letting fly with loud plosives right up close. geoff |
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"if you put up a valuable mic, it protects spit on the mic diaphragm, just a
reason to put it all the time." Any singer who has worked with mics alot, knows to sing slightly off axis when plosives come along. Doesn't help spit though, but it sure keeps the singer from hugging the mic. "Jach Mehoff" wrote in message ... Even if the singer doesn't have too bad P's, if you put up a valuable mic, it protects spit on the mic diaphragm, just a reason to put it all the time! "The Horta" wrote in message .. . Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. Brendan |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
In article writes: Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. If you have pops, use a pop-stopper. If you don't, then you don't need one. Some vocalists know how to sing or speak without plosives, others need a little help. And yes, not all pop-stoppers are alike. Some work a lot better than others. With some singers, just a little is all you need so "a piece of panty hose over a coat hanger worked fine for me" might well be true. You need a more substantial support across the centre than a peripheral coat hanger can give, to stop the fabric from flexing in the middle when the air blast hits it. I used a 6" square of wire garden mesh (0.25" square holes) and coated the wires thinly with latex adhesive to hold fabric firmly onto it. With a slight curve to give it rigidity, it works extremely well on a STC 4038 ribbon mic. If you coat both sides of the mesh and slip it into the seat of a pair of tights, you get a double material thickness. Then, when the glue has set, you trim the legs off and put them aside for covering cylindrical mics should this become necessary. -- ~ Adrian Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk |
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There is a metal one that costs more money and shoots the air downward
as the sound goes through it. So many people say that one is superior. I have a regular one, but I'll get that one at some point. |
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The Horta wrote:
Just another newbie question. I see some using them and others not. Brendan I'd get the mic out of the breath stream. FWIW, I've used a placement about 18 inches away from the singer, above the head, with the (side adress) mic pointed at their forehead. These were loud singers, though... This'll also cause the singer to raise the chin, which makes most folks sing better. Ain't against 'em, but to me. being clever about placement is a better tactic. -- Les Cargill |
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:24:33 GMT, Les Cargill
wrote: This'll also cause the singer to raise the chin, which makes most folks sing better. Let's stamp on this one. Raising the chin makes anybody sing worse. It stresses the vocal cords and limits the intensity of sound badly. Go to any reputable singing teacher or voice coach, and "keep the chin down" is one of the first lessons you will get. d Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:24:33 GMT, Les Cargill wrote: This'll also cause the singer to raise the chin, which makes most folks sing better. Let's stamp on this one. Raising the chin makes anybody sing worse. It stresses the vocal cords and limits the intensity of sound badly. Go to any reputable singing teacher or voice coach, and "keep the chin down" is one of the first lessons you will get. d Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com Thanks for the correction. I'd actually learned this from a school choir director. -- Les Cargill |
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Les Cargill wrote in news:Srdve.186089$w15.48496
@tornado.tampabay.rr.com: Let's stamp on this one. Raising the chin makes anybody sing worse. It stresses the vocal cords and limits the intensity of sound badly. Go to any reputable singing teacher or voice coach, and "keep the chin down" is one of the first lessons you will get. Thanks for the correction. I'd actually learned this from a school choir director. If keeping your chin up also keeps you from slumping, it's OK. Good posture means better back support (the power singing muscles are in your lower back) and more room to expand your lungs (shoulders back). Then put your chin down and relax your jaw. |
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