Plosive recording

Plosives are hard consonant sounds such as the letter P, T, C, K, B, J etc. These letters when spoken usually create wind noise and harsh bass frequencies that can cause your recording to pop or click. These sounds can ruin your recording and reduce the quality of your output.

1. What is a plosive in audio?
2. How do you avoid plosives when recording?
3. What are plosives microphone?
4. How do you fix vocal plosives?

What is a plosive in audio?

Plosives are a type of disturbance closely related to sibilance. Both of these are produced by speech, and they are the overflow of air onto the microphone diaphragm. Sibilance creates high frequency disturbances, while plosives create mid to low frequency disturbances.

How do you avoid plosives when recording?

The most effective way to avoid P-Pops is to position the mic “off-axis” which is to say, off to the side, at an angle, rather than directly in front of the mouth. Alternately, you could position the mic slightly above your mouth, but pointing down.

What are plosives microphone?

The biggest problem with working close to a microphone is plosives, a sound produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth or palate, followed by a sudden release of air. The basic plosives in English are t, k and p (voiceless) and d, g and b (voiced).

How do you fix vocal plosives?

The Primary Fix: Get It Right at the Source

1. Enable the low-frequency roll-off switch on the mic or preamp. ...
2. Learn not to sing plosive sounds so forcefully. ...
3. Use an omnidirectional mic. ...
4. Position yourself the correct distance from the mic. ...
5. Use a properly positioned pop filter. ...
6. Sharp highpass filter. ...
7. Fade in on the pop.