Pop Filter

English translation: windscreen

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English term or phrase:Pop Filter
Selected answer:windscreen
Entered by: elsayed fayed

21:25 Dec 1, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Music
English term or phrase: Pop Filter
is this the same mean?
Pop Filter (windscreen, pop screen, pop shield, pop stopper)
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 16:38
windscreen
Explanation:
Yes, all those terms are more or less synonyms for the same thing, albeit sometimes differing in the exact details of their form.

The basic idea is to stop the mic making a 'pop' noise when people blow directly into it, as happens, for example, with plosive consonants like 'p' or 'b'. Also, to avoid similar problems from wind or other sources of air currents...

Most such systems work by simply preventing the current of air reaching the mic diaphragm directly; in essence, they act as an audio high-pass filter in the mechanical domain.

Common realizations include the foam 'bobble' or 'sock' often used on vocalists' mics for performance, and the more cumbersome circular fabric screens often seen in recording studios, along with the bulky (and sometimes furry!) 'zeppelins' seen on mics used for outdoor location film work.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 15:38
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thank you tony
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pop filter
windscreen


Explanation:
Yes, all those terms are more or less synonyms for the same thing, albeit sometimes differing in the exact details of their form.

The basic idea is to stop the mic making a 'pop' noise when people blow directly into it, as happens, for example, with plosive consonants like 'p' or 'b'. Also, to avoid similar problems from wind or other sources of air currents...

Most such systems work by simply preventing the current of air reaching the mic diaphragm directly; in essence, they act as an audio high-pass filter in the mechanical domain.

Common realizations include the foam 'bobble' or 'sock' often used on vocalists' mics for performance, and the more cumbersome circular fabric screens often seen in recording studios, along with the bulky (and sometimes furry!) 'zeppelins' seen on mics used for outdoor location film work.

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
thank you tony

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agree  Demi Ebrite: Great explanation, Tony!
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agree  Jim Tucker (X)
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agree  Rolf Keiser
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agree  Phong Le
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