Pop filter on dynamic mic?

It's much more critical on condensers just because they are so much more sensitive. Dynamics are inherently more immune to pops and sibilance, and they usually have some kind of integrated pop filter built in to them. People often use dynamic mics because they can be hand-held, which many singers are more comfortable with. Obviously, a pop filter is impractical if the singer is dancing around.

But that doesn't mean a pop filter wouldn't be beneficial if it's on a stand, especially for a singer that works the mic as if he were inflating a balloon.

Bitflipper -- one more quick last minute question - all the musician's mics/lines are getting narrowed down to outputs left and right from my mixer -- which I will bring into my Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 - Channel 1&2. In X1 do you suggest that I just use one stereo channel, OR set up two - one as input from interface L and the other interface R ----?

Sorry, Charles, I don't quite understand the question. The way I understand it is you're going to be capturing the entire mix, vocals and all from the main stereo outs on the FOH board. But you have two additional line inputs available on the Focusrite. I don't know what you'd be able to use those for, though, unless the board has flexible routing options that could let you exclude the vocals from the main mix and pick them up on one of the spare channels on the Focusrite.

Back to the original- I'm a big fan of the improvement seen in adding the foam booties' over dynamic vocal mics.
Gigs', might not care, but that reduction in overall noise in most cases seems good for a step up in quality IMO.

i always pop filter everything.

there is no reason in losing a great performance, because of one pop.
and it happens...

at least to me, every time i track!!

LOL

so, invest in a nice METAL pop filter.....

something like this:


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/stedman-proscreen-xl-pop-filter?tandt_rdir=1




or, a more standard pop filter like this, which i use
http://www.popfilter.com/

is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

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is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

oh, oh, i can answer this one!!!


heheh


cuz it sounds good.




i've done killer vox tracks with a lowly sm57.

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is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

I compared my vocal on a Nuemann M149, SM7, Rode K2 and SM58. Two dynamics and two condensers. I think overall the SM7 and SM58 (which sounded close to identical on my voice - but this isn't always the case with different singers) sounded better than the $7000 Nuemann and $700 Rode. This was in a decent studio. So yes, a dynamic and definitely work. I'll probably still use a condenser on my softer singing parts, but for main vocals, the dynamics (or at least compared to the condensers I tried) seem to give a better sound over all.


I would personally take the grill off the dynamic (in my case the 58) and then use the pop filter. Pop filter does the best job, and remove the grill to limit any high end loss.

I stand corrected - the pencil technique is for sibilance -

Anytime I record, dynamic or condenser, I use a pop filter. Though I wouldn't mind too much if I didn't have one on dynamic. Now its just habit as the pop filter never leaves my main mic stand.

the metal ones really work well.

Lol, good point! I have a dual fabric one. I'd like to get a metal one in the future, but my mesh does the job for now.

I have one of those styled pop filters for a SDC mic. I've never tried it on vocals before. What is an incredibly sibilancy/popy sentence I can use to test it with and without the pop filter?

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I have one of those styled pop filters for a SDC mic. I've never tried it on vocals before. What is an incredibly sibilancy/popy sentence I can use to test it with and without the pop filter?

Sentence?... Nah!! For best results use about three words for example; Sh#T + Puffy + Shoes  --- repeated fairly abruptly over and over with about one second intervals  

Pop filters should always be used for singers. Unless they are singing "Pop music?" In which case, you might not hear anything...

(I'm sorry for that right there Lord.)