In the absence of having a windscreen, will it make any difference to use a pop filter on the lead vocalist's dynamic mic - for recording? Not sure if these only work well for condensor mics.....

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.

I might try one - it is on a stand and this guy does get very close ---- recording them live, so can use all the help I can get. You wrote to me about this gig - on an earlier, different post. It is tonight.

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 ----?

bitflipper


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.

Thanks for that lovely image, Bit!


[Derp Moment]Dang! This girl can blow! No! I really mean it! Look! Hypothermia! Poor microphone!" :([/Derp Moment]

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.

Well its over and done with now.... I think it turned out pretty good what little I played back. Think  I got the routing ok in the end. Took a  few songs to figure levels out - etc.... It is tough when the monitoring situation is poor due to all the house noise, and then the in-house music they blast when the band is taking a break.... Eventually I may post some results. I won't even get to listen back for a few days. Thanks for the follow up and help. I was on the run, so could not read everything before having to get set up and go with it...

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.

Depends on the mic, and the singer's technique. ie, a Heil PR35 and a Shure SM7, both dynamics but with very different response to plosives. Both can be used with or w/o a pop filter, but the SM7 will be way more forgiving.

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/