[PD] clap clap bonk bonk

[brandt at subnet.at]

Hi

the pop filter does not do anything against the hiss, it is just trying to
take away the plosives, like low frequency high power airstream, which
couses the membran of the microphone to react in not wished/calculated
ways.

so with the turbolence theory you are quiet on the right way.

der.brandt



> Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Miller Puckette wrote:
>>
>>> I've tried clapping into mics and cant get consistent results -- the
>>> burst of air goes in all different directions and I could never get a
>>> consistent sound into the mic at all.
>>
> ...
>> i just looked up "pop filter" when seeing that word in cgc's reply, and
>> it seems like it's a highpass filter, though it doesn't use those words
>> in the description I read, but I guess it from what they say about
>> clipping and aspirated plosives.
>>
>>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_filter
>>
>> but this article is weird, because it mentions the hiss but doesn't say
>> what a pop filter does about hiss...
>
> It is not so much a question of highpass vs. lowpass as it is a
> directional filtering - the pop filter attenuates the most direct path
> of the sound, and if I am not mistaken they are designed to attenuate
> more with a higher energy burst of sound (this attenuation achieved via
> air turbulence), in order to filter more strongly on the loudest
> sibilants (high pitched) and plosives (low pitched) while affecting the
> quieter sounds as little as possible.
>
> This turbulence theory may be wrong, I looked for confirmation or denial
> online but my google skills are failing me.
>
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