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Brauner KHE Pop Filter + General Pop Filter Discussion

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bob ebeling:
I recently picked up a VM1-KHE and I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions on the Brauner pop filter that is an option for it.  I'm worried that such a big bulky thing would change the tone drastically, which, as gorgeous as this mic sounds would not be welcome.  Klaus sir, I'm sure you might have a good opinion on this one.  

I'm currently using a Pauly Superscreen which I find to mess with the tone in the transparent least, but I'm enamored with the possibility of adding this giant cylindar filter based on looks.  

Klaus Heyne:
Bob,
Your observation is correct: The original VM1 pop screen, included in the original KHE package, is a bit on the over-protective side, with moderate impact on the high frequencies. As well-designed and executed that accessory was, we opted to delete it after about fifty mics sold.

All popper stoppers currently commercially available range on a scale from fairly transparent, though detrimental to the capsule's cleanliness (and their inability to suppress some air sounds), all the way to super-efficient in the suppression of unwanted air noise, but with too much attenuation in the highs and transients.

So, all of these products affect audio, more or less.

I found a good compromise between protection and acoustic transparency in using a wooden crochet ring, minimum of 8 inches, with two planes of single layer hose/stocking material lightly tensioned across and mated to a standard mic stand thread.

Silvertone:
Funny Klaus, as 25 years ago this is exactly how the Popper Stopper Company made theirs... In fact I still have it. However, I stopped using anything like this 15 years ago (at least with singers)... I'd rather take the time to guide them through proper mic technique (which they can use the rest of their lives!)

Thanks for the answer, Klaus.

bob ebeling:
Yes, thanks a lot, Klaus.  
I'll head off to the local crochet supply this week (there actually is one down the road).  

Any particular panty hose I should keep an eye out for?  

In this pop filter craze I have tried just singing and then pulling away the filters and the results are quite dramatic, I can hear how the air around the capsule is impacted.  

In the end I just want less sibilance and less taco bell seepage from the litany of the untrained.  I find sibilance the biggest issue from filter to filter.  It seems to follow the singer, but trying 5 different pop filters before we begin real takes is just not an option in the zero attention span shrinking budget age.

10 years ago when I could have spent 3 days testing 40 pop filters if I wanted, the thought did not even cross my mind.  Funny.  

Klaus Heyne:
bob ebeling wrote on Sun, 01 August 2010 17:14
Any particular panty hose I should keep an eye out for?  

Probably the kind that turns you on the most.

There are tricks to tame sibilance. Most of them employ off-axis positioning of the mouth vis a vis the capsule.

I am sure there are experienced engineers here who can chime in with their special secrets of how to tame the esses. My favorite: position the mic such that the axis extending straight out from the mouth is below that of the top of the mic (assuming it's hanging).

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