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Q: Can a preamp's pad be used as a pop filter?

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Editing SECRETS revealed!:  Surprised a BBC announcer would need anything at all to protect against pops, given how smoothly received pronunciation glides along like warm buttah.

JMC:  hmm, are you angry?

Editing SECRETS revealed! replies to JMC: Only when bad questions overdrive him into distortion. If people maintain a reasonable level of discourse, say around --13dB, then issues don't phase him at all.

Hi-Tech Filmmaker:  omg, I saw your thumbnail and I thought you were Paul McCartney!

rpg aleksy replies to Hi-Tech Filmmaker: Very much so, the mouth area and general face structure reminds me of Sir McCartney a lot, instant sympathy points as one can pretend it‘s actually Paul but in Audio Engineering form!

Morbid Man Music:  Obviously the popping was him clipping the preamp, and less possibly the mic at the source. You got this wrong. I'm surprised.

Audio Masterclass replies to Morbid Man Music: @Editing SECRETS revealed! This could be true. They could have heard clipping and called it popping, incorrectly. DM

Editing SECRETS revealed! replies to Morbid Man Music: Without an audio sample we don't know if the questioner accurately identified popping as opposed to clipping.

Audio Masterclass replies to Morbid Man Music: Clipping is not popping. A microphone may pop, a preamp may clip. DM

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David Mellor

David Mellor

David Mellor is CEO and Course Director of Audio Masterclass. David has designed courses in audio education and training since 1986 and is the publisher and principal writer of Adventures In Audio.

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