What's the best pop filter?

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:35 pm

Nice job, Greg! Did you "go one better" than the coat hanger and use a "needlepoint" frame, from the craft store?

Also, what' s the mic? Looks nice!

I appreciate the comments on the "Super Screen", I'll have a look at it, at least - have been considering the Stedman(Though as just my snot gets on my screen, 'washable" don't matter much to me... ha..?). One advantage of needing only one of things(I do VO), is that I can, sometimes, spend a bit more on the accessories.....

TG

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:58 pm

Here's a pic of some of what I used:

I took it after the actual pop shield had been made though. That was simply an embroidery/needlepoint hoop (as you guessed!) which was $1 at Wal-Mart. The lamp was something I bought to use as a lamp, but it didn't fit where I wanted it to go, so it was destined to collect dust. I remember it being $5 at Staples/Business Depot.

So, ~$10 CDN if you buy all the components, or less if you already own or can 'liberate' from somebody (ie. nylons from your wife).

A 'budget' filter from the music store isn't really all that much more expensive. $15 for the goose-neck and $10 for the actual filter brings you up to $25. If I didn't already have the parts, the more reasonable options would have been:

1 - an actual coat-hanger, and maybe the embroidery hoop
2 - the budget music-store solution

But since I was already partway there, it was worth it for me to just 'make' the whole thing, plus it was kind of fun for a half-hour project.

The microphone is nothing special, just an Apex (ie. cheap-a$$) medium-diaphragm that came in a 'studio pak' along with 2 pencil condensers. Since we're on the subject, I ended up making a mic case for the microphones, too. Did I mention I like DIY stuff? It turned out pretty well:

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:20 pm

Nice!

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