such as the sm57? got a friend coming in who insists on using the sm57 for recording his voice and i've never recorded vocals with it before. should i let him sing right on top of the mic with his lips touching the grill like he does at live shows? or should i try to get him to back off 6 inches or so like with condensers ? should i use a pop screen?

Hi everyone. I'd like to know what you think about pop screens. I bouht one today from Maplin -on this side of the Atlantic it's roughly equivalent to the Radio Shack.

I was quite surprised by the difference it made to the upper end. It's not as invasive as one of those foam windscreens, but I thought these nylon screens were supposed to be transparent.

Any ideas?

Is there any validity to high frequency loss during vocal recording with the use of store bought pop screens?. I have been reading a thread on another site and these guys SWEAR there is a marked difference. Using my son as a variable "hissing machine" for starters, I did a with/without, and honestly heard no difference. I have fairly well trained antennae.