Free Voice Over Lessons/Coaching - Avoiding Pops and Plosives

[@AnibalFraquelli]

Excellent information!

[@StartupBoss]

Cool tip with the tissue 👍 I'm gonna try that

[@BernardaLJones]

Promising channel

[@PJade]

I've been having trouble with plosives in my recordings and I will try the tissue trick. Thanks!

[@AECoH]

Excellent guide Chris!

[@ChrisAgosActor]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it.

[@kipling1957]

I appreciate you taking time to reply, Chris. I think you may have a point regarding mic choice. I’ve been using an SM7B recently as I my recording space is not ideal and it helps dry up the reverb. Previously I used a Blue Baby Bottle which has a vintage tone with less high emphasis and there was hardly a problem. Thanks for reming me of that. It’s all swings and roundabouts. One day I’ll get all my ducks lined lined up. 🙂 Cheers!

[@stretch1807]

WAVEFORM! that's the word :)

[@BirbIrl]

another good tip is talking past the microphone rather than directly to it, altho it doesn't work well with some setups

[@ChrisAgosActor]

Yep, good advice!

[@markusvonstubblelord226]

This was a true eye opener. Thank you!! :O

[@ChrisAgosActor]

You’re welcome!

[@kipling1957]

My big problem is with "T" plosives, if they can be called that. It sounds a bit like a metallic hammer crack at around 3.5kHz. I tried taking them out with a narrow dynamic EQ, but it affects the overall timbre of my voice too much which then sounds dull. I have on occasion edited them out with volume automation--a lot of work. I do try to pay attention to my speech production, but it's easy to get caught up in the text and forget. Just practice I guess. There's no associated air rush, so the tissue trick would not work. If you have any advice for this one it would be appreciated. Thanks.

[@ChrisAgosActor]

Sounds like the issue is more one of sibilance than of pushing too much air through as in a P plosive. Have to admit that I don't have any tricks to cut down on that. Certain mics tend to be more sensitive to "T" and "S" sounds so it's possible that switching mics could help.