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Post by teejay on Oct 13, 2022 18:13:48 GMT -6
I've been experimenting with my Haken pop filter. While it does a great job with minimal coloring, there is still a bit that's noticeable when it is parallel to the front of the mic.
What I've discovered is that turning/angling the Haken somewhere between 0 and 30 degrees still protects from plosives, but effectively reduces the coloring and brings it much closer to having no filter at all. In fact, the de-coloring seems to incrementally diminish the more angle you put on it. It's like you can adjust what you want up to a certain point by very slight changes in angle. At least that's what I hear. Must be related to how the pattern in the foam is impacting the sound, because this obviously does not apply to nylon or meta single-layer filters.
Maybe everyone already knows this, but thought I'd share for those who use them.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 13, 2022 18:25:01 GMT -6
I haven’t noticed that it colors the sound at all.
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Post by teejay on Oct 13, 2022 19:21:48 GMT -6
I haven’t noticed that it colors the sound at all. Maybe I got a factory 2nd. 😉 |
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Post by Ward on Oct 14, 2022 3:40:37 GMT -6
I was also a bit puzzled by your post at first.
Then I wondered, is it possible that your room has a low ceiling height? And because of that there’s an interaction with the filter that might not be there in a larger room?
I use mine primarily in front of a 47 or 67 in my vocal booth which is a 9 foot quarter round design, and I have found it to be the least colored of all pop filters I have used!
Granted, everything colors… And it would be silly to think that there is no possible effect or interaction that will slightly change the sound
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Post by teejay on Oct 14, 2022 6:59:44 GMT -6
8' ceiling. I've either got Golden Ears or bad room acoustics. I know what I'd like to think, but I also know what reality likely is.
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Post by mike on Oct 14, 2022 8:15:02 GMT -6
Granted, everything colors… And it would be silly to think that there is no possible effect or interaction that will slightly change the sound
I agree that everything effects sound, even things that on paper aren't supposed to IME.
I have both the Haken and the Rycote made of similar material but the Rycote is thinner, and noticed not only the small differences between the 2, but also discovered why I think the Rycote plastic pop filter holder shapes the filter in a convex shape after I noticed holding up the same filter flat verses convex resulted in small differences I could hear. Small differences but different non the less IME.
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Post by teejay on Oct 14, 2022 10:32:52 GMT -6
Granted, everything colors… And it would be silly to think that there is no possible effect or interaction that will slightly change the sound
I agree that everything effects sound, even things that on paper aren't supposed to IME.
I have both the Haken and the Rycote made of similar material but the Rycote is thinner, and noticed not only the small differences between the 2, but also discovered why I think the Rycote plastic pop filter holder shapes the filter in a convex shape after I noticed holding up the same filter flat verses convex resulted in small differences I could hear. Small differences but different non the less IME.
...so I'm NOT crazy. ( mike, check's in the mail.) |
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Post by mike on Oct 14, 2022 11:34:21 GMT -6
I agree that everything effects sound, even things that on paper aren't supposed to IME.
I have both the Haken and the Rycote made of similar material but the Rycote is thinner, and noticed not only the small differences between the 2, but also discovered why I think the Rycote plastic pop filter holder shapes the filter in a convex shape after I noticed holding up the same filter flat verses convex resulted in small differences I could hear. Small differences but different non the less IME.
...so I'm NOT crazy. ( mike , check's in the mail.) .....well I'm sure there are those who think I'm crazy, so I'm not sure my 2 cents helps  |
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Post by thehightenor on Oct 14, 2022 14:30:09 GMT -6
I haven’t noticed that it colors the sound at all. +1 I did a very simple double blind test I recorded with the filter and without then tried to guess which was which - I found it impossible. I have another filter to that's also amazingly transparent "Pauly Pop Filter" I bought types both at the same same to see which was best but in the end they where both invisible to my ears. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 14, 2022 22:22:46 GMT -6
I agree. I’d suggest blind tests
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