When it comes to helping avoid plosives on your podcast audio, most podcasters use either a wind screen or a pop filter with their microphone. But which one is better, and which should you use?

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When it comes to using a screen for your microphone,

there's generally two options.

There's the windscreen that often comes with the mic itself

and this is like the little foam sort of sock that goes over the top of the mic.

Or you have a standalone pop filter.

This is a standalone that usually clips onto the mic

or clips onto the arm if you're using an arm

and normally that's a plastic circle with foam in the middle

and the foam sits between your mouth and the microphone.

There's pros and cons to both.

The windscreen looks better if you're on camera

but the quality of the foam can be questionable

depending on the manufacturer.

If the foam's too thin

then it won't really offer any protection against plosives

so it's not really doing the job it's meant to be doing.

With the stand-alone pop filter, these are usually better,

but because they are quite big,

they can look awkward if you're on screen or doing a video.

In that case, if you do want to use a windscreen

that goes onto the mic itself,

a little trick is to have about an inch gap

between the end of the microphone and the foam itself.

This adds a bit more space between your mouth and microphone

and this really helps to avoid the plosives.

So really, the choice is yours,

either the windscreen that goes on top of the mic

or the stand-alone pop filter.

But both are really good at helping reduce plosives

and getting rid of that loud P or B noise

that you can sometimes hear on podcasts.

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