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Popping “p”
My narrator has a tendency to pop his “p”s. Is there any audio filter that can reduce that without distorting the rest of the narration?
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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6 Replies
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bring that to his attention. He should re-do it for you free.
Charlie
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While I agree with Charlie that your narrator should try it again, there are other factors that may be working against him.
Unless he’s a pro at this, P pops are hard for an amateur to control.
The type of mic being used and how he talks into it can be another factor.
Try a pop filter like these ones from Sweetwater. -
So there’s no post solution.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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The only post solution would be to import the narration into an audio editor (such as Sound Forge), locate each popped “P” sound, highlight it, and then reduce the volume on the highlighted area.
The temptation is to remove it completely — but if the narration is on the source video, or otherwise synched to video, you’ll risk the audio drifing out of synch with the video.
(Narration is part of my day job, and clamping down on hard consonants — P, C, K, D, T — is a major part of post-production cleanup for me.)
Robert Payes
Photographer/HD Videographer
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If I need to reduce a sudden or sharp sound volume, I first drag over the sound to make a short region. Next, hit the “s” to cut that region into a separate clip. Then you can grab the top edge of the clip and pull it down. This leaves the loud sound still sounding like it belongs but reduced to a proper level. A sound man taught me this trick and I use it a lot – on doors, dropped objects, etc.
JerryW
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Thanks. That’s by far the quickest and easiest solution, Jerry. Best left to the final, final edit so as to not have to worry about burying that “p” when moving things around.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com
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