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Hi everyone! In this video I'll show you how I made this homemade pop filter
you see here and it works really well.
The materials needed are:
firstly, a plastic cup. This one that I have here is Nocilla's, but
you can also use those little chocolate cups.
What matters is that the rim is hard plastic so it doesn't deform,
and the plastic cup must be wider at the rim than at the base.
Second, an old stocking. If you don't have one, you can find some
handkerchief or old shirt.
There has to be some sort of transparent material, because if too
thick, when speaking into the microphone it could not capture the voice well.
And third, optional, some type of metal wire.
I say it's optional because it is what we'll use to make the support
that will attach the pop filter to the micro, but I know that not everyone
has a wire of these at home.
And the tools you'll need are:
A cutter to cut the plastic cup. You can also use a
knife or whatever you have on hand.
A gimlet tool to make holes in the plastic.
If not, you can use a punch, the tip of a knife or even the cutter.
And a marker for marking where we will cut.
And now we get to the point.
The first thing to do is cut the rim of the plastic cup at a distance
about 1,5 cm.
You can make a mark to know where to cut.
And for cutting use the cutter.
I'd recommend you do it slowly to keep the pulse and not damage
either sides,
because after that we'll need to cut a second ring of the glass.
That second ring should measure around half a centimeter.
And it would look like this:
one hand, we have the hoop with the hard edge and, on the other, the smaller hoop.
Now we take the gimlet tool and make a hole in the bottom of the large hoop,
the one with the hard rim.
It must be large enough to pass the stocking through it;
preferably should be near the edge.
And you can optionally make a small hole on the left and another one on the right.
Why do I say "optional"? Because through these holes is how I
pass the wire to create the support, but you can come up with a different idea
to make the support.
Now we have to take the small ring and put it in the stocking.
You need to stretch it until the stocking is completely smooth
and we pass the stocking through the big hole of the hoop with thick border.
And finally all you have to do is fit the hoop with the stocking within
the big hoop.
Because of the hard rim of the plastic cup, it doesn't deform and keeps
its rounded shape.
And we have our homemade pop filter.
I made a knot.
Is somewhat ugly, but so far I haven't come up with a better idea.
To create the support I twisted the wire around the
microphone, leaving two bended ends.
And pass these ends through the two small holes I made before.
I know that the result is not very elegant, but what matters is that it works.
And here's a test: first without the pop fiilter,
and then with it.
If you do not have a wire on hand you could do the support with a plastic bottle.
You'd need to make a hole in the cap of the bottle and another hole
in the large hoop and then pass a screw with a nut.
And the result would be like this. The downside to this system is that
you'd need to find a bottle with a suitable height and it would be
to leave the pop filter and the micro on a table,
but hey, it's a suggestion: maybe someone comes up with a best method.
If you want my advice, I will recommend doing this pop filter
only if you have got all the materials at home. I say this because
I've seen online tutorials that show how to create a homemade pop filter
and the first thing they tell you is you have to go to a store and buy a hoop,
but I think that the point of this type of craft is that you can
make them with things you already have;
instead of spend money in buying some of the
materials, maybe you should buy a real pop filter.
I hope you enjoyed the video
and if anyone decides to made this pop filter, let me know!
See you soon!