Fixing Popped Ps Plosives P-Pops

A plosive is that annoying bass thump that happens when someone says a word that starts with P (and some times other words).

It's best to avoid them during recording but if they're in your tracks here's how to effectively remove them.

Plugins used in this video: ReaEQ

[allancerf]

WORKED PERFECTLY ON A PAYING GIG! I hate using all-caps; this is a reflection of how grateful I am! Thanks!

[RichieHmusic]

Just to show what a rooky I am...didn't even have the high pass at that got rid of the how to copy and paste FX in Reaper too. Great video!!!! Thanks

[gibbonschip]

Thanks for this tiP. It worked Perfectly on my current Project. Totally Purged that Pesky P.

[DapperDanLovesYou]

Fantastic! Straight forward and very useful! I was always curious how to fix those Pesky P's in Post. 

[mikewalsh]

Thanks Adam! Once again you've helped me to make a better recording.

[RealHomeRecording]

I'm sorry I didn't see your comment earlier.

The mechanical pop you may be hearing is from cutting at a non-zero crossing spot. You can either add a small cross fade at your cut points or there's a Split items at prior zero crossing option in REAPER with ALT+Z as the default instead of the typical S keyboard shortcut (for splitting items/regions).

[RealHomeRecording]

You're welcome! Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already. I have a lot of great tutorials coming this summer.

[RealHomeRecording]

@bonuzround You're welcome, thank you for the compliment!

[iangmarshall]

many thanks Will....
So much for plosives. Very instructive. Now what can we do to eradicate clicks in voice recordings : those produced by fricatives or tongue/teeth clicking during speech. When using cubase of course. Best, Ian Marshall

[ThePancakeJedi]

In short: use a highpass at 350Hz on only the P's and adjust the volume.

[SpeedAkpodiete]

Thank you! If you have a Blue Snowball mic, it helps to stop plosives, too. I think it has a built-in pop filter

[stevedry]

Is there any way to do this without having to edit each individual plosive? I'm editing a 90 minute podcast together and one of my tracks is filled with them. Editing them all would be my own personal hell.

[bamagtrdude]

Thanks for making this tutorial. I tried to do this last night in Reaper, and couldn't quite seem to get it to work. Are you splitting the track & dragging down to track 2, or -- ?? You say "cut" but when I tried to cut & drag down to a scratch track, I'm getting a mechanical "POP" in my vocal track now, even after adding EQ as you suggested. Pls advise - thx!

[Eghtykeys]

You rock because of this tip!!!! Thanks

[RealHomeRecording]

If the clicks are before or after a word I just delete them. If during I'm not sure there's much that can be done.

This would actually be a good test for iZotope RX. I've gotten guitar string squeeks out of recordings with that program.

[Drackeye]

That will be helpful during editing. Though I'm looking to help soften them in my speech during recording so will continue to look around. Thank you though.

[zachstout]

Thank you soo much! this was extremely helpful!

[lecciontigreoficial]

gracias mi pana siempre lo usare con la ayuda de dios muchas gracias por el tuto saludos desde colombia

[gamesworkshopdude]

anyone know how i can do this in adobe premiere?

[EdwurdB.Writing]

Thanks a lot! I will definitely try this.