What is the mesh for microphones?

A microphone grille (or “grill”) is the protective mesh-like layer around a microphone’s capsule. Grilles provide varying degrees of protection from physical trauma, plosive gusts of air, and moisture while still allowing sound to enter the mic capsule effectively.

What is the point of a microphone cover?

The foam or fur cover of a microphone is called a windscreen. A windscreen protects the microphone diaphragm from gusts of air. Without a windscreen, wind or breathing can cause loud pops in the audio signal. Windscreens break up gusts of air before they interact with the microphone diaphragm.

What is the black disc in front of a microphone?

A pop filter does exactly what it sounds like: it filters those pops out of your vocal sound. More specifically, it disperses the air coming from your mouth in different directions. Then it doesn’t hit the microphone in one big blast. This keeps your plosives from sounding too harsh in the recording.

What is the fuzzy thing on a microphone?

What is a Wind Muff? The synthetic fur covers on microphones in video production are often referred to as a “dead cat” or “wind muff”. These funny looking covers can block wind from hitting the microphone, therefore reducing the wind noise from being recorded.

What’s better pop filter or windscreen?

Pop screens are much more effective against pop noises than windscreens. The latter also attenuate the treble response to some degree, while pop screens affect the sound far less. For optimal protection, the pop screen shouldn’t be too close to the mic.

Is condenser mic good for gaming?

Condenser microphones are useful for most recording studio applications including voice acting, gaming, higher end live streaming, singing, etc. Condenser microphones are also an optimal choice for beatboxing, due to the ability to pick up a wide range of clear sound.

What is the fuzzy thing on a camera?

Many on-camera microphones are compatible with a kind of wind protection called “Fur Windshields.” A fur windshield is essentially a fuzzy sock that you pull over the foam windscreen that came with your microphone.