Technique of the Week: Manually Removing Microphone Pop

When recording vocals, even if using a top-notch pop shield, there are times when the puff of wind caused by plosive sounds – “p”, “b” etc. – hits the microphone, creating a nasty ‘pop’ noise in your recording.
Locate the ‘pop’ sound in the recording and zoom in so you can see it in detail. Become familiar with the shape – a sudden, loud, low-frequency oscillation that rapidly dissipates. Create a cut in the audio part just before the start of the ‘pop’, and then use a fade tool to create a short convex fade-up that covers the length of the pop sound.
Read more about this here: https://www.musictech.net/2018/07/technique-week-manually-removing-microphone-pop/