Dealing With Plosives

If you don’t avoid capturing plosives in the recording process, you’ll have to deal with them in post-production.

Here are several ways to remove plosives in post:

• The De-plosive module in iZotope RX
• A multiband compressor to specifically crush the plosive frequencies which are usually in the range of around 120 Hz and below. Use a high ratio with very fast attack and release, then adjust threshold so that the compressor is only compressing the plosives.
• FYI, here’s the worst “solution”: Use a high pass filter to roll off the frequencies below ~120 Hz. The problem with this “solution” is that it will not only reduce the plosives but it will remove a significant amount of fullness and body from the sound, which can make the person’s voice sound a bit thin, weak or wimpy.

Also note that De-noise processors will NOT remove plosives.

Is there another method you use to remove plosives? Comment below!

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