Remove Plosive Pops from Audio
"P" and "B" sounds blast a puff of air at the mic, creating a low-frequency "pop" or thump. This tool removes the plosive energy without a pop filter, after the fact.
How it works
Plosives concentrate their energy in the low frequencies, below the voice's intelligible range. A targeted high-pass at ~100 Hz removes the pop's thump while leaving the consonant and the rest of the voice intact.
What it's good for
- Voiceovers recorded without a pop shield
- Close-mic podcasting
- Home-studio vocals
- Field interviews
Details
- Engine
- DSP
- Formats
- MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, AAC
- Price
- Free to try
Frequently asked questions
Pop filters reduce but rarely eliminate plosives, especially up close. This cleans up the pops that still made it onto the recording.
They share a high-pass mechanism but are tuned differently: de-plosive targets the brief pop bursts, rumble removal targets continuous sub-bass vibration. Use whichever matches your problem.
No — the intelligible part of those consonants is higher up; only the sub-bass air-blast is removed.
The high-pass sits around 100 Hz, but very deep voices can lose a little chest body; nudge the cutoff lower if the result feels thin.
Yes. Plosive pops are an airflow effect on P and B sounds, so it cleans them in any language.
No GPU is needed; it is a quick DSP filter and runs on the free tier within the demo length limits.
Yes. The same low-frequency removal works on plosives in singing exactly as it does in speech.