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Just a quick tip if you’re a podcaster and people make loud clicking noises by constantly fidgeting with things that might be laying around.  i.e. dice, pencils, chips, magnets etc. then try adding a pop filter to your paraphernalia.

I got the idea from a couple of places on the web, here’s a link to another set of instructions with pictures, not that I’m sure pictures are necessary.

Go to your favorite Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, Michaels Crafts or any sewing type store and pick up a cheap Embroidery Loop.   Now take a pair of your wife’s knee-highs, or your own, I make no judgements here, and slide the knee high over the inner circle of the loop.   Stretch the fabric a bit and then tie a knot on each side close to the hoop, essentially you’re trapping the inner loop inside the hose.

Now slip the outer loop down over the hose and tighten the screw down.  Snip off the excess hose, you should have a little knot on each side.

Now get a heavy piece of copper wire (or alumnum or a coat hanger snipped up or whatever) and make a hook in one end.  Hook the screw on the embroidery loop and then twist it tight like a bread tie locking the wire into the hoop so it doesn’t shift around.

Get a binder clip and hook the other end of the wire through the clip and twist it up.

What you should end up with is a embroidery hoop with two layers of panty hose material with a flexible piece of wire sticking out of one side with a clamp on the end.

Bend the wire as needed so that you can clamp the clamp onto your microphone and position the hoop between the mic and your speakers.

What this does is help reduce the high ‘clicks and pops’ that I’ve had issues with up till now.  And it costs you like $2, less if you steal one of your wives hose without her being the wiser.

Or you could buy one from amazon or some other place for $15.  $1.50 or $15?  Not a hard decision to make.

I just added one in front of my mic which is now located directly above the gaming table and the clicks that were ear popping before when played back are now not so annoying that I’ll go to the trouble of deleting all of them from the podcasts like I had been doing.