Crappy Microphone - Getting rid of distortion

[Hypernia]

I have a really, really shitty microphone that I use to record myself every once in a while for a track. It's very sensitive to breathing/wind, etc... I was just wondering if there is anything that I could do in production to get rid of that annoying windy sound that appears. I've bugged around with filters and what not, but I can't seem to cover it up. Also, is there a technical term for this sound?

[Steve Zorilow]

It's called Pop. It's not a coincidence why studio use pop filter in between while recording.
Pop filter
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_filter"]Pop filter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Once recorded... I don't know any canned solution if any. Sometimes: Shit in = Shit out

[Hypernia]

cool, thanks for the assistance.

[mostapha]

If you don't want to afford a pop filter, you can make one out of panty hose and a wire coat hanger.

Or you can hold a pencil b/t your mouth and the diaphragm…the idea is to just keep the air from hitting the diaphragm head-on.

You can also turn the mic slightly away from your mouth.

And don't cup the mic like you see rappers and rock vocalists doing…that makes it worse because echos off your hand hit the back of the diaphragm.

Other than that…buy a better mic…and keep doing all of these things.

And your gains are probably a bit hot…sing/rap/talk louder and you'll amplify/record less noise…that probably has something to do with it too.

At any rate, it's not processing, it's microphone technique.

If you care to learn more, http://www.artandscienceofsound.com/

[Hypernia]

I found a tutorial on making a 10$ pop filter so I'll prolly give that a whirl tonight and see how it goes. Once again, thank you for the troll free assistance ^.^

[16b441khz]

When singing into a microphone your meant to sing 'over' (or under depending on the setup) the microphone so it doesn't receive that gush of air but still picks up your voice.