How can smooth out Vocal pops?

I have recorded some vocals, but the 'P' s pop out when I am singing certain words like People or Past

 

the Ps are boomy and popping out,  how do I go about smoothing these out?  I used a pop sheild but some words are still too much.

 

Any help appreciated.  I guess its with the EQ?

I have found Izotope's RX De-Plosive works fabulously well (and, as an aside, the Mouth De-Clicker is an invaluable resource for me),  Of course, going the Izotope Rx route can be a rather expensive solution, especially if one doesn't have use for the other plugins in the suite!

Thanks FuzzBub,

is there anything I can do with Logic's stock plug ins?

I have recorded some vocals, but the 'P' s pop out when I am singing certain words like People or Past 

 I guess its with the EQ?

Well, wrong guess. Prevention is the best cure. 

The cause of the Plosives is the engergy of air delivered to the mic when you are pronouncing the P sounds.

Some ways to avoid that is to move farther away from the mic and/or increase the distance of your pop shield.

Sing at, but not directly into the mic is another way so that the plosives are not aimed at the mic diaphram.

One guy from some obsure band used to pass his hand between his mouth and the mic when he knew there would be plosives.

I have recorded some vocals, but the 'P' s pop out when I am singing certain words like People or Past 

 I guess its with the EQ?

Well, wrong guess. Prevention is the best cure. 

The cause of the Plosives is the engergy of air delivered to the mic when you are pronouncing the P sounds.

Some ways to avoid that is to move farther away from the mic and/or increase the distance of your pop shield.

Sing at, but not directly into the mic is another way so that the plosives are not aimed at the mic diaphram.

One guy from some obsure band used to pass his hand between his mouth and the mic when he knew there would be plosives.

 

Thank you shivermetimbers.

The pop shield is actually on the mic, a foam cover, it a Shure Sm7B,  should I be using a further pop shield?

Prevention is the best cure. 

I agree. Good singers learn to avoid those exploding plosives. There's a way to sing something that's somewhere in between a P and a B... basically to avoid that stream of air that rushes out of your mouth when you open it after the P. 

Thanks David, i agree I am not a good singer!

 

 

I thought the foam cover on my Shure Sm7B was enough, do I need a further pop shield?

The foam shield is too close to the mic - you'll need a good quality pop shield with some space between you, the shield and the mic.

I think the poor original poster was asking about how to fix already-recorded pops... Telling him to become a better singer is kinda like shutting the barn door after the horse has already escaped.  Izotope does make wonderful stuff, but try this first: set a low-cut filter at about 150-200 cps.on your lead vocal. It can easily be automated so that it's in only on the affected syllables and doesn't mess up the overall sound of the vocal. You might want to p[lace the low cut filter before any compression you have in your signal chain - this will help the compressor not over-respond to the energy of the plosives. The SM7B is a good vocal mic. There was a guy by the name of Michael Jackson who used to use one. For your future recordings, the previously-given advice about pop-filters is certainly valid. 

I think the poor original poster was asking about how to fix already-recorded pops... Telling him to become a better singer is kinda like shutting the barn door after the horse has already escaped.  

Oh yes my advice was definitely more for future recordings, as I've personally never been very successful at removing already existing pops in a vocal recording. 

what i always do: i cut the 'p' in the region,, then lower the volume on it (you could do this with automation instead), and it works well enough, i've used it often enough. 

 

or, you could write songs that never use that letter...