Singers performing live never use a pop filter and it is never noticeably plosive – recording with a very good microphone still seems to require a pop filter. Why??

Question

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stage performance where there’s a pop filter, but they’re extremely common in recording. I record myself with a pretty good microphone and the plosives can become fairly obvious without the filter. I also believe it’s not a thing that can easily be countered live by any soundboard wizardry. So how do they get around this live? Or maybe they don’t and we just don’t really notice?

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Answer 1

Live music is loud and noisy environment with other instruments, audiences, etc and as a result mics are going to be less sensitive to avoid picking up everything else or feeding back. Also many performance mics have a foam wind screen in them which helps with noises.