WindbreakerPop filter plugin · de-plosive for any voice, cut only at the pop
The only pop filter plugin you'll ever need for clean P's and B's on any voice.
Take the low thump out of every P and B after the fact, on singing, rap, podcasts and voice-overs. It cuts only while a pop is happening, so the consonant stays crisp and the voice keeps its body, with zero latency in LIVE for recording.
- Use it on 5 computers per copy
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- 90-day money-back guarantee
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- VST3, AU and AAX, Windows and macOS
Formats and DAWs
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit): VST3 and AAX
macOS 11 or later: VST3, AU and AAX
Works in any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins.
Licence
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy. Yours for good, no subscription. Unlock it with your email and a six-digit code, no dongle and no password. It checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Delivery
Download links by email within about five minutes, and always in your account under Downloads.
Hear the difference
The same dry voice, without and with Windbreaker.
Spoken lines, the P and B thumps gone
Dry male voice-over lines, one after another · Vocal Pops (the default)
A female voice-over, cleaned for video
Dry female voice-over lines · Speech / Video Voiceover
Rap hooks, close-mic thumps
Dry trap vocal hooks · Rap / Close Mic
Shouted lines, heavy pops
Dry male voice-over shouts · Heavy Pops / Rescue
A deep sung voice, left alone
A dry low male sung hook · Singing / Low Male Vocal
Every clip is level-matched, so the difference you hear is tone, not volume.
Windbreaker in action
Why Windbreaker
Only at the pop
A static low cut thins every word. Windbreaker lowers the lows only while a P or B is thumping, so the voice keeps its body between them.
The consonant stays
Only the band under FREQ is cut, so the P itself keeps its snap and the words stay clear.
Singing too
A held low note is never taken for a pop, so a deep sung voice keeps its chest. It works on rap, podcasts and voice-overs alike.
Amount. Sensitivity.
Two big knobs do the work: how hard each pop is cut, and how soft a pop it catches.
- VST3 · AU · AAX
- Windows and macOS
- LIVE: 0 ms
- 14 presets
The pop filter plugin
- Only at the pop. The voice keeps its body between pops.
- The consonant stays. Only the band under FREQ is cut.
- Singing, rap, podcasts and voice-overs. A held low note is never taken for a pop.
- LIVE. Zero latency for recording through it.
- AMOUNT, SENSITIVITY and FREQ.
- LOW CUT (OFF, 60, 80, 100 Hz), LIVE / HQ and DELTA to hear only what comes out.
- MIX, IN and OUT with meters, the LOW BAND, SUB and POPS readings, and ENGAGE.
- 14 factory presets and your own preset files; A/B, undo and redo, MIDI Learn on every control; a window from 75 to 200 %; the full manual.
THE BURST
See every pop it catches.
Each P and B it catches flashes a burst of breath on the mesh, as big as the cut. Between pops the air is calm.
What Windbreaker does
Every control has one job: clean P's and B's, the voice untouched.
AMOUNT
How hard each pop is cut
Up to 18 dB off the lows under each caught pop at 100 %, up to 27 dB at 150 %. The deepest lows, under 100 Hz, are cut one and a half times as far, where a thump's energy sits.
SENSITIVITY
Catch soft pops or only loud ones
Sets how big a low burst must be against the voice above it to count as a pop. A cut can only start on a sudden burst, so a held low note is never taken for one.
FREQ
How high the cut reaches
The cut band ends anywhere from 100 to 250 Hz. Lower it for a deep voice, raise it for close, breathy B's. Nothing above it is ever touched.
LOW CUT
Rumble gone, all the time
A gentle, steady low cut under the whole voice: OFF, 60, 80 or 100 Hz. Handling noise and room hum go with the pops.
DELTA
Hear exactly what comes out
Plays only what the cut takes away: soft thumps, never words. Set AMOUNT and SENSITIVITY by ear, then switch it off.
LIVE and HQ
Zero latency when you record
HQ looks 5 ms ahead so the cut lands on the pop's first moment, compensated by your DAW. LIVE adds no latency at all, for recording and monitoring.
The readings
See the cut in numbers
LOW BAND and SUB show how far each band is cut right now; POPS counts the pops caught, its dots lit while one is being cut.
MIX, IN and OUT
Gain and blend where you need them
MIX blends with the untouched voice, kept in step with it; IN and OUT give -24 to +24 dB with meters on both, and a safety limiter above 0 dB.
14 sourced presets
Start from settings that work
Podcast, rap, singing, voice-over, tracking and fixes, each from documented settings, each within 1 LU of the dry voice.
A face that moves
Watch the pops go
A burst of breath breaks on the pop screen at each caught pop, as big as the cut; the screen's rim glows with the output.
Inside the plugin
The Windbreaker window: two big knobs, FREQ, LOW CUT, LIVE and HQ, and the pop readings.
Every feature
Everything in Windbreaker, down to the smallest switch.
38 features
The pop filter
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AMOUNT
Up to 18 dB off each pop at 100 %, 27 dB at 150 %
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SENSITIVITY
Catch soft pops, or only the loud ones
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FREQ
The cut band ends anywhere from 100 to 250 Hz
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Only at the pop
The voice is untouched between pops
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Extra sub cut
The deepest lows cut one and a half times as far
Clean-up and listening
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LOW CUT
A steady rumble cut: OFF, 60, 80 or 100 Hz
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DELTA
Hear only what comes out
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LOW BAND, SUB and POPS
The cut and the pops caught, live
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Level-matched
Every preset within 1 LU of the dry voice
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MIX
Blend with the untouched voice, kept in step
Timing
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LIVE
Zero latency for recording and monitoring
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HQ
A 5 ms look-ahead, reported to your DAW
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Click-free
Every switch and knob moves without a click
Workflow and control
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A/B compare and A>B
Two complete settings, switch in one click
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Undo and redo
Step back and forward, or press Ctrl+Z
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MIDI Learn
Take complete control of your workflow: right-click any control, move a knob
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Host automation
Automate every control from your DAW
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ENGAGE
Click-free bypass, to hear the before and after
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IN and OUT meters
See the level going in and coming out at a glance
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Tooltips
Every control explains itself as you point at it
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Resizable window
75 to 200 %, and the size you pick is remembered
Presets
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14 factory presets
Starting points built from real settings producers use
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Previous and next arrows
Audition presets one click at a time
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Save your own
Keep your settings as .popfilterpreset preset files
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Open presets folder
Back up or share your presets in one click
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Reset to default
Back to a clean start in one step
Performance
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Light on CPU
About 0.8 % of one core
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Output safety
Peaks held under -1 dBFS when IN or OUT is boosted
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Mono or stereo
Works on a mono or a stereo voice
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Audio-reactive face
A burst of breath on the mesh at each pop caught
Licence and compatibility
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VST3 and AAX, Windows 7 SP1 or later
Loads in any 64-bit Windows DAW with VST3 or AAX
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VST3, AU and AAX, macOS 10.13 or later
Loads in any Mac DAW with VST3, AU or AAX, Intel or ARM
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5 computers per copy
Studio, laptop and more on one licence
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Email and code unlock
No dongle, no password, no extra app
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Works offline
No internet needed between check-ins
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Check for updates
From the plugin's menu; nothing installs without asking
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Lifetime updates
Every future update included
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Platinum priority support
Questions answered by the people who build it
How Windbreaker compares
Plosives out at the pop, not a low cut on every word.
| Windbreaker | Typical pop filter plugins | |
|---|---|---|
| When it cuts | Only while a pop is happening | A static low cut on every word |
| The consonant | Kept crisp: only the band under FREQ is cut | Often dulled |
| Sung low notes | Left alone: a held note is never a pop | Often cut as pops |
| Latency | 0 ms in LIVE, 5 ms in HQ | Often a look-ahead delay you cannot switch off |
| Listen to the cut | DELTA plays only what comes out | Often missing |
| Rumble | LOW CUT in the same insert | A second plugin |
| Try-and-compare | A/B, A>B, undo and redo | Often missing |
| Hardware control | MIDI Learn on every control | Often host automation only |
| Licence | 5 computers per copy, no dongle, works offline | Often fewer activations, or a dongle |
| Updates | Lifetime updates included | Often paid upgrades |
"Typical" describes what we commonly see in this category; it does not describe any particular product. Windbreaker facts are from the plugin and its manual, October 2026.
What you get
Vox Samples
90-day money back · Thank you
Specs and system requirements
- Formats
- VST3 and AAX on Windows; VST3, AU and AAX on macOS
- Operating system
- Windows 7 SP1 or later, 64-bit; macOS 10.13 or later, universal (Intel and ARM)
- Host
- Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins
- Channels
- Mono or stereo
- Sample rates
- Whatever your session runs at
- Latency
- HQ: 5 ms, reported to your DAW (220 samples at 44.1 kHz, 240 at 48 kHz). LIVE: 0
- Amount
- 0 to 150 %: up to 18 dB off the low band at 100 %, 27 dB at 150 %; the lows under 100 Hz 1.5 times as far
- Sensitivity
- The trigger, low burst over voice: +14 dB at 0 %, +2 dB at 60 % (default), -6 dB at 100 %
- Freq
- The cut band's top, 100 to 250 Hz (default 150 Hz)
- Low cut
- Off, 60, 80 or 100 Hz, 12 dB per octave (default 80 Hz)
- Release
- The cut lets go over 60 ms after each pop
- Presets
- 14 factory presets; your own as .popfilterpreset files
- CPU
- About 0.8 % of one core at 44.1 or 48 kHz, stereo
- Window
- 960 x 600 at 100 %, resizable from 75 to 200 %
- MIDI
- MIDI Learn from any controller routed to the track
- Licence
- 5 computers per copy you buy. Unlock with your email and a code we email you. Checks in now and then and works offline in between.
- Internet
- Needed once to unlock, then for the occasional check-in
90Day money-back guarantee
Our guarantee
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90-day money-back guarantee
Not for you? Email contact@voxsamples.com within 90 days for a full refund.
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5 computers per copy
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy, and move it yourself from the plugin's Licence menu.
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Lifetime updates
Every future update and upgrade of Windbreaker, included.
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Platinum priority support
A real person at contact@voxsamples.com, first in line.
Questions
How do I remove plosives from a vocal?
Insert Windbreaker first on the voice track. The default, Vocal Pops, already takes the thump out of every P and B; watch POPS count them. Turn SENSITIVITY up if one gets through, AMOUNT up if they are still too loud.
Is it a pop filter for after recording?
Yes. It does after the fact what a pop screen does in front of the mic: the low burst of air under a P or B comes out, the word stays.
Will it thin out my voice?
No. It cuts only while a pop is happening and only below FREQ, so the voice keeps its body between pops and the consonant keeps its snap. LOW CUT is a separate, gentle rumble cut you can switch off.
Does it work on singing?
Yes. A held low note is never taken for a pop, and the Singing presets suit lead, low male and high voices. On a deep voice that dips, lower SENSITIVITY.
Can I record through it?
Yes: switch LIVE on for zero latency. HQ adds 5 ms, which your DAW compensates.
Does it work in my DAW?
Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins, on Windows 7 SP1 or later or macOS 10.13 or later. There is no standalone app.
How many computers can I use it on?
Up to five of your own for each copy you buy. To move it, deactivate it in the plugin on the old computer and unlock it on the new one.
Does it need the internet?
Once, to unlock it with the code we email you. After that it checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Is there a manual?
Yes. The full manual explains every control, every preset and the menus, with tips. It opens from the help key (?) in the plugin's top bar, and lives at https://voxsamples.com/windbreaker-pop-filter-effect-manual.
What if it's not for me?
Request a refund from your account within 90 days.
Founder's Story
"When COVID hit, I finally had time to dive into music production—only to discover I was missing the right tools. The plugins I tried were clunky, overloaded with unnecessary features, and killed my vibe with endless tweaking. I knew there had to be a better way.
So, with my engineering background, I started making free and simple audio plugins for my producer friends. They loved them! That’s when I set out on a mission to create plugins that save you time, streamline your workflow, and keep your creativity flowing."
- Ryan Svensson (Founder & CEO)
Every P and B, clean. One insert.
The thumps out, the consonants crisp and the voice's body kept, on singing, rap, podcasts and voice-overs, with zero latency in LIVE.
$42.52 AUDRegular price $141.78 AUD70% off
- 90-day money back
- Five computers
- Lifetime updates
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