This is such a funny thing to say on a website that overwhelmingly consists of white men talking to themselves . Insecurity is king here . <| sep |> I have yet to catch a glimpse of the uptime wheels <| sep |> It prevents your breath from making direct contact with the diaphragm within the microphone , which creates that ' popping ' noise that windscreens are designed to eliminate . Since sound travels in all directions from its source , the air around the microphone can still vibrate from the sound of your voice , which activates the diaphragm in the microphone , minus the interference from your breath , resulting in a clearer recording . Note If you blow into the windscreen really hard , you can still get the microphone to ' pop '. The windscreen doesn ' t prevent all air from passing through . But it is usually sufficient to block most of the rushing air that comes with normal speech .