I have a Sennheiser 416 that I want to rig on my standing desk for Zoom. Which shock mount do you recommend mounting hardware?

55:05416 that I want to rig on my standing desk for Zoom. Which shock mount do you recommend mounting hardware? Thanks. Bill? It's not a super critical thing because the 416 by itself does not have a particularly large problem with handling noise. It is internally created such that people People use these in the field a ton. So it's not like you're hanging a large diaphragm condenser that literally will pick up every single shake.

55:33It's already starting out reasonably handling isolated. What I would stay away from are really lightweight clamps, lightweight arms, the things that pick up vibrations so that when you hit the desk, that's transmitted all the way through directly to the mic. So some kind of a suspension thing somewhere in the process would be useful. And I just go with heavier things whenever I'm mounting a microphone.

56:00So the inertia of the C-stand or larger clamp, a Mafer clamp as opposed to a mini Mafer clamp, I'll tend to go in that direction because it just makes things better. Courtney? Yeah, if you're looking for shock mounts, I like the Rycotes. I've been using them for years. The latest ones are, you can get the true audio for about $189. It includes the super softy windscreen.

56:29And this shock mount, which is their lyre type shock mount, looks a little bit like this. It dampens any kind of thumps and bumps that are going to be transmitted through your desk to that shock mount. It has an adapter in it, a hot shoe adapter. It goes 3-8 inch, 16-2 hot shoe. and you may need an adapter if you've got a quarter-inch magic arm

56:52or something that you are going to clamp it using Bill's Mayfur. You're going to have to have a three-eighths inch to quarter-inch adapter. But other than that, I like the Rycote shock mounts. They hold up pretty well. After a while, sometimes the plastic clips, if they've been exposed to sunlight for a long period of time, decay and will break, but you can get them replaced.

57:13All replacement parts are available. So I vote the Rycote for the shock mounts. Chris? Courtney says, Ryko. Andy, don't forget the actual stand. At the beginning of the office hours, I went through, I think, three different mic arms in like a month. I felt stupid. Don't buy anything that has an exposed spring because you touch the boom and it just goes gah, gah, gah, gah, gah.

57:46It's awful. So think about that nothing with an exposed spring. They're cheap and horrible and then Mickey in the chat recommends the If you're gonna pair the the shock mount with the radius the rad 2 which looks a little something like this Next question All right. This one is coming in from Douglas Carmichael Where do you see the role of developer training courses like code with Chris in the age of vibe coding?

58:17Jason. Easy. Training will include vibe coding. Just because you can write doesn't mean you're a writer. Just because you edit doesn't mean you're an editor. To that end, there will still need to be programmers out there, whether they are vibing or otherwise. You know, I also just want to say that if I had to code with Chris, I would code with Chris Sabato because he makes really cool stuff.