(Quick Intro): D1 (Nate)… Mc/ Rapper/Producer/Lover/ All-Round-Fly-Guy…Coming Outta Geelong City, Aus!

Check Me Out: http://www.myspce.com/d1musik…Holla @ Ya.Boy…

” GRIND TIME “

You-tubing away as I do I came across a battle league called “Grind Time” this League is based on pre-written rhymes however the Mc’s that battle in this league are beasts!

I’ve watched this league grow to become the No. #1 battle league in the WORLD!!

Differently worth checking out…

http://www.grintimenow.com or http://www.youtube.com/drect

A few favorite Mc’s of mine….Dumbfoundead, F.L.O, Locksmith, Conceited, Sahtyre…This league is U.S based but has battlers from around the globe. One day I hope to see an Australian off branch, Grind Time (Down Under) with your host D1, haha!

Hope You Enjoyed… Much Love // Ya.No.1 Guest Blogger D1…

BLACK FRIDAY @ BEHIND BOUTIQUE

Anyone who says that vinyl will never die is right. You don’t have to be a DJ to notice that the turntable is an icon of modern music culture — it has been elevated from its original intention as a lowly playback device to a musical instrument that is glorified by pop culture at large. Clearly, there’s something special about vinyl, but why do people hang on to this archaic 19th-century technology when modern tools like CD players and automatic computer software are everywhere?

Questions like these have been at the heart of arguments between vinyl purists and digital devotees for years. Fortunately, enterprising software engineers and savvy hardware companies have brought forth the best of both worlds with digital vinyl systems that allow DJs to control digital audio files with traditional analog vinyl.
One of the most common, and the current industry standard throughout the world is Rane — purveyor of some of the finest scratch DJ mixers available — and the high-end DSP coders at Serato, best known for its groundbreaking Pitch ‘n Time plug-in. Both manufacturers are leaders in their fields of expertise, and both continue that legacy by offering a digital vinyl system with rock-solid performance and unique tools aimed squarely at the turntablist market.

The Scratch Live hardware is a small, unassuming black box that’s slightly larger than a VHS cassette. The unit sports six pairs of RCA jacks for connecting to turntables and a mixer, a USB port to communicate with the host computer and a power jack for a wall-wart power supply. There’s also a ¼-inch input for connecting an external microphone. The hardware has an all-metal construction and, like all of Rane’s equipment, appears to be built to withstand the apocalypse. It’s large enough that it won’t be misplaced easily yet compact enough to fit conveniently in a record bag or a laptop carrier. The only glaring omission is the lack of a packaged power supply, a required accessory if you plan to play regular records through the unit without a laptop attached. Something I’ve managed to fix by visiting the local JayCar store with the power specifications.

Patching in the hardware isn’t all that difficult, but it does require a little cable jockeying and free access to the phono and line inputs on the DJ mixer. The unit plays audio from the computer through the mixer’s line inputs and acts as a pass-through for phono inputs, so if you need to throw some old-fashioned analog grooves into the mix, it’s as simple as switching from line to phono on your mixer.

One look at the vinyl that ships with Scratch Live, and it’s clear that Rane has spent a lot of time listening closely to what professional DJs want in a digital vinyl system. The Scratch Live records offer a wealth of information at a glance — thin, visible grooves mark each minute on the vinyl, and thicker grooves indicate five-minute marks. This feature is a serious help when needle-dropping to find a specific spot in a track.

One side of the vinyl is 15 minutes in length and the other is 10. The code on each record is identical (the grooves on the 10-minute side are simply further apart), so if one side becomes scratched or worn, you can flip it over and keep mixing. Because you’re not playing music from the records themselves, it doesn’t matter how worn the records become. As long as the system can still hear valid code from the coded vinyl, the music played from the Scratch Live system will sound as good as the day you recorded it.

The 10-minute side of the disc also has a special “vinyl select” area that allows you to choose songs without ever touching the laptop. Moving the record back and forth in this area skips forward and backward in the song browser. This very cool feature is great for DJs who would rather spend less time hunting and pecking on a laptop keyboard and more on the decks.

One of the primary reasons for switching from old-fashioned vinyl to a digital system like Scratch Live is the convenience of having thousands of records at your fingertips without the back-breaking work associated with carrying around an entire room’s worth of vinyl. There’s nothing quite like having the perfect record for the perfect moment, and Scratch Live gives you that power and flexibility

All of this tech wizardry is useless if the system does not perform like real vinyl. And Scratch Live simply steals the show when it comes to delivering flawless music with low latency. Cueing and scratching with Scratch Live is literally just like working with real vinyl. The system is so stable and responsive that it’s easy to completely forget that you’re working with MP3s streamed off of a computer and not analog music stamped on wax.

Scratch Live is a robust digital vinyl system that easily holds its own against competing products. The system’s unusual interface takes some getting used to, but many DJs will find the unique features — such as frequency-colored waveforms, beat-matching tools and marker points — well worth the effort. The hardware is built like a tank and leaves little to be desired, aside from a built-in power supply, and the sound and responsiveness of the system is second to none.

There really isn’t much to dislike about Scratch Live, I’ve been using it since the beginning of 2009, about 5 years or so after seeing it used in a nightclub I previously worked in, but it seems like the best solution for me, the mobile and nightclub DJ who simply doesn’t have the room in the car for all my vinyl or CDs. I have used most of the available forms to DJ that are available today – Vinyl, CDs, and computer software.

No matter what other DJs say to me who aren’t using it, you are really DJing. Even I get annoyed when you go to a party or nightclub and see the “DJ” using an auto-mixing piece of software on a computer or laptop. Serato does not do auto mix for you and what you see is what you get. If you were a mediocre DJ on real Vinyl and CDs then you will be exactly that with Serato. It is simply a simpler way of moving to the future without killing the art form known as the Disc Jockey.

If you’re looking for a solid, reliable digital vinyl system from a company with an intimate understanding of the turntablist’s needs, Scratch Live could be the one for you.

Daniel “BODZ” Bodington OUT!

Second to take up the guest blogger tag is a old friend that i know will write some shit that you’ll be interested in….Daniel “BODZ” Boddington (on the left OBVIOUSLY) will be adding to the strong team as of this week, also hopefully he will give me something to post soon….knowing him he is probably writing something NOW!

Well hope everyone will enjoy our guests and treat em mean to keep em keen…..

nP-

” ITS YOUR BOI D1 ” Nate aka-D1 is the first guest blogger to be added to the itspinky blog, we look forward to his articles and retrospect on all things D1…..hopefully we will get his first post early this week…enjoy peeps!

nP-

Its been a long time since Alife apparel came in but the new holiday line has just arrived!!  New tees and crews, fucking dope.

I have uploaded a video clip to demonstrate my program Microbe, a Microbial Simulation. Microbe, written in Python programming language, simulates the biological behaviour of microbes, and explores the dimension of artificial life. You can view the video on the project demo page. I will upload more clips of my other projects.

Submitted by Jim on November 16, 2009 at 3:00 pm

This year I was able to present at Code Camp! In my mind, Code Camp is meant to be an event where you try and to whacky things with code. So I decided to explore what the possibilities were of using Windows Azure to create Artificial life in the cloud. I ended up focusing more on the possibilities of farming out the work of calculating genetic algorithms to find optimal paths for the travelling salesman problem.

The first section gives a background on cloud computing and Windows Azure. If you are interested in an overview of Azure i recommend you watch my Remix presentation on Windows Azure instead, as I did it after this talk and had a chance to refine that section further.

The talk went well, unfortunately the video capture software I was using was eating up one of my cores on my dual core laptop which meant the calculations ran slower than they should have. I apologise for the audio quality also, I didn’t have the drivers for my laptop microphone so ended up having to use my mobile phone to record the audio.

I hope you enjoy my talk!

Artificial life in the cloud, using Windows Azure on Vimeo.

The slides are also available 20090405 Codecamp – Alife in the cloud.pptx

Timeline for the talk

• 0:00 – An overview of Windows Azure
• 22:30 – Programming with Azure
• 23:00 – Demo 1 (Hello World with ASP.Net)
• 32:20 – Azure Storage
• 35:00 – Architecting your solutions for Azure
• 46:30 – Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
• 53:00 – The travelling salesman problem
• 1:01:00 – Learnings from trying to convert a single threaded library into a distributed Azure environment
• 1:03:00 – Future work that could be done with A-Life

I’m a pretty big fan of The Hundreds. I don’t wear Alife or Crooks much, but still got to pan out and show my support for them. I also have a Freshjives shirts around my room, but I think Rick Klotz (owner of Freshjive) has finally snapped. I saw the Burrito Supremes parody (aka DISS) shirt today as I was on The Hundreds blog, and thought WTF? The Hundreds has always showed love for Freshjive. They were even the first to interview Rick Klotz after his plan to removed all labels from his upcoming drops. Freshjive is however known for this. Stussy sewed them back in 05′ for infringement (Stussy Lawsuit). Freshjives been around for so long. It’s had its up’s and down’s. I think this is just a way to get its sales up, even though Klotz claims hes not in it for the money.

One month to go! FUUUUUUUUCK i wanna shop. i wannnnnnnna shop!!!! I think that’s the hardest part of this challenge, not being able to shop. It feels like my clothes are oooold. So, I had to look in Justin’s closet.

Tuesday, November 10th

jacket – Bones Skateboards, copy from Bangkok Weekend market, borrowed from Justin

t-shirt – Calvin Klien, stolen from Matt May (thanks, baby!)

jeans – I supposed they are my most worn item, Eighty Twenty

shoes – ALIFE

linen hat – bought in Vancouver on Main St.

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