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I wouldn’t recommend trying to make a song with these samples alone, although some can be used together, most of them are at different tempos, and in different keys; as well as being mixed differently. I just [...]]]></description><link>http://www.maxbreakwell.com/music/free-guitar-samples-for-beatmaker/</link> </item> <item><title>Image Mashups using Jitter</title> <description><![CDATA[After my previous post, Jitter Kaleidoscope and other Cool Effects, I decided to spend some more time with the Peter Elsea Tutorials and see how else I could mashup my photos. His tutorials on the [jit.repos] object gave me a lot to work with, and for those who are more mathematically inclined, I’m sure these [...]]]></description><link>http://www.maxbreakwell.com/max-msp-jitter/image-mashups-using-jitter/</link> </item> <item><title>Making a Jazz MixTape</title> <description><![CDATA[Recently I sat down to do something I haven’t done in a long time. Make a for a friend. 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My goal with this collection was to create an appealing [...]]]></description><link>http://www.maxbreakwell.com/music/beatmaker-junky-sounds-for-junky-beats/</link> </item> <item><title>Jitter Kaleidoscope and other Cool Effects</title> <description><![CDATA[During what free time I have, I usually devote my energy to music, or all things audible for that matter, but recently I have begun experimenting with creating visual effects as well. After using Max/Msp for a little while, I realized that I didn’t know much about Jitter. I went searching on google and I [...]]]></description><link>http://www.maxbreakwell.com/max-msp-jitter/jitter-kaleidoscope-and-other-cool-effects/</link> </item> <item><title>TouchOsc Control for the Nord Electro (updated)</title> <description><![CDATA[Now that the TouchOSC editor has arrived the first thing I did was sit down and create a more appropriate layout for the drawbar control application I made for my Nord Electro 2. 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