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McDSP is extending their sale until May 2010 – that’s 30% everything. Single plugins, bundles, you name it. So if you’re looking for some new plugins to blow your tax refund on, then you’ve found the right deal.

The Retro Recorder iPhone app (review forthcoming) is also on sale in the iTunes Store for only 99 cents.

Links:

McDSP Store / Buy Retro Recorder

Are you in a band? If so, you probably have some merch to sell. How have you done it in the past? Cash? If you were a somewhat sizable band on a bigger indie label, you might’ve had a credit card reader on your table. I personally don’t have any experience with those, but I’m willing to bet that VeriFone’s PAYware Mobile will blow all that old tech out of the water.

PAYware Mobile’s card reader attaches right to your iPhone 3G/3GS and allows fans to instantly swipe there card for a t-shirt, CD, etc, and have a receipt instantly emailed to them. There’s a built-in stylus for them to sign with and end-to-end encryption to reduce any type of fraud.

The iPhone app also allows you to view real-time reports as well as a transaction history.

PAYware Mobile is free with a 2 year contract, $49 to activate, and, as with any other credit card reader, merchant fees do apply. That being said, this seems to be the best way to deal with merch and credit cards.

Check out www.paywaremobile.com for more.

SSL will be at RSPE in Universal City, CA on March 9th as a part of their Logic Studio Expo.

The seminar will focus on the SSL Matrix and its ability to work with different types of workflows inside Logic Studio. SSL will also be demonstrating their Pro Convert software. The focus of the Pro Convert demos will be translating different sessions from Logic Pro and other DAWs into working with popular video editing software like Final Cut Pro.

If you’re in the area and want to check this out, RSVP at www.rspe.com/Events

Image-Line is unleashing a powerful drum and percussion modeling plugin entitled Drumaxx. There’s a total of 16 different drum pads that can all be sent to external outputs for FX processing.

Image-Line is doing something fairly progressive by offering Drumaxx on a “pay-what-you-think-it’s-worth” model. There’s a minimum of 9 euros, but after that it’s all up to you. Image-Line is also donating $1 USD to Haiti earthquake victims.

Check out the feature set:

• 16 Physically modeled drum pad
• Multi-output for individual effects processing on each pad
• Huge range of modeling possibilities covering sounds from cymbals to kettle-drums
• Velocity modulation matrix for detailed expressiveness
• Integrated Stepsequencer with trigger-key playback
• Integrated effects
• Single-pad version ‘Drumpad’ available for tight integration with FL Studio

Check out Image-Line’s website for more info: http://www.image-line.com/documents/drumaxx.html

Music devices just keep getting smaller and smaller. We saw music listening devices go from CD players to iPods (which keep getting smaller themselves). Even recording technology has gotten considerably smaller (2″ tape machines down to a digital Tascam recorder). So why can’t DJ tech get a little smaller?

The 60GB Tonium Pacemaker effectively replaces a very large DJ rig and scales it down to fit into your palm. It contains two decks, a mixer, FX, and everything else that you need to get rolling.

Box up your CDJs and DJM and get ready to get wild with the Pacemaker.

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