Kelly's Music & Computers Blog

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Free mic stand with mic purchase (over $199, US only)
Free mic stand! While supplies last, receive a free A-379 microphone stand when you purchase any microphone over $199 from Kelly''s Music & Computers! (Offer valid only in the US, lower 48 states. While supplies last.)

- Kelly
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Finale 2009 & Sibelius Competitive Crossgrade Special
Finale 2009 has been released, with a streamlined workflow for dynamics, tempo indicators and other text, more Garritan sounds, more Drumline sounds and multiple page editing. Finale 2009 now supports any VST/AU software synth and ASIO support for Windows users.

If you already own Finale, you will need to purchase the upgrade directly from MakeMusic. However, Sibelius wants you to consider using your upgrade money to make the switch to Sibelius 5!

From now until the end of September, the Sibelius 5 Competitive Crossgrade is only $99 - less than what it would cost to upgrade to Finale 2009. This upgrade offer also applies to Encore users, and if you haven''''t already done so, you can download the demo of Sibelius and try it yourself.

- Kelly
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
5 Free Music Ace Maestro Licenses
Get 5 Free Music Ace Maestro Licenses when you buy a 25 Seat License or higher! Until the end of September, you will receive 5 free licenses for Music Ace Maestro for any Lab Pack or Site License of 25 or more licenses. Contact us for more details or to order. Music Ace Maestro is one of my favourite programs for teaching musical literacy and I can highly recommend it - feel free to call or e-mail me to talk about Music Ace!

- Kelly

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sequel 2
Steinberg''s Sequel was a big hit when it was originally released. Easy to use, but powerful with some great sounding loops and instruments, Sequel is a great entry level product at a great price.

Sequel is now even better - Sequel 2 (we will avoid jokes about the sequel to Sequel) is now available with lots of new features, including:
- Controller Mode: With the new Controller Mode you can control nearly all Sequel 2 functions with an external keyboard *or* hardware controller.
- Live performance without clicking a mouse: trigger everything from a hardware controller
- Virtual Keyboard: we are glad to finally see this added - it should have been in Sequel 1 :-)
- Track Icons: Sequel 2 lets you allocate a Track Icon to each track. Cute.
- Track Freeze: save CPU power for more tracks and effects! MIDI instruments and effects can use a lot of CPU power - a feature often reserved for only high-end software
- Free Warp and Audio Reverse: warp any part of an audio loop *or* play it backwards

They have also made some updates to the MediaBay, and Sequel 2 now supports Vista Core Audio for low latency without the need for external ASIO hardware.

- Kelly

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Monday, July 14, 2008
Save big on big loop libraries!
Summer sale from Sonic Reality! Wishing you had more loops? We've got a deal for you! Until August 31st, save on Sonic Refills Gold, Miroslav Gold, *or* RAW Gold. These are huge loop libraries, at excellent prices.

- Kelly
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Buy 1, Get 1 free from IK Multimedia
Summer is the time to buy software! Here are more Buy 1, Get 1 Free promos to consider:

Purchase Amplitube Metal *or* Amplitube Jimi Hendrix between July 1 and August 31 2008 and receive the other one free by download from IK Multimedia when you register.

Purchase SampleMoog *or* SampleTron between July 1 and August 31 2008 and receive the other one free by download from IK Multimedia when you register.

- Kelly
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Buy 1, Get 1 Free from Best Service
Buy 1, Get 1 Free from Best Service! BUY any of the following BEST SERVICE products between July 1 and July 31, 2008 and get one of equal *or* lesser value FREE* by filling out and mailing in this rebate form. PURCHASE ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS: ETHNOWORLD 4, GALAXY II PIANOS, CHRIS HEIN BASS, CHRIS HEIN GUITARS, STRINGS ESSENTIALS 2ND EDITION, ARTIST COMPLETE, LATIN WORLD, COMPLETE CLASSICAL COLLECTION 2ND EDITION, ORIENT WORLD. Academic versions are not included in this promotion.

- Kelly
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Quantum Leap Ra - One Week Sale
EastWest is launching weekly specials, and this week they have Quantum Leap Ra on sale for a great price. Ra is a massive collection of 14 GB of ethnic and rare instruments. It is a great way to add interesting and unusual instruments to your music.

- Kelly
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Monday, June 09, 2008
Free USB hard drive when you buy Traktor Scratch before June 30!
Get a free Lacie 120GB USB Hard Drive from NI when you purchase Traktor Scratch before the end of June. See rebate form for details.

- Kelly
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Free DVD Tutorial from Propellerhead
Free DVD Tutorial! Purchase any product made by Propellerhead between June 1st and August 31st, 2008 and you'll be eligible to receive a Brainwerks tutorial DVD! That's a $59.99 value, yours for free! Valid only in the US, see rebate form for details.

- Kelly
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Band in a Box 2008.5
PG Music recently released Band in a Box 2008.5 with a number of new features focused on their RealDrums and RealTracks technology. RealTracks and Realdrums now take up 1/8 the space that they used to take since they now use compressed WMA files instead of WAV files. RealTracks also generate faster and have a wider tempo range. They''ve added "RealStyles" which allow you to use audio recordings for all instruments in a style instead of MIDI.

Other new features include the ability for soloist to solo over different chords than the song, crescendo soloing, and the ability to save a single part to a WAV file by right clicking.

- Kelly

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Monday, May 26, 2008
East West - 10% off !
From now until May 29th, save 10% off on East West software. Take advantage of this special offer to get a great deal on their popular sound and sample libraries.

- Kelly
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Buy One, Get One Free site license from Sibelius...
Order a Sibelius 5 or Groovy Music Site License for your school or district and receive one of the following Site Licenses (of equal or lesser value) at no additional charge!*

- Groovy Music Shapes
- Groovy Music Jungle
- Groovy Music City
- Instruments
- Compass
- Rock & Pop Sound Library
- World Sound Library
- Choral Sound Library

ORDER SOON! This offer ends June 30, 2008

Remember, Site License copies can be shared around all the schools in your district. For example, if you order a Sibelius 5 Site License for the high
school(s) you can get a free Site License of Groovy Shapes for the elementary school(s).

NOTE:

*Offer applies to Site License purchases between May 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008. Applies only to new Site License purchases or add-ons of 11 seats or greater. The free Site License must be for the same number of seats and of equal or lesser value. Please add the free Site License (priced at $0) to your Sibelius or Groovy PO. Some restrictions may apply.

- Kelly
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Buy Kore 2, get free stuff!
If you purchase and activate KORE 2 full version between April 1st and May 31st, you get additional NI software and sounds from NI when you activate on-line. KOMPLETE 4 owners will receive the KOMPLETE 5 update plus MASSIVE EXPANSION VOL. 1 - for free. All other KORE 2 full version purchases include the acclaimed MASSIVE synthesizer and MASSIVE EXPANSION VOL. 1 at no extra charge.

- Kelly
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$50 Rebate on R-09, plus a free case with tripod mount (US only)
Purchase an Edirol R-09 portable digital recorder between April 1 and June 30 2008 and receive a $50 rebate and a free leather case with tripod mount from Roland, by mail in rebate. See rebate form for details. Offer valid only in the US.

- Kelly
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Sibelius Site License Competitive Crossgrade
If you have a Finale site license, you can upgrade to a Sibelius 5 site license for less than $100 per computer! This is a limited time special offer until the end of April. Please contact us for details, or find out more on-line. Be sure to check out the great Sibelius add-ons available, including video tutorials, sound libraries and more!

- Kelly

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EastWest - Buy 1, Get 1 Free!
Buy 1, Get 1 Free! Purchase any of the following East West products before April 24th, and receive a second product from the list free from EastWest! Shipping charge applies, see rebate form for details.

Purchase any of the following and receive one of equal of lesser value free:
FAB FOUR; GYPSY; MINISTRY OF ROCK; VOICES OF PASSION; COLOSSUS; SYMPHONIC CHOIRS; RA; EWQLSO GOLD BUNDLE; EWQLSO GOLD PRO XP; EWQLSO PLATINUM BUNDLE; EWQLSO PLATINUM PRO XP; EWQLSO SILVER; ADRENALINE; STORMBREAKZ; PERCUSSIVE ADVENTURES 2; PERCUSSIVE ADVENTURES 2 LE; STORMDRUM; HARDCORE BASS XP.

Check out the complete list of EastWest products - just click on the title you are interested in to download demos, get pricing or order on-line.

- Kelly
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Clearance sale...
We don't have one very often, but when we do, our clearance sale deals are amazing! Until April 4th, take advantage of some big discounts on popular products, including Sibelius and M-Audio, along with extra special savings on a few close-outs we found at the back of our warehouse. There are even a few academic savings to be had. The sale runs until April 4th, or while supplies last - check it out!

- Kelly
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Free MSR when you buy the FireStudio by April 30
Buy a FireStudio and get a free MSR Remote from Presonus. Offer valid only in the US, see rebate form for details.

- Kelly
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sibelius Mail In Rebate - Save $100!
Purchase Sibelius 5 from February 15, 2008 to April 30, 2008, and get up to $100 back via mail-in rebate! Take advantage of this special offer and save $100 on Sibelius 5 Professional-Single Copy OR save $50 on Sibelius 5 Educational-Single Copy! See rebate form for details.

- Kelly

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