Kelly's Music & Computers Blog

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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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Free bass synths
Looking for some good sounding bass synths? Don't want to pay a lot - how does free sound? Check out the Sonart Bass Box!

- Kelly
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Teaching Music with Reason
Teaching Music with Reason has been a popular tool for teachers wanting to teach composition and music production.

Based around a specially adapted version of Reason, Teaching Music with Reason is a series of lessons that form an introductory level curriculum for creating music with Reason in the classroom. Designed for use in secondary and high school music classes and college introductory modules in Music or Music Technology, it meets national curriculum requirements and music teaching guidelines in many territories.

Originally developed around Reason 2.5, Propellerheads has decided against updating the excellent curriculum for Reason 4. Fortunately, they have released the curriculum, including the teacher guide and student workbooks in the public domain. You can now download the materials free!

Of course the curriculum is free, but you will still need Reason or Reason Adapted. Reason 4 is available for purchase, while Reason Adapted comes free with many soundcards.

- Kelly

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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Band in a Box 2008
Right on schedule, PG Music recently announced Band in a Box 2008. New features include RealTracks, Multi-Styles, updates to the Audio Chord Wizard, RealDrums Style changes and a lot more.

Band in a Box 2007 introduced the highly effective concept of RealDrums - using real recordings of real drummers instead of MIDI tracks. Now they've extended the concept to other tracks as well with RealTracks. Real Pedal Steel, Real Acoustica Guitar and Real Tenor Sax (only for soling) have been added to make playback even more realistic.

You can now have up to 24 substyles within a style, you can change RealDrum styles within a song, and you can now change the key signature anywhere in a song.

There are lots of other great new features, and if you already own Band in a Box, you can purchase an upgrade. If you don't already own Band in a Box, be sure to check it out today!

- Kelly.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Sonar Recording Software Curriculum Available...
Academic versions of Sonar Producer Edition and Sonar Studio Edition now include SONAR Music Projects, a set of materials aimed at secondary school Music classes up to GCSE. The 10 projects introduce some of SONAR's easy-to-use features and help students develop a range of musical and technical skills. Each project contains teacher notes and student project sheets in PDF format, along with SONAR files. A SONAR Skills Guide provides easy reference to the program features used in the projects. The SONAR Music Projects CD-ROM also includes a "starter" set of audio clips to inspire ideas.

- Kelly.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Canadians: free stuff from Presonus!
Not only have we been able to drop some of our prices on Presonus products, there are also some great mail in rebates to be had!

FireStudio - purchase a FireStudio and receive a free FaderPort!
Central Station - buy it now and get a free CSR-1 Remote!
Eureka - get the AD192 free!
Firebox - send in the rebate for a free sample and loop library disc.

Offers are valid until January 30, 2008, see rebate forms for details.

- Kelly

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Canadians: Lower prices!
Due to the strength of the Canadian dollar, we've been able to lower even more of our Canadian prices. We haven't got through everything yet, so if you find a price that you think should be lower, please let us know, or try our "Name Your Price" feature.

Keep in mind that Kelly's Music Canada can't always offer the same price as Kelly's Music USA. In some cases, the Canadian distributor hasn't lowered their prices to the same as the US, so we have to charge a bit more. In other cases (such as M-Audio), the distributor is very good at keeping up with price changes and our Canadian prices are very attractive. As well, if we have to import an item from the US, we pay the extra shipping, duties, customs fees and brokerage for you - sometimes that means that an item imported from the US may sell for more in Canada than the US. However, since you usually get free shipping, and don't have to pay the brokerage or duty, the total price of ordering from us is still much less than ordering from the US.

We are here for you, so please call or e-mail if you have any questions about our pricing or the products we sell.

- Kelly
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Sibelius 5 Competitive Upgrade On Sale Now!
If you use Finale or Encore and have been thinking of switching to Sibelius, now is the perfect time to do so! The Sibelius Competitive Upgrade is on sale for less than the cost of a Finale upgrade!

Public school teachers in Ontario also qualify to purchase the Sibelius 5 Competitive Upgrade - contact us for details.

- Kelly.

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Reason 4 Now Available
Propellerheads is now shipping the long-awaited Reason 4.0. Adding a new synth, and an arpeggiator, Reason 4 also sports a new sequencer with multiple track lanes, vector automation and more. The ReGroove Mixer offers realtime, 32 channel timing and groove handling - you can apply any groove to any track non-destructively. Very cool!

Already own Reason? Reason 4 Upgrades are available now!

- Kelly
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Monday, October 01, 2007
Sonar 7
Cakewalk is now shipping Sonar 7, the latest release of their popular DAW software. Returning to their roots, Cakewalk has focused a lot of attention in beefing up their MIDI tools, including the innovative new Smart MIDI Tools a powerful new step sequencer, and pitch to MIDI conversion using V-Vocal 1.5. Other new features include a true linear phase mastering plug-in, delay compensation for external gear and lots of enhancements to workflow and mixing.

Current Sonar users can order their upgrades on-line - please be sure to indicate the version and serial number of your current Cakewalk program.

- Kelly

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Canadian Prices Lowered...
Our Canadian customers will be glad to hear that we've dropped our pricing on a huge number of products over the past few weeks given the strength of the Canadian dollar. Keep in mind that when we source products from US vendors, we still have to pay customs charges, including duty, brokerage, and taxes. Of course shipping from the US can be expensive, so we have to account for all of these costs when setting our selling prices in Canada.

In other cases, we source products from Canadian suppliers (such as Steinberg Canada or Roland Canada), and often they are slow to adjust their prices (if they adjust them at all) to reflect the current exchange rate. If you see an item that you think isn't priced fairly, compared to the US price, please let us know and we will see what we can do for you.

- Kelly

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Friday, August 31, 2007
East West Bundles...
East West has some amazing deals until the end of the month on bundles of their most popular products! In many cases, these are while supplies last.

- Kelly.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
20% off Waves Gold Bundle
Waves Gold Bundle
The popular Gold Bundle suite of audio plug-ins from Waves is 20% off until the end of August. Waves is well known for top-notch audio plug-ins that can make the difference between a good or great recording. If you already have the Waves PowerPack or Renaissance Collection, you can also save 20% off the upgrade.

- Kelly
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