Kelly's Music & Computers Blog

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Free Inspire 1394!
Free Inspire 1394! Purchase a FireStudio, FireStudio Tube, or FireStudio Project before August 31st and receive a free Inspire 1394 by mail in rebate from Presonus. See US Rebate Form or Canadian Rebate Form for details.

- Kelly
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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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