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Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 for Windows

The launch of Version 4 continues.  We have found and corrected a few minor issues, but overall things have gone smoothly.   Last week, we re-started our series of Weekly Video tips with the uploading of a video on the new Speed Trainer function found in Version 4, and we have again provided a link to that below. 

This week’s video tip is about the Export Duplicate Count.  This feature, found in both the Pro and Standard versions, enables you to specify the number of duplicates or copies of whatever it is that you are exporting.   It is a simple and quick way to create a file with multiple copies of the same audio segment embedded in it, thereby providing repetition of the file on playback in any external device. This weeks video demonstrates this feature.

Export Duplicate Count – http://youtu.be/ig1ZKuRIyg8

Speed Trainer – http://youtu.be/D-pMoKkSVnM

Claiming your FREE copy of Version 4

If you purchased Song Surgeon Version 3 (windows) within 90 days of the launch of Version 4, you are entitled to a free copy of Version 4.  To claim you free copy follow the following instructions.

IMPORTANT:  If you are a customer, please log in on the Log in buttonfirst page of the shopping cart by clicking the button shown on the to the right, which you will see on the shopping cart. Our system will look up your order history, and apply the appropriate customer discount (30%). If you are entitled to a free copy, our system will provide you with a link to download your free copy. Here is the link to the order page where you will log-in:

http://v4.songsurgeon.com

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.   Here is a sampling of comments from our beta testers.

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with v4 beta. The best got better.”

“Over all i really love the upgrades on Song Surgeons on my machine everything works great. I believe they are great upgrades to an all ready great program very nice indeed.”

“Thanks for the opportunity to  help test out this really great and useful program.  Much improved over v3 and extremely intuitive.”

“Enjoyed beta testing SS4 very much and hope my report is helpful. Thank you for a FANTASTIC program!!!”

“I spent 20+ hours testing this program. My overall impression is: Wow! What a great program for anyone involved with sound file editing for any purpose.”

“My overall impression with Song Surgeon is great. I was perfectly happy with SS3 Pro, but the improvements in capability provided by SS4 Pro completely blows it away. I have worked with several other sound editing programs and in my opinion, Song Surgeon is the best by far, even over much more pricey programs.”

 
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 is 1 Week Old

Version 4 was released a week ago. We have had a lot of very positive feedback and comments. If you missed it we’ll try to catch you up in this newsletter. We have a number of new resources to educate you about the many new features found in Version 4.  These resources are listed below:

 

Claiming your FREE copy of Version 4 / Discount Pricing

If you purchased Song Surgeon Version 3 (windows) within 90 days of the launch of Version 4, you are entitled to a free copy of Version 4.  To claim you free copy follow the following instructions.

IMPORTANT:  If you are a customer, please log in on the Log in buttonfirst page of the shopping cart by clicking the button shown on the to the right, which you will see on the shopping cart. Our system will look up your order history, and apply the appropriate customer discount (30%). If you are entitled to a free copy, our system will provide you with a link to download your free copy. Here is the link to the order page where you will log-in:

http://v4.songsurgeon.com

IMPORTANT:  If you do not currently own Song Surgeon, just go to the website and click the order button.  New customers receive a 20% discount during this special launch promotion.

http://www.songsurgeon.com

Weekly Video Tip – Speed Trainer

This weeks video tip covers the new Speed Trainer functionality found in both the Pro and Standard models of Version 4.  Speed trainer allows you to set a beginning and ending speed, and a percentage tempo change, and then Song Surgeon will automatically change the speed every time it loops gradually progressing from the beginning to the ending tempo you have selected. It is a great practice tool for those learning new material and seems to bet the most widely discussed new feature.   See the video below for more details:


http://youtu.be/D-pMoKkSVnM

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.   Here is a sampling of comments from our beta testers.

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with v4 beta. The best got better.”

“Over all i really love the upgrades on Song Surgeons on my machine everything works great. I believe they are great upgrades to an all ready great program very nice indeed.”

“Thanks for the opportunity to  help test out this really great and useful program.  Much improved over v3 and extremely intuitive.”

“Enjoyed beta testing SS4 very much and hope my report is helpful. Thank you for a FANTASTIC program!!!”

“I spent 20+ hours testing this program. My overall impression is: Wow! What a great program for anyone involved with sound file editing for any purpose.”

“My overall impression with Song Surgeon is great. I was perfectly happy with SS3 Pro, but the improvements in capability provided by SS4 Pro completely blows it away. I have worked with several other sound editing programs and in my opinion, Song Surgeon is the best by far, even over much more pricey programs.”

 
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 is NOW Available!!!

After almost 9 months of development and testing, Version 4 for Windows is now available. 

I have heard from many of you who are anxious to buy and get started using it.  If you are one of those people, go ahead and skip down to the next section to get started with ordering.

However, if you are new to Song Surgeon, or would like more information about Version 4, we have a number of new resources to educate you about the many new features found in Version 4.  These resources are listed below:

 

Song Surgeon Version 4 Launch Promotion Details

IMPORTANT:  If you are a customer, please log in on the Log in buttonshopping cart, by clicking the button that you see to the right.  Our system will look up your order history, and apply the appropriate customer discount. If you are entitled to a free copy, our system will provide you with a link to download your free copy. Here is the link to the order page:

http://v4.songsurgeon.com

IMPORTANT:  If you do not currently own Song Surgeon, just go to the website, click the order button, and you will see the discounted prices listed below on the shopping cart.

We are pleased to offer the following special discounts during this launch of Song Surgeon Version 4.  The first 500 copies of version 4 will be sold at following ‘Fast Acting’ special discount pricing:

  • Existing Customers  – Pro     $99    to    $54.45    40% discount
  • New Customers        – Pro     $99    to    $69.30    30% discount
      
  • Existing Customers  – Std     $69    to    $41.40    40% discount
  • New Customers       – Std      $69   to    $48.30    30% discount   

Once the first 500 copies are gone the discounts will be reduced to 30% for existing customers and 20% for new customers.   These 500 copies will go fast, so don’t wait.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.   Here is a sampling of comments from our beta testers.

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with v4 beta. The best got better.”

“Over all i really love the upgrades on Song Surgeons on my machine everything works great. I believe they are great upgrades to an all ready great program very nice indeed.”

“Thanks for the opportunity to  help test out this really great and useful program.  Much improved over v3 and extremely intuitive.”

“Enjoyed beta testing SS4 very much and hope my report is helpful. Thank you for a FANTASTIC program!!!”

“I spent 20+ hours testing this program. My overall impression is: Wow! What a great program for anyone involved with sound file editing for any purpose.”

“My overall impression with Song Surgeon is great. I was perfectly happy with SS3 Pro, but the improvements in capability provided by SS4 Pro completely blows it away. I have worked with several other sound editing programs and in my opinion, Song Surgeon is the best by far, even over much more pricey programs.”

 
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 for Windows – Release Next Week…

Beta testing results are in and  I am finishing up the review of these right now.  Most of the findings and issues are already in the hands of the development team.   I don’t see any HUGE issues here.  That means we should be ready to release version 4 to you next week.  I can’t promise an exact date, but the Tuesday the 23rd, still looks viable, assuming there are no surprises.

I am also very excited to tell you that the beta testers unsolicited comments have blown me away. Here is a sampling…

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with v4 beta. The best got better.”

“Over all i really love the upgrades on Song Surgeons on my machine everything works great. I believe they are great upgrades to an all ready great program very nice indeed.”

“Thanks for the opportunity to  help test out this really great and useful program.  Much improved over v3 and extremely intuitive.”

“Enjoyed beta testing SS4 very much and hope my report is helpful. Thank you for a FANTASTIC program!!!”

“I spent 20+ hours testing this program. My overall impression is: Wow! What a great program for anyone involved with sound file editing for any purpose.”

“My overall impression with Song Surgeon is great. I was perfectly happy with SS3 Pro, but the improvements in capability provided by SS4 Pro completely blows it away. I have worked with several other sound editing programs and in my opinion, Song Surgeon is the best by far, even over much more pricey programs.”

 

Song Surgeon Version 4 Launch Promotion Details

The pricing for Version 4 will remain as it is for Version 3, there will be NO price increase.  And most importantly for all of you who have been patiently waiting for Version, we will have some tremendous discounts available during the launch period including this, best ever, Fast Acting Discount.

For the first 500 copies of version 4 sold we will offer the following deep discount pricing:

Existing Customers  – Pro   big savings  $99    to    $54.45    40% discount

New Customers        – Pro     $99    to    $69.30    30% discount   

Existing Customers  – Std     $69    to    $41.40    40% discount

New Customers       – Std     $69   to    $48.30    30% discount   

Once the first 500 copies are gone the discounts will be reduced to 30% for existing customers and 20% for new customers.

To receive the special “customer” discount, existing customers must log-in on the first page of the shopping cart.  Once that is done, our system will find you in our DB and apply this discount.  This button you are looking for to use to log in is show immediately below.
Log in button
If you are a customer that purchased Upgrade Protection for Version 4, or your purchased your Version 3 for Windows within 90 days of launch, you will get Version 4 free. By logging in on shopping cart page our system will look up your order history and determine your eligibility for a free copy.

If you don’t know what status is – no problem, log-in and our system will let you know.

It’s hard to believe that after all this months, version 4 is almost done. I am excited and I hope you are too. Stay tuned. We’ll be in touch next week, through this newsletter, to let you know WHEN Version 4 is available.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.   Please do not write and ask about whether you will get a free copy.  Our system will figure this out for you when you log in.  
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 for Windows – Release Next Week…

Beta testing results are in and  I am finishing up the review of these right now.  Most of the findings and issues are already in the hands of the development team.   I don’t see any HUGE issues here.  That means we should be ready to release version 4 to you next week.  I can’t promise an exact date, but the Tuesday the 23rd, still looks viable, assuming there are no surprises.

I am also very excited to tell you that the beta testers unsolicited comments have blown me away. Here is a sampling…

“I can’t tell you how impressed I am with v4 beta. The best got better.”

“Over all i really love the upgrades on Song Surgeons on my machine everything works great. I believe they are great upgrades to an all ready great program very nice indeed.”

“Thanks for the opportunity to  help test out this really great and useful program.  Much improved over v3 and extremely intuitive.”

“Enjoyed beta testing SS4 very much and hope my report is helpful. Thank you for a FANTASTIC program!!!”

“I spent 20+ hours testing this program. My overall impression is: Wow! What a great program for anyone involved with sound file editing for any purpose.”

“My overall impression with Song Surgeon is great. I was perfectly happy with SS3 Pro, but the improvements in capability provided by SS4 Pro completely blows it away. I have worked with several other sound editing programs and in my opinion, Song Surgeon is the best by far, even over much more pricey programs.”

 

Song Surgeon Version 4 Launch Promotion Details

The pricing for Version 4 will remain as it is for Version 3, there will be NO price increase.  And most importantly for all of you who have been patiently waiting for Version, we will have some tremendous discounts available during the launch period including this, best ever, Fast Acting Discount.

For the first 500 copies of version 4 sold we will offer the following deep discount pricing:

Existing Customers  – Pro   big savings  $99    to    $54.45    40% discount

New Customers        – Pro     $99    to    $69.30    30% discount   

Existing Customers  – Std     $69    to    $41.40    40% discount

New Customers       – Std     $69   to    $48.30    30% discount   

Once the first 500 copies are gone the discounts will be reduced to 30% for existing customers and 20% for new customers.

To receive the special “customer” discount, existing customers must log-in on the first page of the shopping cart.  Once that is done, our system will find you in our DB and apply this discount.  This button you are looking for to use to log in is show immediately below.
Log in button
If you are a customer that purchased Upgrade Protection for Version 4, or your purchased your Version 3 for Windows within 90 days of launch, you will get Version 4 free. By logging in on shopping cart page our system will look up your order history and determine your eligibility for a free copy.

If you don’t know what status is – no problem, log-in and our system will let you know.

It’s hard to believe that after all this months, version 4 is almost done. I am excited and I hope you are too. Stay tuned. We’ll be in touch next week, through this newsletter, to let you know WHEN Version 4 is available.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.   Please do not write and ask about whether you will get a free copy.  Our system will figure this out for you when you log in.  
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 for Windows – Before the end of April

Version 4 is in the hands of beta testers right now.  I expect to have the results of this testing within one week.  Thereafter, I am hoping we can make any final changes and bug fixes in about a week.  That would bring us to about  4/23/13.   Obviously if the testing results reveals a lot of issues, this final fit-up period my take longer, so we’ll have to wait and see.  But, as of now, my target date for the release of this new version is April 23rd.

I have received emails from several beta testers and their initial comments have been very positive.  Here is one of those emails. Here is what one tester said:

“I am running Windows 7. Used the recording and found this  to be great recorded me playing my Bass on a song i had learned on Song Surgeon.

The 31 Band EQ  is also very good i like the pre-sets on it very good. I will let you know more as i continue testing, but so far i am very excited with the upgrade.

I like the Open a New Instance with Song Surgeon with a blank project. And the always on top button in the option menu this is handy. The loops control is great also like the speed trainer tried this feature very nice.”

 

Song Surgeon Version 4 Launch Promotion

As is normally the case, the launch of this new version of Song Surgeon will feature some of the BEST pricing that we ever expect to offer for Version 4.  Trust me, there will be some great deals that you don’t want to miss. For example, in addition to the planned launch discounts, there will be some fast acting discounts, for those who buy within the first few days of releasing the new version.   We haven’t worked all of this out, so stay tuned for more details.

Things are getting very exciting. It won’t be long now – just a couple more weeks before the best in audio slow down gets even better.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s. Another recent email received from a satisfied customer.
I have been a Song Surgeon customer for several years.  I originally purchased it for transcribing guitar riffs.  Lately, I have found an extremely productive way to use Song Surgeon to help me produce subtitles for video files.  I have been translating foreign language films and creating subtitles as SRT files in the original language of the films.  Song Surgeon is an amazing tool for slowing down the audio soundtrack to 30% to 40% which allows me to get the specific hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds position of the spoken track so that I can place the subtitles into the proper position with the subtitle file.  Without this kind of tool, that retains the quality of the slowed-down track, my exercise in transcribing would take much longer and require much more manual synchronization between the time of the spoken words and the length of time the subtitles should appear on the screen.  i highly recommend Song Surgeon for its amazing audio file capabilities and its ease of use.

Thanks for making a quality, dependable product that has served me well over the years, and continues to serve me in ways I hadn’t envisioned when I originally purchased it.

M. Myers

Dover, PA
USA
 
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Version 4 Updates

We are getting very close.   This week we are trying to wrap up the beta version and get it out for testing. Assuming approximately 2 weeks for testing and 1-2 weeks to make final changes, this brings us to a time frame of around the 20th of April.

Not only are we working on the programming side to finish this new build, but we are also working on new web pages, a new User Guide, and new training videos.  

Rather than highlight a specific feature found in the upcoming version, I would like to direct your attention to one of the new pages we have developed that provides a list of new features found in version 4.  This list is NOT comprehensive, but it does contain a brief description of the more significant changes and additions found in Version 4.   You can review that page here.

http://songsurgeon.com/newpages/features.htm

 

Song Surgeon Version 4 for Mac

I have heard from a number of Mac users asking about Mac version 4.  In fact one user wrote and told me he didn’t understand why we lead with Windows when most musicians are Mac users.  Both Win and Mac users are important customer segments but for Song Surgeon, almost 90% of our users are Windows based, so that is why we lead with Windows versions.  However, our Mac customers are are a growing part of our user base, that is why we plan to begin the development of the Mac version within a month of launching the Windows version.  We should be able to have the Mac version available my the end of the year.  

Version 4 Pricing

We are also getting many questions from users about the cost for Version 4.   Let me briefly go through this with you.

Firstly, if you purchased Song Surgeon for Windows within 90 days of the release of Version 4 or if you purchased Version 4 upgrade protection, you will get Version 4 free.

If you are an existing customer of Version 1, 2, or 3 you will get a 35% discount off the regular price when you purchase Version 4.  If you are a Version 1 customer please take special note.  After the 60 day launch period for Version 4,  your discount will be phased out due to the fact that it will have been more than 5 years since you last purchased the product.

For people that currently are not customers we will offer some significant discounts during the launch period.  If you have been sitting on the fence about Song Surgeon, the launch period would be a great time to buy, save money, and get access to one of the best tools available for musicians.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.  Here is another customer email we received within the last couple of weeks.

Song Surgeon is a fantastic product. The best thing about  it is that it is user friendly. Very easy to wrap your head around. I also have Band in a Box which i very rarely use because it is just to damn complicated. The features in song Surgeon are such that you would actually use them in your normal day to day practice. i’m not a professional musician i learned to play bass on my own, so i’m as close to a everyday guy as you can get. I have the Tascam C-BT2, the Tascam DR-05, and the Tascam GT-R1 I haven’t used any of them since i got Song Surgeon. I guess i will use them to record and then upload to Song surgeon or maybe when i go on a trip. other than that it’s all about song surgeon.
                                                                                                                                    
Wilson Benson

 
 

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Weekly Video Tip – Recording

This week we continue our overview of new features found in Version 4 Song Surgeon. Today we are going to review the recording feature found in Song Surgeon Version 4.  While we expect dozens of uses for the recording function and we discuss several in this video, it is important to understand the Song Surgeon is NOT designed to be a studio recording software program. Please watch the video for more detail. 


http://youtu.be/HFw6rtvh5bI

Song Surgeon Pricing and Upgrade Policy

This closer we get to launch the more questions we receive about where or not someone is entitled to a free upgrade, and what the cost is going to be for the new version, etc., etc.
Answers for most of these questions can be found on the website on our upgrade policy page.

Pricing for this new version will not change.  That means that the regular price will be $99 for the Pro and $59 for the Standard.  As we often do, we will offer significant discounts off of these standard prices during the launch of this new version.

Song Surgeon Beta Testing and Estimated Release Date

Early to mid April still looks about right for the release of Song Surgeon Version 4.  Beta testing will be starting soon, probably within the next two weeks. We are currently working on the final list of features/modifications.  We are also working on changes to the website. Within a week or so, we should have a couple of new pages on the website that will provide a good overview of the new features found in this version.  I will share these with you as soon as they are available.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.  If you have Facebook, Twitter or Youtube accounts I would like to encourage you to sign up to our accounts to stay abreast of all of the development with Song Surgeon Version 4.  Here are those links.

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/toddason

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Song-Surgeon/579854792029536

Twitter: http://twitter.com/songsurgeon3

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Weekly Video Tip

This week we continue our overview of new features found in Version 4 Song Surgeon. Today we are going to review a feature called alternative tunings. Version 4 allows you to select from several alternative tunings including 442, 432 (Verdi tuning) and 444, in addition to the standard tuning of 440.  This video will explain what alternative tunings are.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_ie3cXBas

Song Surgeon Beta Testing and Estimated Release Date

Beta testing will begin within 2-3 weeks.  Assuming 2 weeks for testing, two weeks for final bug fixes and changes, that should mean a launch in the first or second week of April for the version 4 for Windows. Stay tuned to this newsletter for more details.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.  If you have Facebook, Twitter or Youtube accounts I would like to encourage you to sign up to our accounts to stay abreast of all of the development with Song Surgeon Version 4.  Here are those links.

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/toddason

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Song-Surgeon/579854792029536

Twitter: http://twitter.com/songsurgeon3

 
 

 
 

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Song Surgeon Weekly Newsletter

Song Surgeon Weekly Video Tip

This week we continue our overview of new features found in Version 4 Song Surgeon.      The editing features found in Version 4 will be significantly improved. Perhaps the biggest change will be the ability to edit L/R channels independently. This video provides a brief overview of some of the new editing features. Watch the video for more details.


http://youtu.be/2XigfsBRUJI

Song Surgeon User Q & A

Q1. I am seeing an error message when I try to rip or open a file that says something like, destination path cannot be found.  What is the problem?

A1.  At the time of installation, Song Surgeon creates some default folders on your computer for its use.   Occasionally these folder may point to virtual rather than real folders.  When that is the case you will see this error message. 

To fix this issue, click the Options button at the top of the main user interface. You will see five paths. To the right of these paths is a button with 3 dots on it. This is a browse button. Click it and then check each path to make sure it is REAL. You will know this because after you browse and attempt to save the path, you will see a warning, if the path is not good. If it saves the path with no warnings then that path (folder) is fine.

Until Next Week,

James Todd
Song Surgeon

  p.s.  Just another email we received from a customer this past week: 

James, I used amazing slowdowner for years now. I am now adapting to SongSurgeon as it’s music quality at the slower speeds is the best!

H. Hill