Sale on All Acoustic Upright & Grand Pianos!

http://www.waltons.ie/home/products/?sid=2041

Waltons Music have a sale on all acoustic & upright Grand Pianos ranging from 15% to 25% off! Including brands such as Young Chang (now the official pianos for the New York ballet and opera!)

Yamaha (a highly respected piano brand played by top artists in concert halls, recording studios and homes around the world!)

Kawai (earning a reputation for long-term stable performance even in heavy-use situations!)

For more information please contact us on info@waltonsmusic.ie

or one of our staff members directly on,

Blanchardstown store: 01 9603232

Georges Street store: 01 4750661

 

 

Get flowkey Premium for Free with your New Yamaha Digital Piano or Keyboard

Learn to play piano or keyboard with Yamaha and flowkey

Have you always dreamed of playing the piano or keyboard? Now you can learn to play all kinds of music at home and at your own pace, thanks to Yamaha and flowkey – one of the world’s most popular apps for learning the piano. For a limited period, you can get access to flowkey’s entire library of Premium songs for three months completely free of charge when you purchase a Yamaha digital piano or keyboard. No payment details are required to begin your membership.

 

What is flowkey?

flowkey is an exciting app for learning to play piano in an intuitive way, used by over half a million piano players. It offers a huge selection of interactive song tutorials and lessons that give you instant feedback and track your progress. By using flowkey together with your Yamaha digital piano or keyboard, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you can learn to play your favourite music. flowkey is available in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Now, for a limited period, you can discover your musical potential with a very special offer from Yamaha and flowkey.

Discover more about flowkey

Get three months premium access to flowkey completely free of charge when you purchase a Yamaha digital piano or keyboard

With flowkey Premium, you get access to full range of songs and lessons for interactive learning. There are over 500 songs to choose from in a wide range of categories including classical, pop, film and many others. You can select from four difficulty levels to match your skill level as your playing develops. With flowkey, learning to play your favourite songs is a fun and exciting pastime that everyone can enjoy!

How do I get three months free premium access to flowkey?

1 .  Purchase a new Yamaha digital piano or keyboard between 15th July 2016 and 31st           March 2017

2.  Visit  member.europe.yamaha.com/flowkey to register your instrument

3. Follow the link to the flowkey website and use your unique code to enjoy 3 months         premium access, worth €39.99,completely free of charge

Terms and Conditions

The Yamaha flowkey premium three months free offer is available when purchasing a new Yamaha digital keyboard or digital piano model listed below between 15/07/2016 and 31/03/2017:

• DIGITAL PIANOS:
  • Compact: P-45 P-115 P-255 DGX-650 DGX-660
  • Arius: YDP-142 YDP-143 YDP-162 YDP-163 YDP-S52 YDP-V240
  • Clavinova CLP: CLP-525 CLP-535 CLP-545 CLP-565GP CLP-575 CLP-585
  • Clavinova CVP: CVP-701 CVP-705 CVP-709 CVP-709GP
  • Modus: F02
  • Hybrid: NU1 N1 N2 N3
• DIGITAL KEYBOARDS:
  • Piaggero series: NP-11 NP-12 NP-31 NP-32 NP-V60 NP-V80
  • EZ: EZ-220
  • PSR-F series: PSR-F50
  • PSR-E series: PSR-E253 PSR-E353 PSR-E443 PSR-E453 PSR-EW400
  • YPT series: YPT-240 YPT-255 YPT-340
  • PSR-S series: PSR-S650 PSR-S670 PSR-S770 PSR-S970
  • PSR-A series: PSR-A3000, PSR-A300, PSR-A350
  • Tyros series: Tyros5-61 Tyros5-76
• This offer consists of three months of Premium access to flowkey.
• No payment details are required to begin the membership.
• At the end of the 3 month period, if you do not choose to upgrade your membership, your membership will automatically revert to the free Basic membership, with limited access to flowkey content.
• This offer is only available with products purchased from a participating Yamaha dealer within Europe.
• The product must be registered within six months of purchase date.
• flowkey premium access must be activated within six months of the date when your product was registered.
• Promotional codes not redeemed within 1 year of receipt will expire.
• Internet access and a suitable computer/iOS or Android based tablet device (not supplied) is required to use this offer.
• Yamaha cannot guarantee the availability or compatibility of flowkey on all devices
• Each customer can claim up to a maximum of one offer and each promotional code can be redeemed only once
• This offer may be amended or withdrawn at any time without notice or penalty

 

 

Royal Irish Academy 2017 in Stock Now

For all those wanting to get a head start on this year’s Royal Irish Academy piano pieces we now have the 2017 Books from Elementary Grade to  Grade 5 in stock . Grab your’s now and beat the September rush .

Click here to buy get started now

Yamaha Pianos at Montreux Jazz Festival

From July 1st to 16th 2016, the Montreux Jazz Festival celebrates half a century of music: a fascinating journey that started in 1967 and has since taken place every summer at the scenic Lake Geneva.

This year Yamaha is once again amongst the renowned production partners of the Montreux Jazz Festival. With a range of grand pianos from the model C5 to the impressive concert grand CFX, musicians and audiences alike can look forward to a breath-taking experience.

The program of the anniversary event perfectly reflects the historical importance of the Swiss festival. Tightly organised and with vivid performances, this year’s Festival has quite a few surprises in store. It is packed with numerous projects and evening events that have been created specifically for this occasion, combining friendships between artists and fresh new musical ideas in a unique way.

Amongst others, the line-up includes: Jamie Cullum, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Sigur Rós, Patti Smith, Lana Del Rey, M83, Muse, Ernest Ranglin, Scofield Mehldau Guiliana, Christian Scott, Jean-Michel Jarre, Woodkid and friends, Beirut, Grimes…

 

Click here to Explore our range of Yamaha Acoustic Pianos

New Cables from Legendary Pedal Maker MXR

Often Overlooked as a key element in preserving instrument tone ,choosing the correct lead can be a huge factor in getting the best possible sound from your instruments.

Having noticed that many standard cables seemed to degrade the sound to the point where the subtle enhancements of many of their famous pedals were being lost legendary pedal maker MXR set about designing their own range of cables to give the ultimate in tone , clarity and durability .

Feedback from their many MXR endorsees and users suggested that what most players wanted in a cable was high conductivity, low noise and a strong flexible outer shield that inhibits self tangling .

To meet this spec MXR’s engineers came up with a 24AWG oxygen-free copper core , 95% coverage spiral shielding to block out unwanted EMI and RFI interference and a heavy PVC outer jacket to ensure flexibility and protect against kinks and tangling.

Available in 10ft , 20ft and patch lengths with standard or pro connector types these cables are the last line in the battle to preserve the purity of tone of your cherished instrument .

Designed to take all the punishment a life on the road has to offer these cables will give pure un-coloured tone night after night gig after gig ,

No fancy colours , no flashy gold connectors that do nothing for your sound just good old fashion rock n roll tone and reliability ,you owe it to your instrument to check out these cables.

Click her to view the full range

Zoom F8 Field Recorder

 

Multitrack Filed recorders have been used in the film and broadcast industry for many years but have always been prohibitively expensive for anyone other than the elite of film location recording engineers and sound designers. With the launch of their F8 Filed recorders Japanese company Zoom have set a new benchmark for affordable high end Field recording at a fraction of the cost but very similar spec to all the competition. Now you can add pristine audio quality to your Film production or sound design set up giving your projects more edge and realism than ever possible before.

With Eight high quality Mic  inputs with  120db of dynamic range and phantom powering, built in timecode, recording up to 192 KHz on eight tracks, remote operation via iOS device, multiple power sources including a HI Rose external DC connector for maximum battery life when recording in the field.

All these amazing features are built in to a very compact 178( H ) x 54 ( W ) x 140 ( D ) brushed aluminium casing with a very solid and durable feel.

Zooms years as the world’s number 1 maker of handy recorders means that the F8’s operating system is their most highly evolved , intuitive and dynamic yet allowing real-time control of both mix level and mic gain per channel on the fly when recording in the field . Navigating the menus is a breeze with the settings for most functions exactly where you expect them to be.

Having worked very closely with many of the worlds most renowned Film Sound Recordists Zoom have produced a Field Recorder that opens up huge creative possibilities for anyone involved in location sound recording or sound design .

Available now at just €1069 call in to one of our stores to get the full hands on experience and discuss how the F8’s quality and flexibility can help to enhance your next project .

 

 

 

Taylor GS Mini Koa NOW IN STOCK

NOW IN STOCK: Taylor GS Mini, Koa
The Taylor Mini GS guitar has wowed the world with its fun-size appeal. It packs a grown-up guitar voice into a scaled-down form that fits perfectly into everyday life. Having a Taylor Mini on hand is like having your songwriting muse on instant demand.

Inspired by the big, bold sound of Taylor’s Grand Symphony, the GS Mini scales things down without skimping on sound. The guitar manages to pack a ton of tone into a comfortable, travel-and couch-friendly guitar that’s full-voiced and incredibly fun to play.

Check it out here: http://www.waltons.ie/home/products/view/03atay-gs-mini-ek-taylor-gs-mini-koa/ or call into Waltons Georges Street or Waltons Music Superstore in the Blanchardstown Retail Park (beside TK Maxx).

Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2 Launch

Focusrite Launches Second Generation Scarlett Series Interfaces

Focusrite today announced their Scarlett Generation 2 Audio Interfaces with a host of new upgrades including

New features

• 24 bit 192 kHz
• Low latency 2.74ms
• more even gain structure
• instrument input redesigned for hot pickups
• Analogue protection circuitry to stop power surges
• New metal gain controls
• Sleeker chassis
• Focusrite Control – for 6i6 and higher
• Redesigned headphones and microphones for studio packs

 

New Software Bundle

• Red 2 & 3
• Softube Time and Tone
• Ableton Live
• Pro Tools First | First Focusrite Creative pack includes Pro Tools First software and the following 12 free plug-ins : Eleven Lite / In-Tune digital tuner / Black Op Distortion / Flanger / Vibe Phaser / Roto Speaker / Tape Echo / Studio Reverb / Gray Compressor / Sc-Fi Ring Modulator / Vari-Fi speed shifter / Graphic EQ
• Bass Station
• 2GB loopmasters sounds and samples

Stock will Be with us Next week , email us to reserve now ……

Once in Waltons Music…

On April 28 2016, some of the cast of the smash-hit stage show ONCE gathered in Walton’s Music store to announce details of the 2016 summer run at the Olympia Theatre. They were joined by writer/director John Carney (Once, Begin Again, Sing Street) who came by to say hello and reminisced about filming some of the ‘Once’ movie in Walton’s Music store 10 years earlier.

Huge thanks to Walton’s Music store for hosting us and to John Carney for dropping in to say hello!

ONCE returns to the Olympia Theatre, Dublin for 8 weeks only in summer 2016 https://oncemusical.ie

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WALTONS MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to all twelve Finalist schools who took part in the Waltons Music for Schools Competition today at the University Concert Hall. Limerick. They treated us to a simply wonderful afternoon of music. What a tough job the judges (Micheal O Suilleabhain and Gwen Moore) had in choosing the winners. After long deliberation these were the worthy winners:
Post Primary Schools Winners:
1st Prize (€3000) OUR LADY’S SECONDARY SCHOOL, CASTLEBLAYNEY
2nd Prize (€1500) SCOIL MHIURE, TRIM
3rd Prize (€500) PRESENTATION COLLEGE, HEADFORD
Primary Schools Winners:
1st Prize (€3000) CRAANFORD NATIONAL SCHOOL, GOREY
2nd Prize (€1500) GAELSCOIL MOSHIOLOG, GOREY
3rd Prize (€500) GAELSCOIL AONACH URMHUMHAN, NENAGH

MAITH SIBH!