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AUG 13.10

Dream Theater Keyboardist Announces 'Morphwiz Version 1.1.2'

MorphWiz -- the synth app by Jordan Rudess, keyboardist/ Continuum-player/ multi-instrumentalist for prog rock/metal icons Dream Theater -- with chief programmer Kevin Chartier -- has been a resounding success commercially. Within days of its initial release on the iPad, MorphWiz -- one of the coolest interfaces for controlling sound ever available -- reached #1 in the United States iPad music section of Apple's App store. Now, Rudess and Chartier have announced that MorphWiz Version 1.1.2 is available and works effectively on all iOS devices, which includes all iPods, iPhones, and the iPad.

MorphWiz is partly inspired by the highly successful Haken Continuum Fingerboard, a radically innovative and revolutionary MIDI instrument that Jordan uses on stage and in the studio with Dream Theater. Like the Continuum, Jordan Rudess' MorphWiz is a vertical grid-based musical instrument that allows a whole new level of expressive control.

“While music apps out there try to mimic existing instruments, we designed MorphWiz from the start to harness modern mobile device technology to create a new musical instrument that is fresh, exciting, and remarkably expressive,” explain Rudess and Chartier. “It's rewarding for us to be able to offer MorphWiz to iOS products across the board! Whether you are on an Ipod 2nd generation, Iphone 3G, or an Ipad, you can still enjoy MorphWiz and get a fantastic musical experience! “

Ge Wang, Chief creative officer of Smule and assistant professor at Stanford University, recently said this about MorphWiz:

"MorphWiz is awesome. It is perhaps the most finely-articulated and badass keyboard synth on the iPad. MorphWiz, by design, affords incredible expressive subtlety for anyone who explores its endless possibilities.

"If Jordan Rudess transformed into an iPad app, it would be MorphWiz."

The customers have this to say:

"The First real musical instrument for Ipad"

"A M A Z I N G"

"The first really great new instrument since the invention of the synth!"

"Mindblowing, it is simply amazing!"

To learn all about MorphWiz, check out the official site and be sure to watch the tutorial videos at this location.

MorphWiz features over 70 custom Jordan Rudess-created patches that show off the power of MorphWiz.