Jordan Rudess Releases GEO Synthesizer

US He says its the fastest iOS app ever 31/10/11

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Lord knows whrre he finds the time, but Dream Theater's super-dexterous keyboard player Jordan Rudess, has released another iOS app. GEO Synthesizer is the result of a collaboration with his usual developer partner Kevin Chartier and Mugician developer Rob Fielding.

GEO Synthesizer performs as both a synthesizer with four waves plus FM and effects, and it can be used as a MIDI controller either internally via Virtual MIDI ports. That's right, to control other apps on the same iPad, or in the real word via iPad hardware out or MIDI over WIFI - which is a breeze to seup up via the AudioMIDI control panel in OS X.

Jordan says "it's the fastest playing surface I've yet experienced on an iOS device" and he should know, his mind-bendingly fast riffing gives him centre stage when Dream Theater perform live (they are now on tour).

We interviewed Jordan recently (here) - he said he couldn't wait to start using GEO Synthesizer on stage - he currently uses Morp Whiz and SampleWhiz - two of his previous apps.

Available now via the App store at £6.99

Ability to load waveforms from SampleWiz presets.
Octave rounding for effortless soloing over large ranges.
Whammy slider with absolute and relative modes.
12ET, 24ET, 53ET, and 665ET temperament options.
Mono, string, and full-polyphony modes.
Tuning and transposition controls.
Snap speed control to affect how quickly the instrument pulls notes in tune.
Playing surface options for number of rows and columns on screen.
Octave and fifth harmonics synthesis options to rich, organ-like sounds.
Gain control to add distortion to the sound.
FM and touch FM controls for timbal variation.
Mono out for use with guitar amps.
Sine, sawtooth, square, and custom (SampleWiz) wave options.
Attack and release controls.
Synthesis body control.
Lowpass filter with resonance.
Stereo delay.
Reverb.
MIDI output with polyphonic note bending and multiple configuration options to allow compatibility with a wide range of hardware and software synthesizers.
Performance menu lets you make your own custom menu so all the controls you need are always right at your fingertips.
40 presets carefully selected by Jordan Rudess, including patches from Jordan’s personal sound library.