“HARMONYWIZ” CREATIVE NEW APP BY JORDAN RUDESS OF DREAM THEATER RELEASED TODAY (6/12) HARMONYWIZ--the latest app for iOS devices by Wizdom Music’s Jordan Rudess, the Keyboardist, Seaboardist and Continuum player for Grammy-nominated prog rock/metal icons Dream Theater, and developer Ruben Zilibowitz--was released today (June 12) via iTunes. HARMONYWIZ is an advanced harmonic generator which can create multi-part harmony, all just from inputting a single musical line. You can paint your music in or play it from a piano style keyboard. Compose, arrange, create! Jordan Rudess explains, “I always felt that a composer’s thought process would be fascinating to capture in code. I’ve wanted to do an app like this for a long time and, upon meeting developer, Ruben Zilibowitz, I knew it was finally going to be possible. Ruben has spent years studying classical music texts such as Schoenbergs Theory of Harmony. He started by writing out four-part phrases by hand. Eventually, he was able to translate this process into computer code that could generate natural musical phrases. Partnering with him was the key to us being able to offer this bit of music magic. Through hours of sitting at the piano, studying my own compositional method, to Ruben’s tireless coding we believe we have achieved something truly unique and inspiring.” Ruben Zilibowitz adds: “Wizdom Music has helped me take my ideas to the next level. Jordan Rudess is an awesome musician with a deep interest in technology. He is exactly the kind of person I needed to partner up with. I sincerely hope everyone loves what we came up with together as much as I do.” Besides the fact that HarmonyWiz is entertaining and fun for all ages, it is also a valuable educational tool for music students and can be used for advanced editing by industry professionals. After an arrangement is created, the app provides harmonic analysis and displays a notation system known as Figured Bass. Enter the Expert mode and you will have access to manage all the tracks in your arrangement with our editing tools. Select different preset sound ensembles or create your own. Jordan Rudess’ Wizdom Music is also the creator of the top-selling synth-app MorphWiz which won first place in the category of “Best Music Creation App in the 2010 Billboard Music App Awards, “Best Musical App” in the Best App Ever Awards and best “IPhone/Ipad/Itouch” app in the Electronic Musicians 2011 Editors Choice Awards. In addition to MorphWiz, Wizdom Music has also released the popular music apps SampleWiz, GeoSynth, Jordan Rudess Explores, EarWizard, SpaceWiz, and Tachyon. Details on HarmonyWiz: • Offers a unique, assisted composition engine • Place guide notes in any track including the melody or bass lines • Force chords to have certain degrees or inversions • Choose from five different harmonic styles: Baroque, Contemporary, Smooth, Free, And Open • Non-harmonic tones such as passing notes or suspension notes • Built in multi-touch keyboards in both chromatic layout and harmonic • Supports the use of accidentals • Supports simple and compound meters • Supports major and minor keys • Displays harmonic rhythm • Multiple undo and redo • MIDI in and MIDI out support • AudioBus support • AudioShare support • Ten built-in instruments including orchestral and electronic sounds • More instrument packs available for in-app purchase • SoundCloud sharing Learn more and purchase HarmonyWiz at : wizdommusic Praise for HarmonyWiz: “I wrote my first composition at age four. Too bad I didn’t have HarmonyWiz so that I could’ve had an even earlier start.” --Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “HarmonyWiz is a great tool for composers like myself. If I had HarmonyWiz when I was a young man, I could have composed a symphony every day.” --Ludwig van Beethoven “HarmonyWiz is the perfect compositional tool for helping any musician unlock and explore endless creative harmonic possibilities. It’s practically like having your own digital writing partner at your fingertips. The only problem for Jordan, is that if he keeps this up, he may just “tech” himself right out of a job!” --John Petrucci (Guitarist of Dream Theater)
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:56:07 +0000
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