World-renowned keyboard giant Jordan Rudess of DREAM THEATER performed live on the new Ivory II virtual piano plug-ins by Synthogy at the ILIO booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 24-27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Check out video footage of his appearance below.

Keyboard magazine voted Rudess 1994's "Best New Talent" in the "Overall Best Keyboardist" category and in a career that spans almost three decades, he appears on over 40 other recordings by numerous artists, including David Bowie and the DIXIE DREGS. Since 1999, Rudess has been an integral member of and creative driving force behind DREAM THEATER, one of the most critically acclaimed progressive hard rock bands in the world with over 10 million units sold. Jordan appears on six DREAM THEATER studio CDs and three DREAM THEATER live CDs and DVDs, and his own eight solo albums. Jordan is also the founder of his own iPad and iPhone app development company Wizdom Music, which produced the Billboard and Electronic Musician award-winning music creation MorphWiz.

Ivory II is Synthogy's first major upgrade to all of its Ivory virtual piano products since they were first launched. Significant improvements have been made to both the piano DSP engine and to the integrated sample libraries that come with the products. Ivory II – American Concert D, Ivory II – Grand Pianos, Ivory II – Italian Grand, and Ivory II – Upright Pianos are all available and shipping.

The Ivory II piano DSP engine includes many new features Synthogy customers have been requesting, including Harmonic Resonance Modeling for Sympathetic String Resonance, Half Pedaling, Pedal Noise, Lid Position, Timbre Shifting, Parametric EQ, Tuning Tables, and New Synth Layers with controls.

Ivory II – Grand Pianos and all Synthogy products are distributed in North America by ILIO, carrying the highest quality virtual instruments, sample libraries, and creative tools for professional musicians.