ROLAND AT-100 (ATELIER Varhany)

ROLAND AT-100 (ATELIER varhany)




Entry Model With Great Performance and Friendly Features

The AT-100 is modern, stylish, and compact, beautifully accenting its surroundings without occupying much space. With 120 types of built-in musical instruments, 80 rhythms (each with four variations), plus harmonic bars for authentic tone control, the AT-100 provides a surprisingly wide lineup of sound and rhythm for its price and size class.

Modern styling in a compact, lightweight form

120 types of built-in musical instruments; 80 rhythms, each with four variations

Harmonic bars for authentic tone control

61-key lower waterfall keyboard and damper pedal

Backlit graphical LCD for easy, clear navigation

Great world-class organ sounds in a single instrument

Superb built-in sound sets, sourced from world-famous pipe, theater, and jazz organs.

Harmonic bars provide interactive control

AT-100 has harmonic bars, which provide instant access to a full palette of distinctive organ sounds. From 16-foot to 1-foot, different pipe lengths producing different pitches can be used in combination. Each foot length can be adjusted while playing as well.

Lower keyboard for extra expression

The AT-100 has a lower waterfall-style keyboard, which is ideal for glissando and other expressive organ-playing techniques. In addition to 61 onboard key, the AT-100 provides a damper pedal for proper piano playing. Furthermore, the lower keyboard can be split into separate zones. Different instrument sounds can be assigned to up to three lower keyboard zones. This split function makes the lower keyboard equivalent to multiple keyboards!

Orchestral instrument sounds included

Strings, brass, and guitar — a wealth of superb musical-instrument samples are built in. True-to-life jazz -scat vocals and choir samples are also included.

Active Expression lets you add rich accents to your playing

Built-in Active Expression capabilities allow you to use the expression pedal to accent what you play. And, right down to the strength of bowing, you can make instruments such as violins really come to life. Active Expression lets you play more instruments with more feeling and authenticity.

Easy-to-use control panel based on traditional-organ familiarity

The design of every instrument in AT-100 is faithful to the way traditional organs are played. The concept is to give you the same freedom, comfort, and familiarity while layering sounds and effects as you play in real time.

Onboard automatic accompaniment lets you play with world-class musicians

Swing, country, bossa nova.... With AT-100 you can play along with organic rhythms from around the world, recorded by professional drummers. The Arranger feature (automatic accompaniment) allows you to trigger rhythmic patterns from the lower keyboard, and giving you a taste of what it's like to play along with pro musicians.

USB for storage and audio-file enhancement

Plug in external USB memory*1 and you can save multiple sets of registration settings and music files, which can used while you are playing. (The format is compatible with data saved on previous MUSIC ATELIER instruments.) You can directly use data stored on floppy discs*2 by earlier models, or you can enjoy playback of commercial music data downloaded to a computer and transferred to USB memory. You can directly play CD audio discs as well.*3 The ability to interface with various types of recording media greatly expands your musical enjoyment.
*1 Sold separately. Roland-brand USB memory recommended.
*2 Requires use of separately sold FD-01A USB floppy disc drive.
*3 Requires use of separately sold USB CD drive.

Enhanced entertainment capability

By plugging in external devices you can expand the entertainment capability of AT-100. You can listen to audio CDs*1 through the instrument's speakers and even play along. Using the Center Cancel feature, you can de-emphasize the Vocals of pre-recorded music*2 and sing along with your favorite songs.
*1 For audio-CD playback, a standard USB CD drive is required.
*2 Depending on the music, it may not be possible to completely suppress the melody or vocals.