Superior Quality and Features for Ultimate Expression
Housed in a gorgeous, dark walnut cabinet, the AT-500 exudes quality and class. Its harmonic bars provide instant access to a wide variety of superior organ sounds, while the full-range speaker system provides a warm, rich sound that fills any room. For a breathtaking ensemble sound, the Solo Harmonic Bar lets you layer organ sounds with built-in orchestral instruments. An invisible D BEAM is included for creating dramatic effects that you control by moving your hand over the beam. Despite its wealth of features, the AT-500 is easy to navigate thanks to its large color LCD touch panel.
Gorgeous cabinet finished in dark walnut
Harmonic-bar upper and lower pedals, one for each keyboard; solo harmonic bar to layer orchestra sounds
Full-range speaker system
Easy navigation with large color LCD touch panel
Invisible D BEAM adds excitement and variety to performance
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
The AT-500 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. There's also a Solo Harmonic Bar for controlling the way orchestral instrument sounds layer with organ sounds.
Lower keyboard for extra expression
The AT-500 has a lower waterfall-style keyboard, which is ideal for glissando and other expressive organ-playing techniques. In addition to 64 onboard keys, the AT-500 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 four 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. Moody, atmospheric sounds such as mood strings and jazz flute are also included, plus true-to-life jazz -scat vocals and choir samples.
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. Sounds such as flute and brass, which tend to lose presence during forte playing can be realistically boosted. 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 the AT-500 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-500 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-500. 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. If you connect an external display you can play slideshows and enjoy karaoke with lyrics display from VIMA Tunes CDs.
*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.
O značce
Roland:
Roland Corporation je celosvětově jeden z nejznámějších a nejdůležitějších výrobců zejména elektronických, ale i jiných hudebních nástrojů, jejich příslušenství a software. Tato korporace vlastní několik dalších značek, jejichž význam na trhu je stejně zásadní – jde například o Boss, Edirol, Rodgers nebo Cakewalk.
Roland byl založen Ikutaro Kakehashiem18. dubna 1972 v japonském městě Osaka, kde Roland také sídlil až do roku 2005 - tehdy se přestěhoval do města Hamamatsu. Pokud jde o původ jména této firmy, traduje se, že vychází ze středověkého eposu Píseň o Rollandovi. Skutečnost je nicméně mnohem méně prozaická – jméno Roland vybral Kakehashi z telefonního seznamu, když hledal dvouslabičné slovo počínající na písmeno R, které tehdy netvořilo první hlásku jména žádného z konkurentů.
Roland dal již z počátku své existence vědět, že bude na trhu opravdu agresivním hráčem. Již pár let po vzniku začal prodávat jedny z prvních kláves a syntezátorů na japonském trhu, které si ihned získaly ohromnou oblibu. Roku 1975 přišel s dnes legendárním modelem kytarového aparátu Jazz Chorus. Krátce na to vyvinul své první kytarové efekty nebo automatické bubeníky. I v 80. a 90. letech uváděl na trh nástroje, které nabízely to nejlepší, co v dané době mohl muzikant získat.
O úspěšné historii Rolandu svědčí i to, že vlastně nikdy během svého fungování nebyl ve finančních problémech a naopak pořád rozšiřoval svou nabídku, zakládal nové divize a skupoval konkurenční podniky. Jako jedna z mála firem, které v 60. a 70. letech začaly působit v oblasti elektronických hudebních nástrojů, dokázal Roland udržet krok s dobou a vývojem nových technologií. Dnes pro Roland pracuje téměř 2500 lidí v továrnách v Japonsku, na Taiwanu, v USA a Itálii.