Sounds & Rhythms for Atelier 90SL

[Barryt513]

Hello..I just purchased a Atelier 90SL. In the manual it notes that I should have at least 233 rhythms. At the most I have under 100 or less. Does anyone know of an upgrade I could do to my Organ. To obtain all the rhythms it should have. One good thing is the Oregon does have a USB port. So if anybody could help me out in loading more sounds and rhythms I would appreciate it to update my Organ. The organ is in American mode. I have a friend that told me that if it was in domestic mode it would have a lot more rhythms don't know if this is true. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've always loved this organ and dreamed of having one thank you

[andyg]

No way to add sounds, sorry.

As far as the rhythms go, do a bit of a search on here for previous Roland AT threads. There may be a way to boot the 90SL up in DOM mode, the threads should tell you.

If you google a bit you may find a link to 'Roland Gigastyles'. This is a massive (illegal!) collection of styles for Roland. It comes and goes on the net! The trouble is, the styles don't have names, just numbers. They come with a spreadsheet that tells you what's what. You can search the spreadsheet for, say, Bossa Nova and it will tell you the numbers of the styles with that name in. At that point you could rename the styles to their correct meaning, prior to loading them into the organ. They are all native Roland styles and they should work well.

You could also invest in EMC Styleworks, Roland Edition and convert styles from Yamaha, Korg, Gem etc to Roland format. This is hit and miss and some styles work better than others. I have a few conversions and they're not bad. Far from perfect and nowhere near as good as the originals sound on the Yamaha or whatever. But I normally only want the drum patterns anyway. However, I'm told that the producers of Styleworks don't really seem interested in supporting it. It normally works efficiently enough, but if you have issues, it's not so easy to get answers. The Yamaha keyboard forums are the best place to find them.

[Chris]

Hello,

In reality your organ is able to play about 250 styles, but some of them are "hidden", that is to say the organ is able to play them if they are invoked in a registration file, but you can't select directly them with the touch screen.
I developped a software on PC to modify registration files in order to force references to any Roland style. Doing this, you can play a registration file which references hidden styles. It is free. Please have a look on the thread "Atelier PC Tools", read the attachements, and tell me if you are interested.
I've a AT-800 upgraded to the Platinum level. A marvelous instrument. You can find me on YouTube at the url https://www.youtube.com/user/cha171050/featured

regards,
Chris

[AZSteve]

Chris is correct. There are "hidden Styles" on your organ. A short cut I learned early on with my 900P is quite simple.
1. On upper keyboard, right side, simultaneously press "Reset" & "Play/Stop" with your right hand, while on lower keyboard, left end press "Fast/Slow" of the rotary sound.
2. The main screen should change showing 6 red labels. Press "Show All Styles" .Every rhythm type will then show more rhythms, except "User".
These can be saved in registrations, but you won't see the name (it's hidden). If you want to keep one of the hidden styles in a registration, be sure to "Save" it.
When you shut down the organ, that page with disappear, requiring you to repeat the process in #1 again to reveal the hidden styles.
You have a fabulous instrument with lots of hidden capabilities.
Good Luck
Steve:->