Hi Rharv

I think your comment on the whether the synth is in performance mode may be the key. It has three different modes - GM, Patch and Performance. At this stage I'm steering clear of Performance. Synth works fine in GM and I'm wondering whether I have to physically select something on the synth itself to get it to play the Roland patches. I'm hoping the local agent will shed some light on it when I can get hold of him. I've now read the Roland manual front to back, have a basic understand of the midi syntax, but man that manual is written in a language that assumes you are a midi guru. Last night I spent another couple of hours trying to get things moving along and found that the synth would change patches when I changed them on PT. Also I think its ignoring the MSB and LSB messages and just using the PC number - so its just playing in GM mode. I looked to load the XV 3080 ini file but ca't see the point at this stage. I'm pretty sure, now, that I'm doing everything right from a PT perspective so that leaves the synth itself. The XV 3080 is loaded with realistically wonderful B3, strings, guitar and synth sounds that I think will transform some of the midi files I have so I'll persist until I get the thing sorted. I'll let you know what the agent recommends when I track him down.