Whew! Adam, I don't know where to start. Not having a Roland, I'm at a huge disadvantage trying to trouble shoot your setup. The problem here is that there are SO many variables. Let's go about it this way:
••• first, will your Roland take patch changes in Digital Performer? In other words, is it set for external control? Do you first have to unprotect memory?
••• When you try to send a patch, what do you see on the Roland's display? Does it say anywhere that memory is locked, or that the buffer is overloaded, etc.?
••• Does your profile for the Roland XP-60 say that you must use any particular channel for your remote edit buffer? In my Kurzweil 2600, the ONLY slot in which I can play with patches that way, and edit them, is Program 600. Out of 1000 patches, that's the only one that allows non-local editing. There is a reason for that, but I won't go into it here. When I have a bank of patches the way I want them, then I can upload the whole bank. But individual patches can only be sent to that one slot.
••• Have you explored the channel options? I'm assuming you can download banks of patches, or you wouldn't be trying to edit them. So, have you tried uploading a bank? Hmmm... never mind... come to think of it, you could not transmit the signal to send a bulk dump from your Roland to Unisyn if the Roland was not able to receive commands, so the channels are almost certainly correct. Also, if you've been able to trigger a bulk dump of any banks into Unisyn, then you've got the Device ID set correctly.
••• Ok, what about the mode for editing patches? I haven't read the Roland profile help, but some devices require that you edit the patch, then send the patch. In other words, some devices won't accept remote editing in real time. So, you may have to send it each time you edit, which means you have to SAVE it before you send it. (always work on a copy, by the way!)
••• Do you have any MIDI filters on in your MIDI interface? If you have a MIDI Time Piece, the Clockworks software allows for setting filters. You could be filtering SYSEX bulk data on the upload end. You'd probably remember that, though.
You can see the difficulty of trying to make software interface with so many different devices. But Roland is such a standard, I'm 100% certain that Unisyn has been designed to work with it. If you don't get anywhere from my memory prods above, I suggest you call MOTU and talk to them, see if you can get in touch with the author of the profile, and/or find a Roland forum to compare notes on how to use an editor-librarian with your device.
I'll check back here to see if there is anything I can do for you. Sorry I can't be more specific. Short of sending me a Roland, I just have no way to walk through it with you. Of course... that WOULD be an option...
Shooshie
