I was trying to use my JV1010 connected to my keyboard to play Performances when I noticed that it kept playing Patches!? I made sure the mode was set to Perform, Bank pointing to User but all I can hear is User Patches and not User Performances.

I also noticed that although I'm in Performance mode I can turn the Value knob up to 128 even though there are only 32 Performances!?

One last thing: I downloaded the JV1010 software update from the Roland website and when I followed the instructions I couldn't get the display to show the word "nid"!?
I talked to a guy at Roland UK and he told me my unit was defective -- I drove 120 miles to the dealer to get a replacement and I got exactly the same behaviour with the new unit.

What am I doing wrong?

There are a few possibilities, totokey

Some performances have 1 patch per midi channel, so if you're playing your keyboard, then you'll only hear the patch on the midi channel your keyboard is using.

Other performances have layers of sounds on the same midi channel.

In perofrmance mode, you can select patches 1 to 128 for each of the 16 channels by using the value & channel knobs. I don't think you can select performances from the unit itself - you can change performances either by program change messages if you set one of the midi channels as the control channel, or with a sysex message if you set the control channel off.

To get "nid" on the display takes a little practice - read the manual, but from memory, you have to set one or more knobs, then press in a couple of the knobs, then turn the power on, then keep one of the knobs in for at least 3 seconds.

GM Arts