MIDI commands between Helix and Boss RC 500

[Cingaro]

Apologies if there is a thread elsewhere on this topic, but has anyone out there some experience with using the Helix with the Boss RC 500 looper, specifically sending MIDI commands  from the Helix to the looper.

I'm new to MIDI, but after watching a few YouTube videos felt I was doing ok in terms of getting to understand how the devices respond to each other, using Instant Commands in Command Centre for Snapshots and assigning Footswitches on the Helix to trigger other commands, etc.

Where I've really hit the wall is getting the RC500's drum patterns to respond consistently to commands when I return to a snapshot or preset. Often the drum patterns have completely changed when I go back to, say, a chorus snapshot ( I have got Snapshot Recall on in Global settings). In some cases I've been able to work around this issue, but the biggest frustration is if I've set a loop up on say Track 1 of the RC500 and then go to Track 2 to record a new idea, any assignments I've made to create a different rhythm pattern in the RC500 change, usually to blank so I get left with rhythmic silence. If I then come out of the memory and go back in again all my assigned settings are still there! I'm not sure if this is a command from the helix that causes this or the way I have the looper configured. Either way I can't figure it out.

I hope this makes sense to someone and any input on this would be most welcome

Thanks

 

 

[Chapalex]

Greetings!
Did you ever resolve this? I'm also new to MIDI and have a Helix Floor : Boss RC500 combo. When I first got the Helix in March 2022, I wasted hours trying to get it to talk to the RC500 without much success. I gave up after a month and have just been controlling the Boss directly with one foot and the Helix with the other. More than a year on, I'm much more comfortable with how both units work and it seems crazy not to be tapping into their MIDI capabilities, especially as I'm a bit fed up of all the manic tap-dancing I have to do on stage. It's high time I re-visited the dark side, so any intelligence on the matter would be gratefully received!