Just sharing an excellent video from John Paul:
Great video. The main problem with the RC5 is that Boss/Roland donāt release a detailed midi description/guide for that pedalā¦
Thanks for this vid! You not only helped me setup the MC8/RC-5, but you saved me $$
I thought I needed the Boss MIDI cable, forgot about the 1/4" Omniport Midi Out option to mini TRS. I had an aux cable laying around, works perfect.
This video is only adequate. Iād have rather more detail on how he programmed the MC8. The RC-5 is fairly obvious even though they didnāt publish MIDI specs.
Looks like pg 14 of the reference. Not familiar with the RC-5 (i have the RC-500) but it seems similar in that you can pick what parameter is controlled per a handful of cc#'s
Iāve just purchased an RC-5 (and watched the you the video above) but am not sure how to program the MC8. Iāve configured the CC numbers on the RC-5 but donāt know what I should be sending from the MC8 to the RC-5. An a āpressā action, I can send CC #81 on the correct midi channel but donāt know what CC value to send? What am I doing wrong or what am i missing please?
I donāt have the RC-5 but I use the RC-500 and I believe they are similar. Depending what Iām trying to trigger with a CC, I need to send both 127 AND 0 values (so two messages both on a press)
Some Boss users have reported needing to add a delay between the two messages (Delay is under the Device section of the type) but I never needed a delay for my Boss.
Hi @cVarsity thanks for that. Iāve just figured out the use of 127 for āonā but could only get it to work once. I guess Iām missing the 0 value for āoffā to follow? Thanks again
Itās been a while since I set mine up but I feel like certain targets wanted both a 127 AND 0 sent at the same time to trigger where as some targets just wanted a 127 for on and 0 for off or vice versa.