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also, what John said. I don't use 2 midi cables to connect hex to commander, just the one

I believe i had the same problem, i was using the hex and commander together. The problem i had was that when i was hitting the switches on the commander, nothing happened on the hex. It was because the manual for the hex failed to mention that you need to save your selections by holding down the buttons on the hex corresponding to loops 1 and 6. When i did this, everything was resolved. I cant remember how it lets you know but when you hold down buttons 1 and 6 simultaneously on the hex, i think all the lights flash to say its saved. You can then assign the configuration to the commander by pressing and holding the desired switch/button till it flashes. It then saves and remembers the configuration, even if you turn the commander off and back on again.

Hi there, I am very new to this as I have used multi effects pedals in the past and am attempting to set up a board for my individual pedals. I have used individual pedals many times before but have always put them in a chain at the front end. This never bothered me because I was happier using dirt pedals than the distortion from my amp (Blackstar). This has changed as I have a new Marshall amp on order and will definitely want to use the amp's gain/distortion. So the issue now is that I want my delay, chorus and reverb after the amp distortion OR the pedal distortion, so the idea is to use the effects loop on the amp and run the effects loop through the isolated loop on the hex (loop 1). In my mind this will then allow me to use the distortion/gain/overdrive from pedals at the front end OR the amp's distortion/gain/overdrive. Either way I can still engage the effects loop for reverb etc...whichever distortion method I choose and all should be controllable through the commander (including amp channel selection). Does this sound like a workable plan to those of you with experience?

Not sure if this is at all necessary but my signal chain is basically this:

Guitar>tuner>Volume>Wah>Hex loop2(boost/compression)>Hex loop3(overdrive)>Hex loop4(dirt)>Hex loop5(empty)>Amp>Amp Effects loop>Isolated Hex loop 1(chorus, reverb, delay)>Awesome sound (hopefully)