Live script User GUIDE
MiniLab 3
MiniLab 3 Presentation 2
General layout 2
Setting up your unit 3
Script features 4
Knobs and Faders 4
Pads 5
Analog Lab Mode 6
_MiniLab 3 Presentation
General layout:
This guide highlights a script that integrates the MiniLab 3 into
Ableton Live.
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1.Setting up your unit
You’ll need the latest version of Live to be able to use the Integration script for
MiniLab 3.
If you manage to install the latest version of Live, here are the steps:
- Connect your MiniLab 3 and select DAW program (shift + pad 3).
- Open Live.
- The MiniLab 3 should automatically be detected and ready to use.
If the MiniLab 3 is not detected:
- Go to Live MIDI settings (Options / Preferences / Link Tempo MIDI tab)
- In the MIDI part, select your control surface (MiniLab 3)
- Set the right In and out Port (“MiniLab 3 MIDI” / “MiniLab 3 MIDI”)
- Make sure you disable the “MiniLab DIN THRU”, “MiniLab MCU” and the “Minilab ALV” port
- The MiniLab 3 should be detected and ready for Live.
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2.Script features
a.Knobs and Faders
Main encoder:
Actions:
Navigates in the scenes (Scene view)
Navigates in the timeline (Arrangement view)
Feedback:
The content is displayed on MiniLab 3’s screen
Main encoder click:
Actions:
Launches the whole scene (Scene view)
Launches the arrangement (Arrangement view)
Knobs 1 → 8 and faders 1 → 4:
Actions:
Knobs control some parameters of the current armed plugin
Faders control volume, send A/B and pan
Feedback:
Display the parameter name and value on MiniLab 3’s screen
Shift + Main encoder:
Actions:
Navigates in the tracks
Feedback:
The content is displayed on MiniLab 3’s screen
Shift + Main encoder click:
Actions:
Arm the selected track
Feedback:
Arm pictogram is displayed on MiniLab 3’s screen
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b.Pads
There are 8 physical pads on the MiniLab 3. Each pad has a different function,
with 2 banks to work with (A / B):
You can switch between the 2 banks by entering “Pad Mode” (Shift + Pad 2).
Bank A:
Action:
Trigger some clips on the scene view
Feedback:
The bank A LED color will match the color of the selected scen
Bank B:
Actions:
Pressing the pads will triggers sounds
The Drum Machine plugin is already mapped. You can browse your sound with the main
encoder.
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Feedback:
The Pad LEDs match the one you selected in the plugin for your sounds
Shift + Pad 4/8:
Actions:
Orange Pad: Loop
Green Pad: Play/Pause - blink if on play
White Pad: Stop
Red Pad: Record - blink if on record
White Pad 2: Tap Tempo
Feedback:
The bank A LED color will match the color of the selected scen
C.Analog Lab Mode
If you are using Analog Lab, make sure you link the correct device when you open the
plugin.
You can enter Analog Lab Mode to have perfect control over Analog Lab by selecting the
Arturia program on MiniLab 3.
When Analog Lab is selected, you can manage the plugin as you would do in standalone
(Navigation, selection and FX).
