First of all, I have to say that I am excited about the MiniLab 3; it’s a great addition to a DAW on an already small workspace.
It works great with instruments from Arturia, but if you want custom settings for your DAW (in my case Logic Pro), you’ll quickly run into a few issues.
If you want to customize the DAW mode, you’re out of luck.
Alright, I thought I’d create a user mode and use the DAW mode as a base, but the firmware doesn’t offer this option. So, I started building the user configuration from scratch.
One of the features I bought the MiniLab 3 for was the text feedback on the device’s OLED display. Unfortunately, you lose this option in User mode. It receives feedback in ARTURIA mode, DAW mode, but why not in USER mode (!?).
All original functions can be reconstructed again in the Controller Assignments settings.
And that includes the transport control functions as well. There is another firmware bug here. The transport control (SHIFT + the corresponding pad) sends not only the assigned controller number (#CC) you taught it, but also note-on and note-off messages! This is clearly a bug.
In firmware version 1.1.1, which introduces the option of permanent transport control by holding SHIFT + Pad #2 (labeled Pad), there is another bug with the function of Pad #4 (Cycle, Loop), causing an additional unwanted controller to be sent (in my case #3C).
Otherwise, the ability to set the knobs in RELATIVE mode is a big plus of the new firmware.
In Logic Pro, #CC must also be set to relative and the format changed (see picture).
Has anyone experienced similar issues mentioned above?