Minilab 3 And Analog Lab; Important Note - It's All Malleable; Audio And Midi Setup - Arturia MINILAB 3 User Manual

5. MINILAB 3 AND ANALOG LAB

This chapter will focus mostly on how MiniLab 3 interacts with Analog Lab Intro and Analog
Lab V – a browser of preset sounds from keyboard and synth instruments that shaped
music history. So you will find only basic coverage of the various Analog Lab parameters
that MiniLab 3 controls, although these apply to the full version of Analog V as well. For
more details about Analog Lab Intro or other versions of Analog Lab, please refer to the
appropriate user manual.
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! There's also an affordable and simple way to upgrade Analog Lab Intro to the full version of Analog
Lab V, which provides access to many more sounds. To upgrade, go to
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5.1. Important Note — It's All Malleable
Everything dewscribed here covers a default operating mode designed to get you up and
running quickly with MiniLab and your Analog Lab Intro or Analog Lab V. There are many
ways this can change. The biggest is that you can create and enable user custom controller
mappings in the MIDI Control Center app (see separate manual). Also, the parameters
assigned to a Macro surely vary from Preset to Preset, so what you hear when you turn
knobs 1-4 will be different.
You can also treat MiniLab 3 as a generic MIDI controller, overriding the default control
assignments by directly MIDI "Learn"-ing new ones from within any Arturia instrument —
select the MIDI settings tab, click learn, choose a parameter onscreen, and wiggle a control
on MiniLab 3.
Last but not least, MiniLab 3 works like any other MIDI controller with non-Arturia software
and plug-ins, but with the advantage of MIDI Control Center letting you determine exactly
what messages and values each of its controls sends.

5.2. Audio and MIDI Setup

The first thing to do after launching Analog Lab is to make sure the software is set to output
audio correctly and that it will receive MIDI from the MiniLab 3 keyboard. When you're using
Analog Lab as standalone, in MIDI Devices, you just need to tick MiniLab3 MIDI to make it
work. Ticking MiniLab3 ALV is not necessary, but if you do so, it shouldn't be an issue.
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