Arturia MiniLab Mk II for Bitwig in Linux

Setup

• Download minilab-mk2.control.js and copy into ~/Documents/Bitwig Studio/Controller Scripts (MacOS) or ~/Documents/Bitwig Studio/Controller Scripts (Windows) or ~/Bitwig\ Studio/Controller\ Scripts/ (Linux).

Bitwig

• Connect a Minilab MkII to PC.
• Open Bitwig Studio.
• Go to Settings -> Controller. Controller must be added automatically.
• If not added automatically. Choose the controller by click Settings -> Controller -> Add controller manually then select Arturia MiniLab mkII or Arturia MiniLab mkII MIDI 1 as input and output each.

Arturia MIDI Control Center

• Open Arturia MIDI Control Center, change each knob to Option: Relative #1, save as preset and load onto the device memory.
• On the MiniLab, press shift and select the corresponding memory slot.

Usage

• Pads 1 to 8 function as normal MIDI notes / drum pads.

• Pads 9 to 16 (after pressing the pad selector) function as following:

  • Pad 9 & 10 (blue) – Scroll between tracks.
  • Pad 11 & 12 – Unassigned.
  • Pad 13 (cyan) – Toggle metronome.
  • Pad 14 (green) – Toggle play/pause.
  • Pad 15 (yellow) – Stop playback.
  • Pad 15 (red) – Toggle recording.

• The knobs are divided vertically and function as following:

  • Knob 1 & 9 control pan and volume of the currently selected track. Click the knob to reset.
  • Knob 2, 3, 4 & 10, 11, 12 are freely assignable in Bitwig.
  • Knob 5, 6, 7, 8 & 13, 14, 15, 16 control the macros of the currently selected device.