# Interface with Arturia MiniLab

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/interface-with-arturia-minilab/171>\
**Category:** Organelle\
**Created:** [February 22, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/interface-with-arturia-minilab/171 "2016-02-22T23:06:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/interface-with-arturia-minilab/171/8 "2016-02-23T14:29:33Z")

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We don’t have a MiniLab to try out, but after poking around the internet, it looks like the MiniLab has had problems connecting to Linux-based systems (the Organelle is one) for a while.

In the Jan 27 2016 post on this forum: [https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11663](https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11663)  
the poster suggests that the MiniLab must be in “absolute mode” as opposed to “relative mode”. The first is selected by pressing Shift + 1 after the keyboard is connected to your computer.

What MiniLab firmware version do you have? You may also have to update that: [https://www.arturia.com/faq/utilization/minilab-firmware\_update\_old\_mcc](https://www.arturia.com/faq/utilization/minilab-firmware_update_old_mcc)

@JohnnyEgo could you tell us the MiniLab firmware version you have?

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