# Problem w/ Arturia Minilab MkII (stuck notes)

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/problem-w-arturia-minilab-mkii-stuck-notes/5311>\
**Category:** Organelle M & S\
**Created:** [December 29, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/problem-w-arturia-minilab-mkii-stuck-notes/5311 "2019-12-29T19:26:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/chrisk/32/11_2.png) [@chrisk](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/problem-w-arturia-minilab-mkii-stuck-notes/5311/2 "2019-12-30T16:58:36Z")

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I don’t think the issue is with the Organelle but rather the settings on Minilab. Please see:

> [@Interface with Arturia MiniLab](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/interface-with-arturia-minilab/171/8):
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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…

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