Controlling Live Loops with Minilab 3

Summary 

Procedure for controlling Logic Pro Live Loops from a Arturia's Minilab 3. It accomplishes these things:

1. Leverage Arturia's integration. As a result, you can use Minilab's Main Encoder to navigate tracks, click the Main Encoder to Show/Close Plugins, Shift-Main Encoder as FF/Rew, Faders 1-4 to control the selected track's Volume/Send 1/Send 2/Panning, use Encoders 1-8 & Faders 1-4 to control the Focused Plugin, etc. Details can be found in the Minilab 3 - Logic Pro Integration Guide.
2. Use Logic Pro's Learn capability to enable these custom controls:
1. Press Pads 1-4, 7-8 to Play Loops in specific Columns.
2. Press Pads 5-6 as Play/Stop without having to press Shift before.

References 

• Minilab 3 Downloads -- Arturia Minilab 3 Scripts & Manuals
• Minilab 3 - Logic Pro Integration Guide -- PDF from Arturia
• How To Control Logic Pro (from Minilab 3) -- Video Tutorial from Arturia
• My Video supporting this post on Youtube

Procedure 

• Integrate the Minilab 3 in Logic Pro by downloading and running the MiniLab 3 Logic Pro Integration Script. Make sure that your Control Surface appears in Logic Pro -> Control Surfaces -> Setup. If it's not there, click New->Install in that dialog and choose the Minilab 3 from the list. The result should look like this:

• Review the assignments added by the script via Logic Pro -> Control Surfaces -> Controller Assignments...:

• Create a new zone for your custom controls (I called mine Testing) and click Learn to assign custom controls for the pads: in the main Logic Pro Live Loops window, click column 1 and then press Pad 1 (repeat for other pads/functions). The result should look like this:

• Close the window. Then test your assignments. Press Pad 1 to play the loops in the first column, press Pad 2 to play the loops in the second column... Press Pad 5 to Stop and Pad 6 to Play.

• Backup this file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.cs

Demo Video 

For more details on the above, see in my demo on Youtube: