# 26. Controlling Steinberg plugins such as Halion, Padshop and Retrologue

<span dir="ltr">You may find that when linking some encoders on parameters of Steinberg plugins may seem stuck or behave erratically. To overcome this issue click on Encoder options (right click menu &gt; Encoder Options, on the MP Host) and choose Absolute mode instead of Relative mode which is the default.</span>

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<span dir="ltr">In addition, via the right click menu enable Windows Unified</span>

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If some parameters have MIDI CC assigned to them, right click and Forget CC. This may conflict with the VST method that the MP Controller uses to control parameters.

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