Well… 
Designed to be used with version 2.0 of Arturia’s Minimoog V.
It is so awesome it brought their webpage down. MSRP: $5,000
Wheres their Modular controller?
For a CONTROLLER? 
I was being facetious…you know, the Moog Badge tax.
They can’t justify the Moog Badge Tax on this POS…look at the knobs! They didn’t even TRY to use Moog-like knobs! 
They look a little like Prodigy knobs though? 
Maybe they look like Prodigy knobs, but the thing is supposed to be for Arturia’s MINIMOOG V, not Arturia’s Prodigy V. 
Hey folks, I’m the guy behind that controller.
How’d I find y’all? I keep a Google Alert active for “Custom MIDI Controller” 
Anyways, more details are here: http://blog.60works.com/archives/977
To answer a bit of what was written here:
- It wasn’t nearly $5,000, but was expensive enough that most of you would prefer to seek out the real thing.
- The guy had very specific needs, so a Minitaur wasn’t an option.
- Nor were traditional Moog-style knobs. We mocked them up in early designs, but they were too big (that controller is pretty tiny).
I know a little about electronics, I often thought it would be straight forward (with a good plan of attack) to rip apart my key Carillon midi controller keyboard and design a front panel similar to this to reposition the Carillon midi controls. There may be a few controls short but it would be pretty near. Once midi assigned (with switches if possible) there you have it. Quite a lot of work involved and trial and error (lots of trials , lots of errors no doubt!) but when attempting something like this its normal.
Welcome to the forum! 
And thanks for the reply. So, just out of curiosity, how much DOES something like that go for? It certainly is the most interesting MIDI controller I’ve seen.
Definitely possible. It’s simply a matter of deconstructing the wiring and mounting, as most knobs and switches for MIDI share similar specifications. You hit the nail on the head with the trial & error. On paper, none of this custom stuff is hard, it’s just time-consuming. I’ve tried to take a “you can do it yourself, but if you pay me, I’ll make less mistakes” approach with selling my services, and it’s worked OK so far. (DIY article: http://blog.60works.com/archives/143)
The client is cool with me selling these, so I’ve begun to analyze parts lists and such. Below is a link to the parts-only cost of one unit. If someone were to make 100 or 1000, the per-unit cost would plummet due to economies of scale. http://blog.60works.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PMM_PartsListForSharing.pdf
So the client’s cost was North of the pure cost, but I certainly didn’t charge $4000 to design and build it. Maybe one day when this market and my little company grows, I can get away with that kind of pricing, but for now I’m lowballing to grow this business.
First of all the $5,000 remark was meant to be a joke about people who slap the Moog name on something and try to rape peoples wallets with it.
Secondly, over a grand for a MIDI controller without keys has got to be a joke also.
Eh, take a look at the parts list. Those are the kinds of prices I need to pay (and charge) at my quantities.
Haven’t priced components lately, have we? Not to mention, getting analog switches and knobs to send MIDI data requires digital boards and A/D converters. It adds up fast, especially considering the custom aluminum panel. Then there’s the work going into putting the whole thing together! My guess is that labor was more than $10 per hour.
I don’t care if it’s made out of platinum, it’s still just a Midi controller.
I understand that. If you think you can build one for less, and of similar quality, I would like to see what you come up with. And it should take you about three months to build, working on it four hours a day, with no mistakes.
the creamware minimax is only $800, and looks much closer to the original, but it’s still just a midi controller. But if people will pay for it, no reason not to make more.
Singing a different tune, are we?
I will say that it is a nice homage to the Mini.
I agree with Voltor07 initial comment.
Anyway, it’s been done before (with a more authentic look), as seen here as a prototype under development by this guy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsrTk3xihns