I’m not sure if any of this has spilled onto this forum yet, if it has I apologize.
Moog has posted a few instagram photos of their “werkstatt” project, the
“custom unreleased synthesizer” for the engineer tickets at moogfest.
Think these will be available as kits to us unavailable to attend?
that would be great…
-VM
They posted a more realised picture today:
Forget about the MS-20 ‘kit’; if they sell this at reasonable price, they will sell hundreds if not thousands of units …
Every kid with a Euro or CV controlled synth will want one …
The Moogertron
What are we looking at? Do the CV i/o look like 3.5mm euro style mini jacks to you?
To me they look like holes to insert solid bare wire, solder-tinned wire strands, or a thin probe.
I see something that looks like a 20 pin female connector jack. Either that or a pin jack I/O.
Stephen
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It’s a 100 mil header socket. You would patch it with breadboard cables:
I think this is just for moogfest. If they did a production run I’m sure they would use 1/8 cables for the patching.
This kind of thing is something is love to see moog try. Well, this and a prodigy again.
I hope they never use 1/8th inch cables, too many incompatibility issues. I’d be okay with 3.5 mm for Eurorack patching mayhem 
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Could just be a small PCB with a header on the bottom and a row of broken out mini jacks on top; FWIW, the Euro crowd is about 20x the MU / MOTM market if you count @sses in seats and not revenue; if you count the sale of all Moog synths which take 1/4" as part of MU, then maybe you’re even as there have been 100,000 units sold, counting all modern Moog synths and all Foogers (guessing).
So offer a minijack or a 1/4" adapter to plug in there and now you’ve got something. Sell it for cost + round up to next $50 and sell direct and you’ve got 1000 unit’s sold easy. Call it macaroni (or $149). What kid wouldn’t want a control panel wired up to their Euro rig with the most common set of hands on controls right there including transpose adjustment of a sequence or drone that may be running elsewhere via pushbutton pitch-board.
Or sell it without case, no power supply or add-on (just the board) for $99, no support unless DOA (30 day). I’d buy that.
Gotta figure, the least expensive MoogerFooger has more components, comes in fancy steel pedal w/PS, wood ends, calibrated, etc and street is $280. Take out the retailer mark-up and overhead and this is doable in my estimation.
( yes, I’m an armchair product manager 
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A lot of eurorack’s have 1/8th, but it’s just a preference thing at that point.
I wonder if it could use a card, like the music easel?
My subtle dig there was that 1/8 inch = 3.175 mm, whereas the Eurorack “minijack” standard is 3.5 mm. Just like 1/4 inch is 6.35 mm. Anyhoo…
No problem, just solder some male headers to this and you’re good to go:
http://www.dallaslogic.com/prod_cmp1001.htm
You could make a few different “patches” like this, just as the Easel does.
Btw, this is not going to be geared towards a soldering-type kit. Way too much SMT for that. I’d guess you would basically assemble the case and calibrate it.
Moogfest starts today so we will know soon!
There’s this video of the workshop…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI17qAYs4xM
*some soldering required
Looks cool!
Looks like they are a reality
http://www.maindragmusic.com/moog-werkstatt-synth-assembly-kit.html
Cheap as chips , and much less greasy
Looks like the Werkstatt-01 will be available for $329.00.
Novamusik and other select dealers are offering a pre-order.
Novamusik per-order Werkstatt-01
Moog Compact Patchable Analog Synthesizer No-Soldering-Required DIY Kit
Front panel
Oscillator section
Single VCO with frequency control (8Hz to 16KHz)
Saw and square waveshapes with control for square pulse width
Envelope or LFO selectable mod source that can be assigned to PWM or pitch with amount control
Ability to PWM the square wave
Filter section
Classic 4-pole Moog Ladder Filter with resonance control (20Hz-20KHz)
Select between the envelope generator and LFO as mod source
Polarity switch (+/-) and amount knob for control of filter cutoff modulation
LFO section: selectable square or triangle waveshape with rate control (2Hz-600Hz)
VCA/amp section: select between the envelope generator or on/drone
Envelopes section: controls for attack and decay time with sustain on/off switch
Keyboard section: one octave low-note priority legato keyboard with glide control
Patch panel
VCA input
0V to +5V in VCA envelope generator mode
+/-2.5V in VCA on/drone mode
VCF input: -5V to +5
VCO linear FM input
+/-2.5V
Note: this is an inverting control input
VCO exponential FM input
-5V to +5V
1V/octave trimmable
LFO CV input
5V to +5V
Note: negative CV slows LFO more than the panel control
VCF audio input: unbuffered/unmixed AC coupled input to VCF
2 × keyboard CV output
3V/semitone from 1 keyboard
Note: attenuate for 1V/octave
2 × trigger output
5 msec pulse
0 to +5V signal generated from low-note priority
2 × gate output: 0 to +5V signal generated from low-note priority
2 × envelope generator output
0 to +5V signal
Simple attack/sustain/decay or attack/decay type envelope generator
2 × LFO output
-2.5 to +2.5V triangle or square wave
Wave selected by panel LFO wave switch
2 × VCF output: -2V to +2V signal for audio or CV uses
2 × VCO output
0V to +5V VCO signal
Wave selected by panel VCO wave switch
Rear panel
Audio output: nominal +/-1.5V signal
Power
+12VDC center positive with 1.2A wall transformer
Power consumption: 1.8 watt average
The Werkstatt 01: Moogfest 2014 Kit is a patchable and compact one oscillator analog synthesizer. It was originally created as a kit to be the foundation for exclusive ‘Engineering VIP’ workshops at the Moogfest 2014 festival. Due to a number of requests, Moog is offering a no-soldering-required version of the Werkstatt 01: Moogfest 2014 Kit in limited quantities.
Assembly is extremely simple: any user can quickly build an analog synthesizer based on classic Moog circuits and, if desired, modify it. Werkstatt was created to be an educational tool, but it is also a very powerful, compact analog synthesizer from Moog.
Werkstatt is 100% US made.
Main Drag in Brooklyn are taking orders as well - http://www.maindragmusic.com/moog-werkstatt-synth-assembly-kit.html
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Here’s a 22-minute video showing the Wekstatt connected to various external devices via Control Voltages and Audio In:
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http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Werkstatt