# MIDIbox of the Week: MIDIbox Minimoog by Alkex **URL:** \ **Category:** MIDIbox of the Week\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752 "2010-01-23T19:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Alkex)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/1 "2010-01-23T19:43:06Z")
Hi All I just finished my minimoog controller and thought I’d share it with you! Features: Simple design: Used 1 core and 2 breadboard ain modules. Bus powered USB: I took a cheap usb/midi cable (ebay) and hard-wired the midi input and 5v from the usb port directly to the core. Dimensions: Front panel is considerable smaller than the original minimoog (designed to sit over my MB SID keyboard) Front panel: 100% front panel designer switches: Cheapo rocker switches spray painted and wired as pots (to save the hassle of building a DIN Module ) I don’t have photos of the inside but you can see it’s ugly guts in this video: [![](https://forum.midibox.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3a4cf08aa07ba96122942d612961d9e7e5b99b4a.jpeg "prototype test of ALKEX arturia minimoog controller") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsrTk3xihns) Thanks for looking All the best Alkex ---
**Author:** ![ssp](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/ssp/32/145_2.png) [@ssp](https://forum.midibox.org/u/ssp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/2 "2010-01-23T19:52:55Z")
very nice alex, you all know how much of a festidious git i am with my casework, i gotta say that really does look a very good job there. congrats on that, a job well done. now open it up and let us see its guts!!! ---
**Author:** ![flip](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/flip/32/163_2.png) [@flip](https://forum.midibox.org/u/flip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/3 "2010-01-23T19:57:00Z")
Wow, nice work! ---
**Author:** ![Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Alkex)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/4 "2010-01-23T20:09:33Z")
Thanks for you comments! Ssp: I glued the side panels on with hotglue in hope that I wont need to open it up any time soon. Hot glue works really well with wood and it saved the sacrifice of drilling holes! :sorcerer: ---
**Author:** ![nILS](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/nils/32/19_2.png) [@nILS](https://forum.midibox.org/u/nILS)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/5 "2010-01-23T20:13:19Z")
Nice work Alkex! Is there going to be doco soonish? Otherwise, this isn’t really a User Project (\<\_\_\_base\_url\_\_\_\>/index.php?/topic/8327-please-read-before-posting-new-topics-what-is-a-user-project/&do=embed) ---
**Author:** ![julienvoirin](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/julienvoirin/32/67_2.png) [@julienvoirin](https://forum.midibox.org/u/julienvoirin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/6 "2010-01-23T21:15:17Z")
sweat 🙂 where did you get the knobs ? ---
**Author:** ![Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@Alkex](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Alkex)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/7 "2010-01-24T00:10:30Z")
hey julienvoirin, the knobs come from Radioshack they are pretty close to the moog knobs nILS: Sorry this indeed does not qualify as a user project - it’s a midibox64 - should I delete? Best Alkex ---
**Author:** ![phunk](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@phunk](https://forum.midibox.org/u/phunk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/8 "2010-01-24T18:17:05Z")
Are you kiddin me? God damn, looks so great. I got it´s bigger brother right next to me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nILS](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/nils/32/19_2.png) [@nILS](https://forum.midibox.org/u/nILS)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/9 "2010-01-24T18:56:16Z")
> nILS: Sorry this indeed does not qualify as a user project - it’s a midibox64 - should I delete? Nah, I’ll just move it accordingly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smithy](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/smithy/32/88_2.png) [@Smithy](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Smithy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/10 "2010-01-24T22:40:25Z")
Oh man, almost 2 years ago i was blown away by this: \<\_\_\_base\_url\_\_\_\>/index.php?/topic/9463-arturia-minimoog-v-midibox64/page\_\_p\_\_80456\_\_hl\_\_minimoog\_\_fromsearch\_\_1&do=embed&embedComment=80456&embedDo=findComment And now im even more blown away by yours! I love how you made it extremely close to the original, even the blue and red switches! This is truly a thing of beauty. ---
**Author:** ![HUROLURA](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/hurolura/32/171_2.png) [@HUROLURA](https://forum.midibox.org/u/HUROLURA)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/11 "2010-02-06T19:31:12Z")
Nice controller indeed … Maybe you still have room for a hardware minimoog DSP emulation board: check the ASX board from Use-Audio: [http://www.use-audio.com/asx.htm](http://www.use-audio.com/asx.htm) It could save some PC CPU power (the processing is done by the DSP) It would provide you a good sounding cheap 12 note polyphonic Minimoog DSP emulation (150 €). You will get also some alternative plug-in you can choose to use when not using the Minimax, the Lightwave, a digital synth providing something inspired from the Prophet VS, The vVocodizer, a rather nice vocoder and the B3000 a B3 emulation. Some other plugs can be bought at a bargain price (99 €) including a Prophet 5 and an Odyssey emulations … ![post-6970-12654846587.jpg](https://forum.midibox.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05952068e610c37c59ce315d4b2826a35d60657f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Smith](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@Alex\_Smith](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Alex_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/12 "2010-02-08T20:34:15Z")
> It could save some PC CPU power (the processing is done by the DSP) > > It would provide you a good sounding cheap 12 note polyphonic Minimoog DSP emulation (150 €). You will get also some alternative plug-in you can choose to use when not using the Minimax, the Lightwave, a digital synth providing something inspired from the Prophet VS, The vVocodizer, a rather nice vocoder and the B3000 a B3 emulation. Some other plugs can be bought at a bargain price (99 €) including a Prophet 5 and an Odyssey emulations … Exciting concept but are you sure the the ASX board is stand alone? looks like an expansion card which would require CME UF or VX keyboards. ---
**Author:** ![HUROLURA](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/hurolura/32/171_2.png) [@HUROLURA](https://forum.midibox.org/u/HUROLURA)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/13 "2010-02-16T07:07:13Z")
The ASX is not a standalone board: it is actually a part of the plugiator. But I do think the ASX can be used a DIY integrated board: from what I know, the other board (3) available in the plugiator are: - a controller board for the front panel (a kind of simple fixed setting MidiBox) - a MIDI and power supply connexion board - the main ASX board (integrating the DSP, the audio I/O and USB) I will try to request more information from Use Audio … ---
**Author:** ![Fozzy\_The\_Bear](https://forum.midibox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@Fozzy\_The\_Bear](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Fozzy_The_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/midibox-of-the-week-midibox-minimoog-by-alkex/13752/14 "2010-02-22T11:20:42Z")
> Hi All I just finished my minimoog controller and thought I’d share it with you! All I can say is WOW!! :yes: I love it!!.. Doing a Minimoog replica is already next on my list of projects after the Prophet 5, but your Minimoog controller is fantastic! very nice work. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear)