Thanks for the advice, It makes sense! (res,cut&LED placement) I'll make changes and after i have the proper dimensions of all my parts. I'll be using it to control FLStudio, its all i've used for the past 4 years to produce my own tracks and don't know any better. all the talk on here is Ableton and such, which i'd like to learn. as for the illuminated buttons, i gotta go with the cheap stuff, income is tight. On that note, for cheap-o's like me, i've attached a pic of the cheapest US-based distributor i've came across. frontpanelparts.JPG frontpanelparts.JPG