Hi there!
Thank you very much for your concern regarding my project.
I think the Moog Source keyboard looks like an easy design to stick the MB6582 inside.
It's 37 keys so i think a lot of space.
I don't mind about the colour much. It can be black and if you can install your MB6582 inside as it is, I dont mind about the controls not being horizontal.
The more controls i can have the better. I wish it would be easy to have one control for every function the having to dive into the menus for changes.
I had Spectralis twice and sold it because i had to go through the menus all the time.
I liked the controls of the MS2000 although the synth was too limiting.
I'm not too much of a player, but i always wanted a fully loaded MB6582 for the sounds.
I just don't want to have to control it with an external keyboard.
I care mostly about arpeggios, a sequencer with at least 3 rows of 8 steps or 16 steps, and a hold button.
Cutoff, resonance, ADSR controls, LFO, VCO, VCO MOD, DCO, VCF, AMP, FILTERS, TEMPO, as many controls possible are welcome to avoid diving into the menu.
I like to experiment while playing without programming.
It should be prepared for now expansion like analog filters and vcas. So like you said the connections to the sid-sound-pcb should be wired to wired plugs on the keyboard case.
I would prefer the layout of the controls to be mounted horizontally according to this example over here, but as i said above if money and time are of the essence and we can fit in a ready case then no probs.
I think also it would be great if a sequencer could be integrated into the whole case, if you are to use the MB6582 board as it is which i think will leave too much space empty.
I'll look for a keyboard case that is sold as parts in order to show you if we can integrate it in that.
Thanks a lot again! I'm in Zypern EU.
Mit Freundlichen Grussen,
Tio