Reply to diy controller help for serato effects

hiya ... im new to this whole contollerism thing but ever since gettin my dicers ive been hooked... im running scratch live and want a simple contoller i can map to strictly control the effects so i want to build a simple controller with 6 buttons used to select the effect and 6 rotary knobs to control wet/dry plus 2 more buttons for deck select for the effect i like the lay out on the akai lpc 8 but it has more buttons and knobs than i want any ideas on where to start i love the midi fighter but again has too many controls for want i want this for PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE AWESOME