Reply to Midifighter v2

Hey guys, I am new to DJing and MODing and Controllerism and I believe they are all great. I currently the owner of Traktor Pro and am looking to expanding my hardware arsenal. I want to build the midifight shown below on my own. Im young 16 years to be exact and am taking a digital electronics in school and have built some basic circuits. I just want to build this one to start my collection of units. Can you guys help me formulate a list of stuff I will need. Also, I would like to use transparent and light up arcade button and the two joy sticks. Also those 4 little buttons at the top. Guys help me as much as possible and any anymore info you need to help me out im more than willing to answer promptly. I would also like to know some websites I can learn more about so i can make this DIY project come out even better than the one Ean Golden uses in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mpoaFNb3dM . BTW what are those buttons on the top for. Ill probably reassign those 4 but what did Ean have them set to. Thanks guys and I hope to get a lot of responses.