I doubt it will cost that much my guess is 350-400 bucks tops they will probably price it somewhere around the price of a 49 key axium or the korg micro control since they are all roughly the same product. this AKAI one has little faders on it though, those would come in handy for those like me who hate using a mouse all the time. the pads will have a better feel than at least the korg which are hard and no fun. I have a pad kontrol and i hate the feel of that thing, shoulda got the trigger finger or the akai mpd