Beginnings in modular synthesis

I'm creating my first module drawer to create deep, immersive textures, ambient drone sounds, and other genres. My first modules have been a Magerit Laniakea and a Behringer CU1A for the outputs, but no matter how much I connect my Akai with its Gates IN or OUT CVs, there is no way for this to sound. What modules do you recommend to send the audio of my Eurorack to an Akai Force so that I can sequence, edit, record or control it through it? I am new to modular synthesis, I would like to learn all the concepts and connections, what each module is for and which are the most essential, focused on recording and transmitting audio externally, to other control units, but I can hardly find main information basic to correctly identify each concept. Any ideas? Thank you so much

EDITED Saturday January 17, 17:16

Howdy! I'm sorry your first foret is giving you fits! How are you connecting things? The Laniakea ought to be sending continuous sound, without anything from the akai connected. There's a rich backlog of information both on this forum and over on Modwiggler where you can dig into some primers on different module types. My introduction to the modular world was through the videos of Mylarmelodies which are great!

For now I'd recommend getting a 1/8" to 1/4" cord so you can run the output of the Behringer interface straight into the Akai to see if you can at least get some sounds. I'd recommend a quad cascading VCA (like Intellijel Quad VCA or Mutable Veils style) and some kind of envelope (Maths is sort of the gold standard multiuse modulation source for learning a lot of modular/voltage concepts. Look up the illustrated manual supplement to see all the things it can do!) With just the oscillator, I dont think the akai gates are going to be very useful, but they can certainly trigger envelopes so you could control volume or other parameters in time to what's happening on the akai. Happy patching and I hope you have better luck once it starts making sounds!

Thank you!
I appreciate the comment, but when you mention this cascading quadruple VCA, I feel like a kid who has no idea what they're telling him. So what is that module for? to amplify the output volume of ? sorry for my absolute ignorance of these concepts. It seems that I have to study a degree in sound engineering to understand how it works. Hence arises my interest in looking for a manual or information where I can learn each of these terms that make up the modules and not go crazy on the odyssey of modular synthesis. I think the problem with my Laniakea is the cable connections. But I understand that it is Akai who controls and not the other way around. From Laniakea I head to Behringer and from there I must head to Akai, but from what hole? the Headphones one?. For the cable gauge you mention, do I need an adapter to connect it to my Akai? Because the Behringer CU1A only accepts 3.5mm head cables, but what type? I thank you for the inconvenience and for recommending Mylarmelodies. I'll take a look at the forums, but there are many!
Greetings

EDITED Yesterday, 20:29

...you mention this cascading quadruple VCA ...So what is that module for? to amplify the output volume of ?...
-- Norz

As @Progspiration already recommended: Mylarmelodies videos are great for learning all kinds of concepts of modular patching! for example this one is about VCA's and how to use them
have fun!

EDITED Yesterday, 21:50

Yeah, there's a ton to learn! Another good resource I just thought of is Omri Cohen. He mostly uses VCV Rack which is a free software version of Eurorack. I'd highly recommend watching some of his videos and patching along with him in the software. But yes, VCAs are useful for many things, but their main use is controlling volume of a signal. The fun part in modular is that the signal doesn't need to be audio. You can send an LFO or an envelope or some other form of slower moving voltage and control it with another voltage source so that it has more and less of an effect on whatever parameter you want it to control! And a cascading VCA also works as a mixer. So if you use an output from channel one, just that signal comes out of the output, but if you have inputs on channels 1-4 and only channel 4 output, all the signals come out of one cable!

The standard for cables is TS/mono cables, although the headphone output of that Behringer interface is likely TRS/stereo. The cv/gate outs on the akai are likely TS as well, but I think the audio in is TRS. So I'd recommend a TRS 1/8" to 1/4" cable going from the Behringer headphone out to the Akai audio in