Thank you again, Lugia! I have ordered the Quadrax, Zadar, and the Ladik modules. I am excited for all the modulation and envelope possibilities now. I appreciate you putting some time into helping me. That Timiszoara looks incredible, can't wait for them to release it. This is the current state of the rack, with everything either in it or on order laid out.
Thank you so much, Lugia! I am going to chuck the RML Fuzz into my original case and I can use it from there if I really need it. So if you have a suggested use for the space, I am all ears. I had gotten it so my daughter could pump her guitar into it and have some fun. I am not sure what will eventually fill that space. I appreciate your advice on all of this. A bunch of the Erica modules I picked up used early in my journey, someone sold them all as a group and the price was hard to pass up. I can sell them and not lose any money. I hadn't considered a bunch of the modules you have laid out, but I will be setting some alerts to pick most of them up. I have been looking for a Quadrax for some time. Damn chip shortages.
I am going to start rearranging things this week.
I love this case. I picked it up used, at basically half price. The utility row is very helpful and I am doing lots of experiments to learn how to best use it. The mixers with OR, AND and INV are super helpful as are the buffered mults.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to help me with this.
EDIT: Is there a risk to using TRS cables? Just curious, I hadn't really thought much about it. I was using the Cockpit 2 "mixer" to pull in a few stereo sources outside the rack and add them to mono modular voices.
Modular is actually a fantastic platform for me. I can remember way back when and Reason 3.0 was brand new, the whole concept of CV control was showed to me at a demo. I invested in Reason, and used it for quite a while. Over the years I have owned a bunch of groove boxes, dabbled with DAW's and other things. I never really stuck with anything once I figured out the workflow. I have discovered my enjoyment(kink?) is the process of exploration and trying new things through experimentation. I find the modular allows me to scratch that itch. There is a near infinite number of possibilities with modular. It really is open ended and I can always add a new module or two and it opens many more possibilities for me to explore.
I also an a computer engineer for my day job, and I really don't like sitting in front of the computer to make music.
Here is my rack. My goals are to 1) get it into a more performance oriented layout. I have tried to put much of the knobs/sliders I would tweak at the bottom. 2) make melodic/minimal techno and some ambient, when the mood strikes. I have a Pittsburgh modular structure 344 case. I own these modules except the endorphin.es shuttle control which has been ordered already. I plan on pulling the Tukra out, it’s a great module but not what I ultimately wanted. I have a beatstep pro. I have decided I want to sequence drums using samples on my Polyend tracker. This would interface with the shuttle control to enable midi to cv control of the modular. I feel like I am lacking in envelopes/modulation. Let me know what you think and might change out. I love the distortion of the retro mechanical fuzz but it takes up a lot of rack space. I have used the feedback oscillator to generate noise, but that was before I grabbed the Furthurrrr generator. I basically use microcell as a granular looper, and I feel like there might be a better replacement for it. I guess I will see what y’all say and go from there. This rack has been developing over the past couple years.
I should add I have a few external synths I use occasionally and process them in the modular as well.
