First Rack. Need Thoughts and Advice

Hi everyone,

I've decided to start the dive into Eurorack this year and have put together what I hope is a good first rack to start taking a crack at it. I'm hoping to give my thoughts on why I chose the modules that I did, what my goals are with this rack, and to get some advice on if there are any holes, overlaps, or better choices to be made within the rack.

My goals are:
1) personal fun and exploration
2) ambient and generative music

I tried to pick modules that focused on function for cost that also look like they would work well together from start to finish in a signal chain. I tried to make choices for modules that could serve more than one function but still maintain a sense of exploration and treasure finding without being too complicated.

Modules:
1) Morphagene - this is the module that got me interested in taking a closer look at Eurorack. The whole idea of the rack is centered around interacting with this module and one that I am geniunely excited to explore.
2) Pam's Pro Workout - a Swiss army knife module. It looks like this module can do clock, clock divisions, sequencing, quantizing, LFO's, and lots more. I think this is the most bang-for-my-buck module in the list and one I'm hoping will help deliver results.
3) Dixie II+ - a simple VCO to pair with the Morphagene for added voice layers.
4) Quart - a simple 4x AD envelope generator for modulation.
5) Dual Dagger - a dual stereo filter with HP and LP that can each be CV controlled.
6) Intellijel Quad VCA - cascading VCA for mixing and modulation.
7) FX Aid XL - covers effects like delays and reverbs in one module.
8) Intellijel Outs - output module so I can hear everything.
9) ZeroScope - small ossciliscope just because I want to see how some voltages and waveforms play with each other while I learn.
10) 3x MIA - this is the one module I'm not 100% sure on and wouldn't mind a suggestion or two for something different if anything would be better suited.

I understand this is probably a lot for a first time. "Start small" is the common piece of advice I see others give to newcomers (along with you can never have too many VCA's) and that's something I'm trying to do by picking modules with more than one use case.

I plan on running everything through a Tiptop Mantis case so that there is also room to grow as I learn what works and doesn't work for me.

Any and all advice is appreciated. Any overlaps in modules, any holes in modulation or other facets that should be covered. Any modules in the list that don't really serve a purpose and could be left out so as to pair things down.

Thank you all in advance for taking a look and helping me out.

Don't forget the more "boring" utilitiy modules.
Needs some active multiples. You want to spread that Pam's around.
I like the QAM from Rides In The Storm.
The Doepfer A-18302 Offset/Polarizer comes in handy to scale and trim things.
You might want to add another flavor of filter.

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If it were me, I'd have a really good play with everything you've chosen first. That will show you where you need to go next.
Don't for get things like passive attenuators for calming down LFO's for modulation.

I'm fairly sure you could live without the Output module and the Scope until later in your journey.
I'd really like a scope but I do't want a small one and I don't want to pay for a big one, I'll probably buy an Ebay Oscilloscope cheap at some point and hook that up outside the case.

I'll add that, once you start playing around with the above modules, you'll quickly see how important it is to have something like the 3x MIA...unless you plan on slamming every signal thru at full strength, attenuation is key.

I also question the need for a scope. Exact same reasoning as Wishbone provided. I had a small scope and it just didn't add much value for the space/money. Ears are better. But full-sized euro scopes are too rich for my blood.

Other than that, it looks pretty good, and with a Mantis case you'll have some room to maneuver.

After jamming with that setup a bit, you'll quickly see what you're missing...(which will be different for each person, that's the joy of modular!)

Your initial set of modules is enough to get you off to a good start. Best luck and fun! :)

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