I’m debating between the Mother and the Minitaur, myself. Mother, obviously, has more ins and outs, but the CV can be mapped on the Minitaur for interesting possibilities. Minitaur has two oscillators; Mother has a high-pass and noise source… the list goes on. Mother is more versatile; Minitaur is more emphatic is how it keeps coming up in my head.
I have the Minibrute; unless you want to mod it, there aren’t enough ins and outs to anything too terribly fascinating with the CV options aside from straight-forward sequencing. Microbrute has more ins, but I have never cared much for the Microbrute sound, personally; it doesn’t sound as “full” to me as the Minibrute.
I keep thinking about starting a modular rig, but the entry price is pretty darn high when you think about it, if you want a rig that can do much of anything.
I’ve also had my eye on the Dreadbox Erebus; it’s worth checking out. Paraphonic function; neat sounding echo; fair number of ins and outs.
So, no “totally get this”; in fact, just more things to debate. (I am selling my Minibrute, if you want to go down that route.)