Good question. What I love about patching various semi-modulars together is that if, say I change the envelope on one of them that is producing a bass sound then it also (through patching, StackCables) it also affects another semi-modular. I think, as it’s my only experience before, having distinct sources is good for keeping track of what is doing what, but maybe I would soon get used to manipulating a modular skiff in the same way. I guess, my main question is whether it’s a waste of time/money getting many discrete semi-modulars working together rather than getting a skiff of whatever size and building something from there over time. As for the kind of sounds I go for, it’s minimal rhythms, lots of noisy texture, and chord progressions. Here’s an example: