This is where I’m at currently.
I only have a certain amount of stuff out at any one time - I just don’t have the room, the inputs or the headspace to do more. I’m trying to do an EP’s worth of tracks with one setup at a time before swapping anything out.
I’m using an iMac connected to an Apollo Twin X. The Apollo is connected to a Focusrite Octopre Dynamic MkII via ADAT for a total of 10 inputs (48kHz / 24bit). One of the Apollo outputs is driving the clock on the E-RM Multiclock (audio plugin in the DAW - I’ve been trying Ableton recently but Logic is probably still my main DAW), but crucially I can have the DAW not open at all and make the ERM the master clock if I just want to jam with hardware. The Roland midi keyboard is connected to the ERM and the channels filtered appropriately, so I can switch channel on the keyboard to control different boxes. DN is sequencing the modular. The Monomachine is sequencing the Peak (I should probably use the DN but whatevs).
I switch inputs around depending on what I’m doing but recently it’s been like this:
1+2: Digitone (usually with the modular running into its inputs for fx)
3: Rytm BD
4: Rytm RS/CP (or any other single input, eg a eurorack voice or one of the Boutiques)
5+6: Rytm main outs
7+8: Peak
9+10: Monomachine (usually via pedals and/or AH; currently using Polymoon into Space a lot)
This is enough running at any one time to get a basic outline of a track or idea going before recording.
The Apollo does all the monitoring (hence practically zero latency), and I have preamp/compressor/EQ plugs running on most of the channels. When I record, the latency compensation in Logic does its job, I’ve never had to adjust it. I can just crop regions and it all lines up perfect. My tracks usually end up between 50%-100% hardware. I tend to use plugins mainly for pads / fx but sometimes I’ll do drums in the DAW (I really like the Roland 606 plugin, that through Live’s Drum Buss feels like cheat mode). Often the Peak ends up doing at least two parts, I love love love working with the Peak.
I have a patchbay ready to go but haven’t hooked it up yet (or figured out where to put it). I think I might end up needing two. But it hasn’t gotten annoying enough just yet for me to recable everything.
Edit: should say - for me, the Apollo was the game changer. I know it’s expensive and it’s hard not to feel like you’re getting suckered into a closed system that you don’t really need, but the reality is that it immediately made me more productive and made my stuff sound better. I was struggling to make hybrid work for me and it unlocked a lot of benefits just by simplifying the workflow.