Hey all 
Where is a good place to get advice on a modular rig idea, if one is not All About Modular? I know the usual haunts for people who are totally dedicated to the idea (Muff Wiggler etc), and much respect to them (and much gratitude, Iāve learned so much from their sharing). Now Iām seeking advice from people with an Elektron state of mind, letās say. People who like the tactile but are also OK with hybrid setups 
Enthusiastic about inspiring and learnable interfaces, but who also find creativity and constraints work together 
Any takers here? Or any pointers to a preferred place to ask? Thank you!
Where Iām coming from
Originally deeply intimate with Ableton and enjoyed it, but I got weary of the screen time.
Analog 4 totally reinvigorated me and inspires me still. I added a Digitakt and Make Noise 0-Coast to do more off-screen, and the setup has been a joy to play.
Style/needs-wise, I do both original synths and sample based stuff, and a lot of resampling. Ambient sometimes, rhythmic things sometimes. Re: modular understanding, I am well-versed in various synthesis techniques, though there will surely be more modular-specific learning curve.
Iām looking for studio usage, not gigging. So portability isnāt one of my needs.
So now! Iām curious about complementing further with a small modular rig; skiff or, more likely, Intellijel 4U.
Rack ideas (Modular Grid brainstorms)
I have a ModularGrid ācomplete ideaā sketch and a reduced āstarting pointā sketch.
- Sketch of a ācomplete idea:ā first version https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/775491
- Then I forked it a couple of timesā¦ ModularGrid is very fun in itself haha https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/781106
So of course to start I will only buy a few modules at first and fill with cardboard blanks ā¦ Here is one sketch of what would be first maybe https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/776187
How I got here/ why Iām thinking this way
Sharing this in case it shares some fun ideas to others in similar boat 
Iām focusing on the Make Noise Morphagene for its unique abilities (have watched many hours of video of it, and I really love what Iāve seen). The flow I expect is to have sounds bouncing between the outboard synths and samples, into Digitakt and Morphagene (and repeat; using a Soundcraft mixer to send all this around)ā¦ Already have this happening with {Digitakt, Ableton}, Will be great to have it between {Digitakt, Morphagene/Rack, Ableton}.
How I arrived at this arrangement: learned about about tonnnnns of interesting modules, got way overwhelmed, but kept coming back (slowly, over months). I really love Make Noiseās modules and approach, and have loved my 0-Coast, so I took some essentials from the Make Noise System Cartesian and watched about similar setups to see how they work.
Then from the various demos I started subtracting some of the synth power, since I have some great things going for that already, outside of the Rack. I also decided to hold off on things like Mutable Instruments Clouds, Rings, etc., because even though they seem wonderful, theyād be the least different from what I already do with Ableton, Max, etcā¦
(Side note I will eventually play with VCVRack and may get an ES-8 eventually. I love the idea of having core things in the rack, then prototyping possible extensions with Reaktor Blocks and/or VCVRackā¦ For example VCVRack has ports of all those great Mutable Instruments modules Iām initially deferring. VCVRack is such a great project, and I love that MI collaborated on this, and open-sourced their modules.)
Wow much longer post than I intended. Hope that is OK. So yeah anybody here have thoughts, or if Iām barking up the wrong tree, pointers to somewhere else?
