my blacks have to match so this was an attempt to keep me from spending too much time mixing and matching modules…although I can probably seem myself ordering at least one of the black grayscale panels and seeing how well it matches 
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This is such an elegant setup.
Very nice setup.
I’m interested to know what modules you originally had and why you didn’t find it helpful going your own way at the start. I ask because that’s what I’m currently doing, for a focus on percussion.
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that would be tough to list, i had the benefit of working with a shop so I got to demo quite a few modules. I also don’t live too far from a couple other shops that have sound arcades. I think at the beginning, grasping the concepts of modular synthesis was throwing me off and I was spending time recreating drum machines, traditional synths and sequencers using modules. too make things worse I spent a lot of time trying to integrate it in with the PC and/or Octatrack which just caused me to spend more time system building/testing. Nothing like spending hours troubleshooting expert sleepers and reaktor blocks to completely drain you of any creative juices. even after I would have things configured and ready to go, I would sit down and write music that would never go anywhere. maybe it was that piano roll or traditional step sequencer that was keeping me there idk.
the shared system just feels so balanced. ive had it since the end of october and I started off combining it with an array of pedals, and 2 months later I seem to be using just the shared system with slight variations on the bottom row. sometimes ill gas for a minute while away from it, thinking “oh if only I had ‘n’ module with ‘y’ function then I could do something amazing in my head”, then I get home, patch the shared system and realize I had that capability all along /shrug
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Here’s mine. Going completely retro with the Oscillographic Block and an upcoming Sid Guts Deluxe, the whole lot being controlled by the NerdSeq tracker. The whole system fits in 6U, really happy with it as you just need to plug headphones and it’s able to spit out a whole track that blends retro 8bit sounds to the weirdness and uniqueness of going modular. The Rainmaker and Polaris are amazing at getting sounds to unusual places.
I really felt in love with the Oscillographic Block, it’s a very clever design around the old SN76489 Sega chip, very inspiring and fun. I put a collection of sound snippets from my instagram in there if you feel curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXizjwY6IT8
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@Unifono i like your setup! i think i don´t need so many modules as well. of course it really depends on what you try to achieve with it.
as an addition to my a4 i think an math, wobble bug and dpo would be me just the right dose of west coast flavour.
how do you like mutable stuff and for what kind of sounds do you use them?
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Nice 
It certainly depends on your goals. My goal was to pack as many features as I possibly could into 3U and stop there (I know what many will think now 
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I was planning this little thing for quite some time, but this year all the DIY micro modules appeared, which was a gift for me. 3U are filled up very easily
Maths, wobble bug, dpo are great modules for sure. I’d add an optomix, but yeah that would be a really nice addition to the A4.
I love all the mutable stuff. He is a genius. However, sometimes I think about replacing Braids, Warps and maybe Rings by analog stuff (a complex osc for example) cause this may probably make the difference soundwise to my computer stuff. But in the end, these are crazy feature packed modules with lovely sounds.
If you like, you can visit my youtube channel if you want to listen to some examples of how I use these stuff.
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damn, this thread has made me GAS hard!
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My modular at moment.
Planning on getting something like a 18u104hp Lamond and to finish my Endorphin.es case.
Here is some sounds made with my modular (shameless self promotion) 
https://instagram.com/p/BcJAGFIh_CY/
https://instagram.com/p/Ba6ltc4h4yd/
https://instagram.com/p/Ba2iKoNBa_e/
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I was thinking big a couple of months ago when I started modular… now I am already downgrading because I want to focus more… here is where I am now…
And this is What it does:
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Yes i did, and still loving it!
Nice sound, I have Plonk. What other modules do you have there.
My favourites are Intellijel’s Rubicon, uScale and Plonk - Make Noise Morphagene, TipTop Audio Z8000 Matrix Seqeuncer… oh and 4ms QCD
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I was like ”I don’t need a Morphagene” but the more I hear it, the more I ”need” it.
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Thanks, This is a bit of leftover from my bigger system. So these are big modules. Varigate8 (gonna replace that for something smaller maybe varigate4+) clouds (have an uclouds in order) 4msDLD (not easy to replace) rings, batumi and some 2hp modules.
I had one, sold it. I liked it a lot but I wanted to have a sampler that is not to unpredictable and more musical (in the sense of playing notes) its a great sampler and you can get some awesome sounds out of it, but its not for me.
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I’ve been just like that recently but with the Rytm MK II, as I haven’t looked too far into it before. Now I just gotta have it lol
I am a bit confused here and hope for some input from you folks. I got my first system six months ago and own these modules right now: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/451112
I recently sold my case because it was this huge Doepfer case which would not fit into any case or bag I have. I am now looking for a new case which would be either a 1x104HP (makenoise skiff) or a 2x84HP (tiptop mantis) case. If I took the 2x84HP I would have a lot of empty spaces which would constantly remind me of getting more modules. Thing is: I like this setup and I don´t have any ideas about how to upgrade it. I don´t need anymore sequencing or triggering stuff and I also don´t need FX. I don´t want complex oscillators like the Shapeshifter because I would always prefer to use a VST or my Virus for wavetable stuff. So here comes my question: can you recommend anything to fill the rack which makes sense if you concider that I am basically using this as a classic synthesizer?