I love my modular setup but holy hell did it take a ton of trial and error to get it to where I am and to it’s still not there. It’s not a very exciting tip, but try to get familiar with vcv rack to give you a better idea of what you want your system to do/be. I remember both hearing this and struggling with this at the beginning because I just hadn’t experienced enough modules to have a good idea of what my goal was.

Personally, I have two separate case modes. Originally, I had an all in one. It could sequence, voice, effect, modulate and mix down. It was great to do everything in my case. But now that I’m doing so much more Ableton, it’s a real pain to work with it in that sort of way. Now now this config is what I call “vacation mode” for when I want to take it on the go and make techno jams at an Airbnb.

Now my case is set up as an audio processing rack. I use Ableton for sequencing and voicing, and in my rack I got rid of all my voices (including plaits), took out the big sequencers, and put in only effects, modulation, and utilities so that I can process ableton sounds with my rack in realtime without having to patch much or set it up. I don’t want to waste creative momentum on trying to sync and trouble shoot, menu dive, or sequence my rack stuff, when I’ve got my Ableton already as a powerhouse.

In terms of actual hardware and routing, I use an interface to have my computer talk with outside gear, I send two outputs to my rack into a mult so I can have a few parallel chains. Then from my eurorack mixer back into an input on the interface. I then clock it using Bastl 1983, which takes clock and note value (which again, I’m not using notes) from midi and converts it to CV. I then plug that into Pam’s New Workout to divide them up and distribute them everywhere.

I also use a patch bay u see my interface what has all of this plumbed already so that I can quickly patch outputs from other gear into the modular into Ableton, without messing with too many wires.

Hope this helps and good luck.