Hey, as I overflew answers, I'd say: I cannot add anything new. But I can push what was said before:
Looking at your rack before even looking at the answers shows, that you may have started out with the want of "experimental drones" and have a sweetspot for those gnarly "integrated" droners (I do and there is no shame in that :P).

Considering "techno" can be very different from taste to taste (I think we just leave the genre-discussion aside as far as possible to stay out of hypergeeking here :-D ), I'd say, if you want to combine that seemingly big interest in droning with structured machinized beats, you can ditch some modules in favour of VCAs - and mind you that Mixers and VCAs in the most classical sense differ from being controllable via external voltages (envelopes regularly). - With some more VCAs at hand, you can easily create a ducking-effect with an inverted envelope, which is good for the kick to persist in a droney techno-patch. If I had that system in front of me, I'd get rid of some soundsources, just in my personal taste, the relation between them and what else you have, feels a bit unbalanced.

For sequencing, I see Pam's and the Moskwa, which feels like a pretty good point to start, especially with technoid repetition. I personally prefer having some Logic-modules to create a few more intricate rhythms more easily, but: Pam's New Workout has Logic in it, so you don't necessary need a logicmodule to have that kind of fun.

Also: ADSRs are nice in conventional synthesizers with keyboard-input, but with more percussive stuff, snappier modules like your Pipslope will do great. Maybe add a cyclical modulationsource (an LFO or you look into your oscillators, some can go into sub-audiorates well enough).

Sad to hear that you think about getting rid of the Grendel, I think that is quite a capable voice for all things "not that melodic" and a strong ground for building dense audio.

Adding to that: I once started out with collecting modules and trying to get as much as possible - which was interesting and tought me valuable techniques, at first. I have later on sold so many modules with a relation of around "4 sold, one new bought". Gave me the opportunity to slowly get to more functional modules, to pick certain ones that are so good as tools that I have 2, 3 or even more of the same one. Take for example a filter: there's some nice ones at good value which then have less cv-patchpoints and therefore are not as versatile, allthough greatsounding.

And here, for a bit of inspiration, a few top picks, I would slap into that case without hesitation:
- Intellijel Quad VCA -> 4 VCAs, normalization to use as a monomixer, switchable response, boost-switch, attenuator in front of the CV-input per VCA (some might now go for other VCAs because of their soundquality, but I think, they sound great and give your system a very good jump upwards in possibilities)
- Make Noise Maths -> yeah I know, boring recommendation but considering price and usage, in case of what you already have, this would also really improve your possibilities big time/ otherwise: stock up on your Pipslopes for example to have a reliable point to come back to
- a Frap Tools 321 -> for all those operations on voltages that are not exciting but help you getting most of your control-voltages (and can also be used as a simple mixer...for good measure)

And now, after all that rambling about, I realize, I could just copy your rack and configure it...wait...

https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2468014.jpg


hm, without checking your MM of choice all that thouroughly, I'd say it is quite comparable to the one I have.

I'm a bloody beginner when it comes to this to be quite honest, so I talked to some electrical engineers with an Eurorackbackground who explained to me that a) the tools to be REALLY precise are well worth 5 - 10 times more expensive than these we're looking at and (b calibration within the standards of musicality are well enough possible wirh MMs like the one shown.

So my advice is not worth that much, but still, I'd say you can get away with that Multimeter, at least so did I and still enjoy to explore the Multimeter itself. I'm happy when I can errortest connections to fix a broken solderjoint on an old crappy mixer at least and countercheck the voltages supplied by Data for makeshiftcalibration.


Certainly looks like it. Since you're advised to calibrate your oscillators for the power-supply they're hooked to, an octave-tool like this one could work (in the slightest) different with differening surroundings. - If you plan on buying a multimeter, aside from the range, look for one to also include a frequency-counter to also use it later to check the pitch with an oscillators squarewave. Sadly, the reaaally precise Multimeters are quite the expensive ride. I got one for around 160 Euros and for the frequency-counter, it does not deliver more than a Data by Mordax.

In the end, I'm sure this module would come precision-calibrated as a prebuilt one. With a DIY-Kit, this will become much more important.