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I am thinking thru changing to a small Eurorack setup, mainly for effects or modulation downstream of a standalone synth. Sounds like blasphemy for some here I imagine, but hear me out....
I have a Mother 32 and been exploring that over a year. Built a 6U 84 HP case and bought uZeus power, added another VCO, a Doepfer ADSR and a VCA since the M32 is limited in this regard, bought a MI Tides and an MI Clouds, an x4 attenuator. Before adding more and going further down the financial black hole, I had an epiphany that I liked the core Moog sound of the M32 but would probably just be as happy with a monosynth with lots of 'tweakability' like the Moog Sub 37 and some effects downstream. Patching a bunch of modules and getting some wacky sounds was fun at times but was frustratingly tedious when I wanted to just "play".
I sold off a lot of my modules. M32 will probably leave but still have for time being. I plan on keeping the Clouds, Tides, and x4 attenuator within a single 84HP rack. I think the next order of business is adding a random source like the WoggleBug to get some randomness going while modulating the Clouds. I have stompbox delay and reverb in my guitar rig that I use currently, but I might want to add some dedicated Eurorack modules to keep my guitar and synth stuff completely separate. Granular stuff like the Phonogene and the Nebulae seem very interesting to me. Has anyone else gone this route - essentially using Eurorack for effects with a standalone synth (and not a "semi-modular" synth)? I'd love some ideas or thoughts on what others have done.

EDITED Jul 19th 2019, 15:24