@Broken-Form, how many voices would you be running simultaneously?
I thought about this point a while back for my own rig. My conclusion was I would need to go into the DAW for EQ etc. if I was running enough voices; I thought doing a lot of EQ in modular, or having EQ hardware to run the modular into, just wasn't worth it for my uses.
I did get Mutable Shelves to be able to do a little EQing in modular. I don't use it too much, but it is helpful on occasions.