Ribbon cable recommendations for the Arturia BruteRack 6U?

I'm just getting into Eurorack (and hardware modular in general), and I'm planning on purchasing an Arturia BruteRack 6U to work in conjunction with my Minibrute 2S. I'm a little confused though when it comes to power supply requirements: is there a specific pin-number ribbon cable I need for the 6U? Or is it more determined by the module? And where would I find out which ribbon cable I need? I keep looking on the info pages for individual modules, but can't really translate what it means for this.

Thanks for your time!

All connectors on eurorack distribution boards including the rackbrute are 16 pins. On modules side I have seen 10 and 16 pins connectors. Modules are sold with the proper cable.

EDITED Jan 14th 2020, 21:33

Oh, they're sold with the module? That's actually really helpful to know, thank you! I wasn't sure if that'd be the case—oftentimes if you buy a guitar pedal it's just the pedal, no supply or cables or anything, so I kind of figured it'd be the same thing for Eurorack. Thanks again!

Hi Notbasho,

Well... you still have to get yourself a few patch cables but that should be it ;-)

Welcome to modular and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Thanks for the info! Glad to be here!

Hi Notbasho,

He, he, yeah that's what you are saying now. Once you sold your car and start thinking of selling your house for your modular stuff then please repeat again your above statement ;-)

Other than that modular is fantastic :-D Cheers, Garfield.

Haha, I'm taking literally everybody's suggestion and am starting small, taking it slow and easy. But who knows? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Fair enough, let's talk in a year time again and let me know if you still have a car and a house ;-)

Who says I have either now? Haha.

Yeah good point, but if you live after one year under the bridge because you can't pay the rental anymore... and that just all because of modular... ;-) But other than that, modular is fine, nothing to worry about, he, he.

I totally get you--I think I actually went through this a little last year with guitar pedals. Just gotta take it slow.

I just upgraded from a 104hp 3u skiff to the Arturia Rackbrute 6u and I love it. The size and form factor are perfect and the stand/handle is great for setting it up to play at different angles. Enjoy it! I think you will like it.

If for some reason you have to replace a ribbon cable, they are readily available from most websites/stores that carry modular gear. In the USA, Perfect Circuit, Sweetwater and even Amazon have them(I just bought one to replace a bad cable on my 2hp Pluck from Sweetwater for $6 shipped). There are 2 flavors: 16 pin to 16 pin and 16 pin to 10 pin. Like others have stated, you will get a ribbon cable with each module and they are usually paired with either flavor cable depending on the design of the module. Also, you will almost always get 2 sets of screws with your module to mount it to your rack, a set of 2.5mm and a set of 3mm. The Rackbrute takes 3mm and comes with 8 screws to get you started. I would recommend grabbing a set of 3mm screws from amazon if you find yourself losing any of them or if you but second hand modules.

Thank you so much for all this info! I seriously appreciate it! You’ve answered all my questions, haha.