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Only ES-9 costs more than 550 pounds new....
And you also have Arbhar and Morphagene.... Forget about spending less than 3000 pounds even getting good second hand
Sorry I meant 3000! And I should have said it in the post, but I will eliminate modules from the rack as it stands now, when I get a better grasp of what I need. I could use some help on that point.
I have updated it now, it was the wrong link earlier.
So I only need the es9 and an inputmodul to meet my needs for connectivity?
Lastly, the two hundred pound thing is a typo, right?
I would at least be able to do this for below 300 pounds, if possible.
Okay, so I am contemplating diving into this rabbithole. But first of all, I am really unshure if this is the right way to go for my needs and wants.
The main thing I am looking after is creating cool textured soundscapes and drones both for my solo works (Neo classical and ambient I guess you would call it) and for my metal band project that where i make dark ambient interludes and soundscapes to use in the background and some times foreground of the music. If i had to give you some comparison to what I am after I guess I would say Johann Johannson´s last and first men, Vast by Yair Elezar Glotman and Viktor Orri Arnason,
The main focus will therefore be on darker ambient soundscapes and textures for my music. My thought process is that a eurorack system, with the rigth modules could help me create really interesting and cool soundscapes and drones, with a lot of texture and detail, but I have not found any good examples of someone doing stuff like this and showing it so I am not shure if this is the right way to go. To be clear my main focus would not be on creating whole songs and beats on the system, but more on creating drones soundscapes, textures and ambience.
Now I mainly do drones and soundscapes through creating pads in vital, and with my Software Juno 60, and mixing in some field recordings here and there. Sometimes timestreching recordings of my piano and using the reverbtails of my guitar.
So that is the first question. Is a modular setup, going to be good for this kind of thing, or am I better of just doing it in other ways. And that is one more question I guess. Is a modular setup going to enable me to do stuff in this vein that I could not do/would be hard without one?
Okay, so if I where to buy a modular setup, what should I go for? One important thing is that I could use it with my DAW (Logic). I would probably like to run fieldrecordings, and audio from acoustic instruments thorugh it, recordings of my piano or guitar. I am kind of confused about this. Can I hook my modular setup up to logic, and record stuff from the modular in to logic all with the help of the expert sleepers es9? I know it allows you to record multitracks into the daw which is nice, but does it also work as an input? I am kind of confused.
I will make this easier by just stating what I need.
I want to be able to use the modular in tandem with Logic. I want to have a modular where I can make cool drones textures and soundscapes from scratch and then record it (preferably in multitracks) into logic. I also want to be able to send audio, and maybe midi, from logic to the modular for this reason. It would be nice if I could send more than one Audiotrack into the modular at once, say for example I want to make a drone/soundscape, with a low pianonote, a Cello and a violin. Could I do all of this with the es9? Or do I need something like the bitbox 1010? I am a bit confused.
I have made a rack with the things I am considering for this kind of setup(I would preferably narrow it down to around 3000 pounds):
What do you think is a good setup for my needs? For the case I think I will go for the mantis, as it has a lot of space and is cheaper than the intellijel cases. Thank you for your help!