Creating a Little Ambient Machine. Small Eurorack system Featuring Qu-bit Nautilus

In this video i show you how i created another Eurorack mini system with great ambient capabilities. For this system i used:
ALM Busy circuits - skiff 6U/52HP & Pam's New workout
Noise engineering - Sono Abitus
Qu-bit - Nautilus
Vermona - Melodicer
Make noise Music - Morphagene
BigTMusic - Monsoon & Rangoon
Total around € 2400,- euro.
Have fun and i hope it is useful!
Thanks for stopping by and i hope you enjoy the atmosphere. Feel free to "like", "subscribe" and share More info about LAM: littleambientm...

[@nomadvideomachine]

Beautiful, this is what modular is all about. You could carry a whole universe in a little suitcase

[@soletey832]

as everything in this world - once you open a door, you learn you know nothing (yet). "How cool is this?" so beautiful. So much more to learn.

[@gman1010]

Blown away so much so only gone out and purchased this setup.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

That is so nice to hear hahaha keep me posted

[@AdamHardymaniOSMM]

Me too!! 😊

[@stateazure]

Lovely little box. First attempt sounds so nice!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hi Pat thanks has been a while

[@Leo9ine]

Woah, *senpai*

[@rayderrich]

As I rewatch this video, my wife walks in and tells me "wow that is a beautiful module", pointing at the Nautilus. If she likes it so much, perhaps she won't mind me buying one hahaha.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

A happy wife is a happy Life :)

[@rayderrich]

Oh yeah, we would not NOT want to buy a Nautilus if she likes the looks so much, would we?

[@LeoPerantoni]

Hey just dropping by to comment that last night I patched something inspired by what you did in this video since I have most of the modules you have in this case and it was one of the most fun I've ever had in modular since I started. I can't thank you enough for the inspiration you gave me. 💜💜💜

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks so much for your kind words. Its great to hear that likeminded souls get inspired by my videos 🙏🏼

[@rp8564]

This sounds wonderful. Would love to see a tutorial on how to set up an ambient machine like this, like how to know what modules are needed and in what order.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

This is very hard to catch in a video because there's just so many nice modules out there. I really like to play with Granular related Modules, loopers and effects but my system is changing a lot. I keep buying and selling modules, guess that's also part of this journey.

[@marcelmaes5275]

In younger years I used to drool over these modular systems. They couldn't be complex enough. And there was only expensive Moog in these days (yes it's long ago). Glad that I couldn't afford it. At least a dozen patch cables just to trigger two oscillators and then having a hard time and patience to get to the knobs which on their turn are getting only smaller recently. Not for me. But but a nice video and keep meditating!

[@Thestaggertom]

I would use it as a Personal Meditation Machine 🌌

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Yes the time flies when you start with this combo

[@matolies]

Oh damn the reverberating plucks around 4:14 took me straight to the chess house scene in Jet Li's movie Hero. Old man silver playing guqin in the rain. Just needs the attack screams and clash of steel on steel. Great stuff!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks 🙏🏼 that great to hear !

[@faruambient]

very nice! somehow never warmed up with morphagene and sold it a while ago.. but everytime I see it online people make amazing stuff with it!

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Back again for another listen/watch. Love the smallness yet versatility of this case and modules.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Yeah you don't really need much to have fun, however there's not a lot of other ways to patch this so the overall sound is always more or less the same

[@gapster77]

That’s beautiful, man. Sounds so mesmerising. Loved the into into the vid as well 👌🏻

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks a lot :)

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing, and have fun with your new setup 😊

[@stevejennings2394]

Great pairing of modules and vibe sir.

[@Probbie]

Less is more... Something for us all to learn there! Sounds so good mate 👌

[@HRC1]

Amazing piece of kit hypnotic.

[@magnopere]

ah as soon as I saw what was in the rack I got jealous and wanted to mess with it so bad super cool

[@Hessencemusic]

Super inspiring. You have amazing modules there!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thank you so much🙏🏼

[@mvh2275]

Very nice! Sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

You are very welcome :)

[@mariolanderosmusic]

I had no idea that ALM Busy Circuits made cases! I'm going to have to rethink my first rack now.

[@soilentmichi]

Oh ...Mann...das ist fantastisch, schön kompakt mit super sound..super...

[@rayderrich]

Mike, I am very glad I found a fellow Dutch creator as this video alone already inspires me to go into hardware modular in 2024. I love the voice over that explains how you bring us up in space with these patches. Can't wait to watch and listen more of you.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey hallo Thank you bedankt for you kindness. Great to hear that it inspires you. Be aware because Eurorack is highly addictive and there's no clinic that can help you out. Good luck and keep me posted about your journey

[@rayderrich]

Goedemorgen. Two months after my comment to this video, and I now own a rack that is starting to fill up too fast, and I need more cables every week. The addiction is real, but my wallet is empty, so I better start making patches and show them on my channel. Thanks!

[@sandytrunks]

@14:32 Your comment made me think back to the first album Tangerine Dream released in 1970: Electronic Meditation. And I'll just say that I would much rather meditate to this track you created with your new mini system than TD's effort from back then. ;)

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Oooh these are really kind word, thank you so much :)

[@iamsimonmorris]

so good thanks so much....now lets see what other vids you have

[@McEnroe911]

Great video. That melodicer is amazing.

[@TheNimasan]

amazing video. lovely mashine morphagene is my #1 module and responsible for my bad addiction. if it were me puting togeter this lovely system, i would change the melodicer against stochastic insperation generator, because of its more cv/gates. otherwise they are very similar of course. SIG is my #3 fav module btw. and my #2 is the sinfonion!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hmmm i’ll take a look at the SiG….

[@rhampton1914]

Sounds really really nice..I enjoyed your Video..

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks you that nice to hear 😊

[@muluksound]

aww how awesome, love this thank youu!

[@Tim.Traveler]

Love this demo!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks for that.

[@monohold]

My wallet does not like KZbin's algorithm sometimes 😅. This is a dream machine and thank you for introducing it to us! 🙏🏼

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

You are welcome and also I'm sorry to pull you guys and girls into a rabbit hole :) hahaha it is highly addictive.

[@ronaldwild]

cool little dream machine... thank you for impulses! Like your channel!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks man! thats nice to hear :)

[@DasDoktorchen]

Great sounds. For some randomness the Melodicer is a great tool.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

It is for sure

[@theobest4193]

Gorgeous. Thank you

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

You are so welcome :)

[@HumanMotives]

Lekker bezig! Groetjes uit Brabant ❤️🎛☕️

[@SonAdamu]

this is awesome!

[@UnbekanntesSubjekt]

Great Video. Love that, but now I have to collect money for another hobby.

[@DanielKastner]

This is really cool. Great post

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks Daniel.

[@Limbic1000]

oh that is soo good! thanks for sharing it

[@Limbic1000]

..and yeah,it is meditation..

[@576557]

So amazing. Modular rules. I want this setup. Will have to find a supplier in Uk.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Modular grid goes a long way lot of second hand stuff and pretty reliable

[@rawpawss]

Ah super inspiring to watch dude! Got lots of ideas going for me

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey thanks man. I hope to inspire people. Eurorack is fun but it's also expensieve. But you don't need much to have a lot of fun with it!

[@Almanacs]

Beautiful box, mate! Love the modules selection here.

[@rp8564]

This is awesome man

[@oneandonlyarajivp]

Hi this is great. awesome to hear. What are you using as your sound source? thanks

[@bristolfashion4421]

Great Fun - thank you! Brain Ino made me laugh the day when he say, "I bought a new keyboard. Keyboards today are so good that you could make a whole ambinet album just by pressign one key - if you had the patience..." I laughed hahahahahahaha

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hahaha well can’t compare eurorack with a ‘regular’ synth. There just so so much to discover.

[@collinember]

smart setup

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Nice one, great sounds.

[@herzaincarmona4810]

Lovely. Great module picks.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@daneguitarist1]

I love how like..... bit crushed the melody was right at first, totallllly gorgeous setup i love that sequencer too! i use a different one but hell yes! Future collab with me please (gerbil hamster records)

[@maleficenthardware]

very kool! Good explanation too!

[@drahtmachine4601]

Tof! Mooie setup

[@stefmai2939]

Amazing and inspiring!! 🙏

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thank you!

[@JohanVandekerckhove]

Prachtig! Wonderful!

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Very impressive demo and a very powerful combo. I am going to check out the melodicer. I love the immediacy of picking a few notes in the loop.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Remember it does only random stuff so you can't program it. However you can store a pattern

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Yes, but that's exactly what I am looking for with generatve patching. But I think I can get close with Westlicht Performer too. I need to investigate :)

[@Doc_Underkraut]

Great! Thanks

[@darkuma1692]

Around 12 minutes was pretty epic, sounded like some early jam & spoon, I wouldnt mind a euro rack but they're just too expensive for me...

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Yeah it is kind of expensive it took me also 6 years to find out what in want and need...

[@visualguerillaFILMs]

nice setup!

[@KeithDuncanSound]

Lovely

[@AdamHardymaniOSMM]

Hi, love this so much I’m building my own, so thank you 🙏 Can you tell me what is the rack design program you use at the start?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

It’s a website called modulargrid. And thanks for your kind words happy i did inspire you 👌🏼

[@GourlieRecords]

Great video, really informative and inspiriing!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks 🙏🏼 yeah its nice hear people get inspired by this setup. Didn’t expect so many nice comments 😀

[@GourlieRecords]

@@LittleAmbientMachine I'm so much inspired by it that I actually threw you a shoutout in my video I just dropped because seeing you use the Melodicer inspired me to make an Ableton MIDI rack equivalent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3eooHaAdq2gjKs

[@gabrieledistefano4985]

which module is the one on the link at the first row? is is from nano? pnw?

[@stefanhansen5882]

This was incredibly beautiful! I'm getting into modular synth and want to ask you this: How many different "songs" can you make with this little setup which all sound completely different, and not just like variations of the same song? Thanks!

[@rylok]

Hey there. This video is what kicked off my rabbit hole down into the world of modulars. I heard it - and was instantly in love. Do you have any recommendations on a "baby's first modular" that would bring the budget down but have a vibe similar to this? Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@mcolville]

That's a lotta fx!!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Fx is all you need to create ambient music 😀

[@supernatural802]

Umm this gets a big thumbs up!

[@ArnoLife]

Hello, great video and explanation. ! What are you using in the beginning of the video tout put modules on computer ?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Modular grid. It's perfect for laying out your modular and it has a great marketplace

[@robvbeats]

amazing~

[@julesgaardls]

Thank you for this presentation, would you have an idea of an equivalent for VCV Rack?

[@waytooslow]

I know -- right?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

No not really i only modules that can do thing software can’t . Except for Monsoon en Rangoon( cloud and rings) the rest is not nearly on VCV

[@julesgaardls]

@@LittleAmbientMachine Thx for your return

[@magnopere]

@@julesgaardls you can't recreate it exactly but there are stochastic generators in VCV Rack, and plenty of interesting effects modules that could make up for the absence of Qu-Bit Nautilus. (I want one so bad.) Clouds is in there 1-to-1 and will already get you halfway there if you're trying to experiment with ambient. All the same functionality will be available in VCV but it will look much different. The workflow and patching setup might be different.

[@scoobysienna]

buy it off you?

[@zvonimirmiksic7049]

Great video! What's the planning web on the very beginning of the video?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Thanks buddy, this is the link : www.modulargrid.net/e/modules/home

[@lfarrolas]

Thanks for the video, great insights and tips. Quick question about the Melodicer - have you ever considered the Stochastic Inspiration Generator or checked it out? Thanks again, it is indeed a quite useful video.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

No never but i’ll check it out 👍🏼 thanks for the tip

[@ChildOnLine]

does anyone know what that app is called at the beginning of the video?

[@iancandler5446]

This looked like an ideal start in modular as it’s small and compact and I can follow your patch initially. I’;ve now got all bar the Morphagene and the Nebulae 2, but I’m wondering if I need 2 granular delays? I had one for my guitar rig but never found the sweet spot on it. I’m wondering what I could use instead of the Morphagene?

[@HprFcs]

Maybe check out Instruo's Arbhar. I have hardly touched Morphagene since I got Arbhar.

[@AlexTrimpe]

Noob here. What is the app or website you're using in the very start of the video to put together the pieces? And did you buy ALL of the pieces in one place / one website? Thank you

[@wickeddubz]

Ipad +aum costs around 500 and can do a lot more. Vcv rack is free, so it can be cheaper if needed

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

I have iPad, AUM, Rack, VCv, Vst, iOs apps (like borderlands) , Bitwig, synths. But nothing is more fun than the real Eurorack. It’s so full of happy accidents. I sold most of my Eurorack a while ago and went on with only iPad and so but that didn’t do it for me….

[@wickeddubz]

@@LittleAmbientMachine physical world experience is also important, no doubts. I find small cases more attractive and focused. Not going to get into Eurorack though.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

@@wickeddubz I should't have done it either but it's too late now, i'm addicted to Eurorack and making content with it. Takes a lot of time and I don't make any money with it. BUT..... it's very good for the mind and with all the crazyness going on in this world i think it's 200% worth it.

[@wickeddubz]

@@LittleAmbientMachine it’s all about being happy and focused on creation. I decided to assemble few MFOS devices in the honor of Ray Wilson and his legacy. No matter how many synths i have, i feel i must do this.

[@zuignap2]

Like your video !!! zuignap !

[@vincentpinson]

nice !

[@laika6340]

goals

[@thatstinks6378]

Great video! What is the program that you use in the first seconds to virtually build the synth?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

It's Modular grid www.modulargrid.net/e/modules/home

[@flaminggarlic]

So with the Melodicer, it looks like you can select the notes you want and how often with the sliders, my question is this: Does the device come up with a pattern that loops and you can reseed it when you want things to change or is it all probabalistic all the time?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey buddy thanks for reachin' out. The Melodicer can not be programmed. You can freeze a certain melody & rhythm, and you can also store them. But further is probabalistic all the time. All note have a fader and the higher you set the fader the more times it will play that certain note. It's really great for happy accidents and you can also set it to play random melodies and rhythms constantly in the same scale. I hope this helps. Cheers L.A.M.

[@lumm71]

Impressive device, definitely! But I can‘t avoid to think about what kind and amount of software moduls I get for 2400€ for my Macbook…

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Oow yes software of course. But really I don't like to work with a Mouse and keyboard. If you never touched "the real thing" then it's hard to understand. My music became so much more interesting since i started using Eurorack. And i also use Software sometimes but merely just for the presets. I hardly dive deep into VST's.....

[@lumm71]

@@LittleAmbientMachine I also love to touch my Hardware synths and sequencers. Here your are absolutely right. At the moment I try to perform live with synths, sequencer and sampler, record every instrument in a separate track. But after this I work on it with the DAW. So I hope I can manage to use the best of both worlds. Thanks for your interesting work.

[@PixelLaboratory]

whats the website he uses at the start if the video to build the synth??

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Modular Grid 👍🏼

[@cslewiswardrobemalfunction6758]

This video inspired me to get into modular. I've very slowly been collecting the modules and learning how to use them. I love the melodicer! Question : Little ambient machine now that you have had a chance to work with it, would you keep the nautilus or swap it out for something else?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

I kept The nautilus for a while but swapped it recently for a Mimeophon.

[@yongamusic]

Prachtig!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey thanks Yonga !

[@samuelburgunder9949]

Cool presentation. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. Question: what is the sequence at the beginning of the video? A website to support configurations?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hi Samuel, the website for configurations is www.modulargrid.net/ The sequence in the beginning was also made with this little system, the same way as i show in the video. Hope this answers your question, cheers Mike

[@samuelburgunder9949]

@@LittleAmbientMachine that's a lot 👍

[@alessiogaudio1403]

I want the same machine, now. please.

[@soniclime121]

Great little video, thanks for sharing. At the very start it appears to show you purchasing the whole setup via a drag-and-drop process on a website. Could I ask the name of the website please? This looks to be an ideal way to purchase a small setup such as this, all in one go. Also, what other ways would you go about patching this system, in order to get a variety of different sounds? My thoughts initially are that with small systems like this, there is a limited number of ways to patch in order to get meaningful results, but that could be a wrong assumption on my behalf.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey thanks for reachin' out. The site your mean is called Modular grid. It has a marketplace and also the possibility to plan your Eurorack setup. In this case i use one voice and yes there's not al lot of different ways to patch it. This is just one of the many mini systems i build, play with, and take apart. I hve some other modules on the side. However the main thing i like to do with eurorack is playing with loopers, granular and effects. Not a lot patching either but great for the mind. Effects bring so much nice extra harmonics that get me inspired. So with this little system you will be able to have a lot of fun though....

[@soniclime121]

@@LittleAmbientMachine sounds great! Many thanks for the reply.

[@randomusername509]

Any suggestion for a VCV Rack 2 setup that can do something similar, at least approximately?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

No not really i mostly buy modules that are exceptional you won’t find them in soffware

[@lagunagfx]

@@LittleAmbientMachine Rings and Clouds are already a part of the default VCV Rack / Cardinal distribution. Pamela's Workout it's just a clock generation, so you have several alternatives. The choice of sequencer/quantizer modules you're using is even too big to narrow here. Your music sounds good, no disrespect, but if you think you're using some kind of "unique" modular process, I'm afraid you'll be dissapointed. Again, no diss to you music intended, or to modular if it suits your taste, but the basic patch is still clock > random sequencer > quantization > delay/reverb > mix.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

@@lagunagfx It's all good :) no worries, thanks for you comment. As for Rings and Cloud you are 100% right (but clouds doesn't have the parasite FW and Rings sounds like shit in VCV) but Pam's can do way more than just clocking. Modules like Mophagene, Lubadh, DLD or Starlab are nowhere to be found on VCV or even as VST (but yes you have delays and reverbs) . But the main reason to me is that there's a big difference between working with a Mouse and VCV or with real modules. I'm very well aware that i'm not using some kind of unique modular process. I do use VCV rack sometimes and I also use iOS apps. My Eurorack setup is for 80% based on modules that can't be found on VCV, mainly FX and granular stuff. I don't take myself to serious it's just a lot of fun to make content and music. Cheers Mike

[@lagunagfx]

@@LittleAmbientMachine If it fits your way of working, then fine, man. To each, their own, as they say. I really dig your music. I know many modules have multiple functions, though I find some of them quite overpriced and/or redundant (if we just consider achievable function and disregard size and portability, of course). I personally lean to an hybrid process and don’t mind using computers or even code, so most of my modules are simpler analog elements. Tactile feedback could be achieved through controllers, though is not an “out of the box” experience. I’d recommend you to check Cardinal instead of VCV. They’re very close but since Cardinal is all open source without the commercial aspect of VCV I think it has a deeper focus in stability and quality. Anyway, no disrespect intended in my criticism. The music is what matters in the end and as I said, I really enjoy it. Peace, man

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

@@lagunagfx Hey man, don't worry about disrespect i don't feel it like that at all. I mean your comments are totally true and worth thinking about. As you said before everyone has his own way of creating things (music, paintings, art whatever.) I really like all these comments, to me it is part of me ever expanding hobby and it also brings me new inspiration. So yeah, i'm going to look into Cardinal althought i'm still now a big fan of Mouse and software hahahaha. Having said that i'm now working on a video about making a sample with eurorack and work on that in Bitwig Studio. Talk to ya soon >>> peace!!

[@tektaimhood7853]

Hi, I am thinking about buying Nautilus. What do you think? Can you recommend Nautilus for ambient music? Also, thank you very much for your videos! Very helpful and symphatic. :)

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Nautilus is pretty good for creating sounds, especially the freeze functions is useful and it also has some other modes that can be used in order to create new sounds. But you really do need a reverbr behind this. I think the nautilus can go pretty extreme and a reverb behind it will soften the sound. So i use Nautilus more as a sound creation module and not so much as a Delay. The best "Delay" for ambient music is the Dual looping delay imo. Because this gives a very long and organic delay and the reverse function is nicer than the one on Nautilus. If you are into drones then the Nautilus is worth trying. If you are looking for a delay to delay trigger sounds then better go for DLD. In the end it's a matter of taste. The Nautilus id definitly a one of a kind module. You can buy it and if you don't like it it's very easy to sell it :0 haha ......Hope this helps !

[@tektaimhood7853]

Thank you for your quick response. I will consider your suggestion. Keep on going. :)

[@symbiat0]

Shame the ALM cases, which I’ve been looking at for about a year, are hard to find in the US 😞

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

I was lucky with Scheidersladen….. they always have lots

[@ericforbes3171]

What a great setup! I am planning to buy the Monsoon. The dealer I found offers a choice of Stock, Parasite or Beat Repeat firmware. Do you know which one came on yours? Thanks again!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

I only know parasites so i can compare the others, i love parasites and my monsoon has that on

[@mymodularjourney]

Prachtig

[@takabo4558]

カッコいいですね！パネルの日本語が気になります。

[@vit9dobro]

🤙🌌

[@shemusmcquillaide]

I am thinking about breaking out of my computer sequencer imprisonment. Even the free virtual modular VCV Rack as good as it is, I could never do without it anymore, is not satisfying my curiosity and wish to turn off the computer at least for an hour or two per day. This seems to be such an elegant and well-thought out combination of modules and 2,000+ euros is very reasonable for what seems to be a set up that includes some very flexible modules. One could really get in trouble and spend 5000 euros quite easily on a larger cabinet that might not do that much more than this one. Even worse yet have a larger cabinet and this smaller one as well. Very dangerous hobby, modulars.

[@renaudgass3146]

It lacks a filter and some vca...we need more silence in this type of music...

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Yes and no but either way no more space in this little setup 😀.

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

Is there any chance to get a review copy of if? Please contact me.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

What do you mean with a review copy?

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

@@LittleAmbientMachine I thought you were making this for sale. And I wanted to test it and write an article of it. But after I wrote that, I realized that it was only one copy of that. Sorry.

[@andmoreagain]

can we make rings and clouds illegal

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Yeah i'm kind of over it too. But then again it can be so peaceful. So every once in a while we need Rings into Clouds

[@nomdeplore7604]

what is the case?

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

ALM Busy circuits 6U52HP

[@nomdeplore7604]

@@LittleAmbientMachine thank you!

[@voidabstraction]

Woah, I avoid modular just because how expensive it is 😮

[@decapitateallcops3214]

If you are semi patient and buy used if you sell you only lose money on shipping. My collection is kinda like a second bank account…. Or that’s what I tell myself to cope.

[@knastvogel]

Check out Cardinal. That way you can play around and try for free.

[@tatzitek]

get started with the behringer modular bundle or something similar. Thats between 500 and 600 bucks. Or try something semi-modular like the Neutron or polyD or crave . I know, Behringer is not known as the best, but their synths are fun 😉 from there you can start and you can swap modules or expand modules as you like it. If you can invest mor than a few hundred, you can also start with a doepfer modular system.