I've been scouring this forum for info and have picked up alot, so thanks to all the contributors.
My elby-designs subrack should get here monday

I've been playing with photoshop tryna figure out how to stuff it with modules, so I'm at the stage where I'd like some input from the voice of reason/experiance,
heres what I have so far;

... now the first thing is the lack of VCF/VCA. I've got a Waldorf 4-Pole which will be my main VCA and VCF, its a great little box with midi and trig in, mono in / stereo out, a bunch of EGs and an LFO. The idea for the modular is a big fat oscillator bank and waveform modifier. For my music I mostly want 'regular' synth/bass sounds, but, I'm more interested in exploring FM / Additive types of synthesis, with the 4-Pole there 'just in case' I need some filter squelch.
For mults & passive mixers / attenuators I'm going to DIY a blank 19" panel so as not to chew up any precious HP. The 4-Pole has loads of gain so a passive 5/6 into 1 passive mixer will work (I hope) & for the occasions it doesn't I've got a summing mixer built around 2 old siemens broadcast modules which has loads of headroom & big fat Haufe Iron!
My main question is, will I miss a dedicated VCA? How will I go using just the dual ring mod? or should I go with the dual linear VCA instead? Theres alot of 'logic' type stuff as well, the idea being with 4/5 osc I'm shooting for alot of quasi-sequencer / semi-random 'each note with a diffferant voice' type of stuff - I do this alot with samples at the moment & would like more organic versions of those sounds.
At this stage I'm going to take a bit of a punt on the MFB midi-cv-psu as it packs alot in & covers alot of the basics I'll need to get up n running. I've emailed Manfred and it looks as tho it'll work alongside a plan b power 1 to get more modules connected (I want it as a 'safety blanket' for when I add new modules as well) & 500mA should be plenty for 1 rack.
If anyone has any input that'd be great & I'd really appreciate it. My experiance with modulars is basically confined to the VCS-3 & the VI world, crashing my old comp with sync-modular years ago & spending hours n hours building sample based step sequencers in reaktor!
Thanks for reading,
