Hi folks! I am a bit new to euroracks and want to build my own. So, I have some noob questions here.
I already have Minibrute 2s and Rackbrute 6U with Doepfer A-174-4, Make Noise Maths and Mutable Instruments Beads in it. I want to achieve ability to do something with 2-3 layers (bass + lead + maybe some other voice) with drums on Digitakt (because as I understood to create drums on eurorack I would need to build dedicated rack for drums 
) and also to be able to do some pretty basic ambient (not at the same time). This not necessary need to sound professional, just to be fun to play with. I have an idea what I want to do next: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1742957, but I need your advices, because I have doubts and questions.
What balance do I need to keep between oscillators/filters/modulators/performance/utility amounts? I have read there that it would be better to focus on modulators/performance stuff, so I think I need to have oscillators/filters with a lot of interesting inputs for modulations. (How many oscillators do I need? As many as desired voices/more? How many filters do I need? As many as desired voices/less/more?)
Do I need headphones out? As far as I understand, I can't put my sound to the output of Minibrute, without the sound of Minibrute (for example, I can't take sound from Minibrute's amp and fully pass it though the Beads). Is the easiest solution would be to put dedicated out in my rack?
It looks like my Rackbrute 6U is 89 HP, and not 88. Can I exploit it?
Do I need mults? I have read that I can use stackcables to not put mults in my rack, but I keep seeing mult modules in people's rack here. Why? Is it more convenient?
What actually utility modules (like Mutable Instruments Kinks) are for? Are they useful only if I want to create complex gate sequences by somehow "multiplying" more simple ones?
I can sequence my rack with Minibrute's sequencer and with Keystep 37 (maybe I will get a Pro later, it looks cool), but maybe I need some randomized sequencers? (it sounds interesting) Which one do you recommend and what would you replace with it? (I would prefer sequencer where you can push button/give a gate signal and re-generate sequence by some rules/in scale, so I can stop when it sounds good, and not that type where it generate some notes and if it sounded good then it sounded good )
Do I need clock generator/modulator? (Pamela's new Workout?) Do sequencers cover this functions?
I don't really know how to arrange my modules. I think something like performance things and frequently-twiddleable knobs (like cutoff) must be on top, so no cables will be on top of faders/knobs?
Also, I am really afraid that I will build not rack which would be interesting to play with, but 2-3 independent basic boring oscillator-filter-amp voices. How to avoid this? I have looked on other racks in this thread, and they looks like they contain more "strange" and "odd" modules (like QPAS (it looks interesting) or other Make Noise stuff or Mutable Instruments Ears) than mine, but I don't know which modules to replace with which. How many modules must be "useful and straightforward" and how many "strange and interesting"? How many modules can I allow myself to be "boring"?
Is it normal to buy not regular 1hp, but 1hp power checker just for beautiful LEDs?
Optional-reading-explanation why I have chosen this modules:
Lapsus 0s: I heard from Ricky Tinez, that this thing is good as faders for performance, and also somewhere here I have read that having an offset module is important.
Stages (x2): I really like idea of Stages, that you can build your own complex modulator with a large number of stages or just have a lot of independent basic envelopes/lfos, also lfo can be synced to clock and be modulated (so I can create ratchet?), and it sounds like very cool idea to connect two Stages together (12 stages modulator!). But maybe Stages x2 are too many for so small rack?
Generate 3: many people in this thread recommend this oscillator and it looks pretty versatile.
Blades: I think I need a filter besides which I have in Minibrute (moreover, there are no filter out on Minibrute, so I can't take the filtered signal bypassing Minibrute's amp), and I really like this variant because of built-in drive/wavefolder, cutoff shift and continuous lowpass-bandpass-highpass.
Veils: I need VCA's and mixer. At first I looked at Intellijel's Quad VCA, but veils have faders (so it looks similar to Lapsus), smaller and have offset knobs.
Outs: question about them above.
A-174-4: 3D joystick, looks fun.
Lich: I want to try to write some code for it, so I will buy it to play with it anyway, its not like I buying it for some dedicated function.
Rings: looks like interesting oscillator which can do even more interesting things if I will feed an audio into its external input.
Data: I really want oscilloscope and thing which can draw voltage going into it. Also it can be an oscillator.
Beads: reverb/delay/granular. I know it can be wavetable oscillator, but I guess I will feed some audio into it to use as effects most of the time.
Maths: slope limiter, which can be used as regular envelope/lfo. I already used it as subharmonicon and it's fun.
Thank you in advance.
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