Is Eurorack really as expensive as it’s made out to be?

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Is Eurorack really as expensive as it’s made out to be?

I’ve been intrigued by modular synths for years but had always written it off as something I could never get in to because of its reputation of being incredibly expensive. Whilst I can see that it definitely has the potential to be, I’ve been doing a lot of research around Eurorack and have found for what I’m interested in (generative ambient type music) I could get up and running with a case, power, single voice, something to sequence and modulate that voice with and an output module for around £500-600 which isn’t a small amount of money but compared to other music gear it’s not exactly ludicrous.

I could expand on this quite a bit for the same price as a mid range guitar and amp and by the time you get to the price of something like a Prophet or Udo Super 6 I could have tonnes of functionality and make music I could never dream of with any other hardware. It feels like with a lot of careful planning and research you could go pretty far without complete breaking the bank.

There’s a lot of talk on the internet about how expensive modular is but I’m interested in hearing the other side. Do you think Euroracks reputation is exaggerated at all? Any tips on making music with modular synths without going bankrupt?

Edit:

Seems like a fairly resounding ‘yes it absolutely is’, cheers guys ??

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