Hi,

If you like Buchla, check the brand "Make noise", you'll probably love their QMMG / MATHS combo.
The most extreme combo I've tried so far, for both processing and raw sound generation was A136 distortion + A106 Xtreme filter + Metasonix Scrotum smasher. Sounds go from plain powerful distortion to unbearable noises and scratches and tube screaming.
The smasher is not a module but Metasonix now makes eurorack so be sure to check their stuff, (especially if you like the sound on the last NIN albums, it's full of it.)

Modules like A188 BBD and A189 Bit crusher can be nasty if you like digital noise.

You look like you already have an idea of what sound you want to produce, basic systems are great but if you wanna add more modules, you'll need more rackspace. So better have a look at which modules you think you can live without in the basic system and replace them with more specific modules. Trust me, the time you spend reading every module user manual will help you a lot when you get your hands on your system for the first time.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_2000@...> wrote:
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> all of this is true, but also get an A196 PLL module, for weird and harsh noises.
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> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, York Luethje <ybl@...> wrote:
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> Subject: AW: 1 Newby Seeking Chaos
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 11:08 AM
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> Ive spent hours and hours and hours online checking out modular gear and
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> Im only after modular gear for the "alive" sounds ive heard from other
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