| Without knowing what thoes modules actually are its hard to give an accurate answer but I'll give it a go.
As you've probably guessed a modular has to be set up to work properly and you need to think of two separate streams of data: Signal and Control. Signal flow is fairly straight forward, sound goes in one place comes out of another gets patched to the in of another modules comes out...etc etc. - Once you have this sussed out then you should be getting a signal out of the end ( if all of the relevant dials are set up correctly ) - the sound coming out at the end of this may well have been modified by the modules you've sent it through but the result will be static. Filters and bit crushers etc etc are just processing the sound by the fixed position and settings of the dials - a static non moving process. You can sweep through the settings by manually changing the dials as the sound passes through OR you can set up a Control voltage signal and create dynamics ! - in the case of the filter you really need to get the cutoff frequency moving by sending it say a slow sine wave to its CV in. Likewise the Malgorithm needs a good bit of CV in to get the best out of it,
If its rhythmic stuff you're wanting to process then it may be that you'll need something that will allow you use the Doepfer in sync with the BPM of the tracks you're sending it - there are many ways of doing this from MIDI-CV. Envelope Followers, triggers and dividers etc.
Modulars are not the simplest things to get your head around and even when you do know what you're doing by the nature of the beast there are millions of option and variations to chose from !
Have Fun !
Beer |