Yeah that reflects the things I've heard too. Does seem crazy to get a 15 year old piece of gear (of that nature anyway) and I'm not super keen to learn another (hard to learn) bit of hardware.
At the moment I'm working on my modular live set and trying to make it a little bit more consistent and recallable - so I can deliver more consistently good stuff and more variety in a single set without having to repatch.
I do have a sequencer with memory and a sampler with memory banks which gives me a little bit of recallability. However obviously this is not the strong point of modular! Another option could be using Ableton alongside the modular live. I already have/know Ableton and use it extensively for producing so that might make more sense for me.
Anyway will persevere within modular for now and see how it goes.
Thanks loads for your thoughts!