[sdiy] Modular - sound or song

[Scott]

So, in the VCO discussion someone mentioned when they want to do something complex, they ditch the modular for a software synth.  That just blew my mind.  
BUT.. then I started thinking, I guess we are going for different things.  I can do bizarre things w/ my modular that a programmer writing a soft synth would probably never even think of!  But, obviously a soft synth has more standards, like more various VCO's and filters, etc.

So what that takes me to..   do you use your modular as a sound generation device, like a normal synth, that you play w/ a keyboard or sequencer, or do you use your modular as a semi-random song creation machine?

I started my modular w/ the idea of it being a normal playable synth, but after the first time I patched it up, that philosophy changed.  Now, I almost always start a patch w/ a clock going to a divider, going to a percussion module and to some semi-random CV generating module, etc, and build my patch into a song.  
so, im just curious how others use their modulars.