(this is from the sidebar in /r/synthesizers, there's lots of other good sources:) http://thesynthesizersympathizer.blogspot.com/2015/03/buying-your-first-analo

(this is from the sidebar in /r/synthesizers, there's lots of other good sources:) http://thesynthesizersympathizer.blogspot.com/2015/03/buying-your-first-analog-synthesizer.html http://thesynthesizersympathizer.blogspot.com/2015/03/buying... Good knobby starters (analog or virtual analog) Mini/microbrute (except there's been QC issues), bass station II, MS20 mini, ms2000, Radias, jp8080 or 8000, SH201, ... Roland made a few others 5-12 years back which i can't remember. tho for many people, it's easiest to borrow a mac with Logic Pro, which has some nice synth models (or ableton suite, which has at least a couple plugins). And borrow a controler with lots of pots, encoders and faders, Novation SL mk 2 or maudio axiom (i think both come with software premaped to Logic or ableton analog/operator)