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Sorry to spoil the one man show, but I’m joining in.
This is a good but complicated question. And depends on where you are in your synth journey.
Let’s start with “my first synth”
My recommendation is mostly just a from personal experience.
I had played quite a lot with software synthesizers in reason over the years, but my recommendation for those starting out is my first hardware synth: Arturia Mini Freak. It’s a very flexible synth that i still use and enjoy today, but it has a pretty logical layout, and the display will also help with grasping some of the concepts better.
Getting a hardware synthesizer is in my opinion a great way to learn, as the immediacy of “turn a knob, hear what happens” is very satisfying.
There are many synths out there, but I say start with something simple with a relatively easy layout is a good start.
Also, while menu diving is not a huge problem (but still annoying and “boring”) once you know enough to know what to look for, in a first synth I would recommend something with all or most functions exposed to you.
