What to learn synthesis from scratch on

[judas_beast]

If you want a hardware synth to learn on, you could do a lot worse than a Novation, IMHO.

Not too expensive, very powerful.

Good call mate. You can get Supernova's for 250 easy. If you want a nice sounding cheap Analouge synth to bugger about with you could do worse than the Waldorf Pulse. Lots of routing options and some rude sounds.

[vadarfone]

yeah dont get a hardware synth just to learn on.

internet plus any basic synth will learn you the basics.

once you have that down, get reaktor and go right into it.

THEN get a hardware synth. If at any point you decide its a pain in the arse you wont have lost any money (if you try before you buy the software)

[Jak]

had a lot of fun with my nord lead 3. I'm no analog synthesis wiz by any means but I use the fm init and sound init functions on it often. You can basically start either analog or fm and from there build your synth "from scratch"

Its a great way to avoid endless surfing through presets and it really helped me develop a better understanding of how to build original pads, bass, fx etc.

[acidsaturation]

Going a bit off topic, I'm having a lot of fun learning my new microkorg... Got some pretty impressive options and making some lovely noises..