Hello Everybody I’m new here and actually i’m new to Synthesizers I know how to play the Piano but I was wondering what Synth to get for a begginer I’m sure how to work a synth thats why i’m asking they seem kind of intimadating so can anyone help me out.
It rather depends on whether you simply want to play thing using preset sounds, or get involved in sound design. If it is the latter, then a Moog is a great machine to have, and the Little Phatty (I still haven’t taken to the name) is as good a synth to start with as any, if you have the cash. If not, and you have a computer, with a sequencing package, such as Cubase (or better still, Logic Pro 
), you could go for a software synth. There are many available, including MiniMoog emulations, by Arturia and GMedia Music.
Hope this helps.
I’d add a note of caution to the advice on softsynths, plus some more suggestions.
Make sure your PC can handle them - especially make sure the soundcard is up to the job. Having said that, downloading demo versions should make that clear.
I can definitely recommend the Arturia range of softsynths - I have four of them, and use them all the time.
There are also some quite surprising free and very cheap softsynths that run under any VST program (there’s a free one called VSThost). There’s a mixture of great stuff and real crap, so it’s worth experimenting. Some of them only do one or two things well, but are worth it for that. Ezpoly is good, and there’s a good emulation of the Wasp synth with a free demo - the full version costs the ridiculously tiny sum of about £17.
That might be a good line to follow to see what you feel you really want from a synth. Check out the Arturia demos, and also do a Google search on synth+vst and download a bundle of them to try.
You’d ideally need a MIDI keyboard for the softsynths as well, though. Some have a virtual keyboard you can play single notes on with the mouse, and VSThost has one of those as well, but for serious playing you obviously need a keyboard. I’d suggest checking out a good music shop and if possible going for something that allows you to program your own sounds. These days they generally come with patches supplied that you can get started with and edit later when you feel more comfortable. But fiddling with a few softsynths might be a good way of getting some experience for free before you part with any money.
Moogs are wonderful - otherwise none of us would be posting here 
- but make sure a Moog is what you really want. In the end it’s down to the music you want to make.
Which Arturia synths do you have? I have a CS80V and ARP2600V. I would also like a ProphetV, when I get a new Mac, next year. I also have a GMedia M-Tron, which I really like, and an ImpOscar. Furthermore, I am hoping that an EMS VCS3 emulation arrives at some point - I’d buy it like a shot!
I don’t know what you felt, but when soft-synths first came about, I didn’t believe they could really be any good. However, I am currently working on a new album, and all the arrangements I have written, thus far, feature virtual instruments - I wouldn’t be without them, now!
I have the two that you have, plus the two Moogs. The MiniMoog is handy despite also having the Modular V.
I’m also tempted by the Prophet V and the ImpOscar.
Regarding the VCS3, there is one in software - or the Synthi A anyway, which amounts to the same thing. EMS Rehberg do it. It’s a bit expensive, but then, so is an EMS synth in hardware. It’s very good. I’m thoroughly enjoying mine and using it a lot. They do a free demo.
There’s also a free one called the VCS5, which is quite useful though more an `inspired by’ than an emulation.
Yes, I wasn’t sure about soft synths either. I’m glad I tried them for myself instead of listening to the rubbish that some prejudiced people come out with, though. A few people in the synth community have already decided they can’t be any good, and come out with spiteful attacks based on the problems you can have with an inadequate computer.
I think the emulation aspect cuts two ways, as well. One thing I like about Arturia is that I think they’ve got this aspect right. They emulate an instrument so you know basically what you’re getting, but they don’t stick to it slavishly if it’s sensible to improve things. Their 2600V is less accurate than Timewarp’s 2600 emulation, by all accounts, but it’s like a 2600 gone to heaven when you compare the two. Those extra filter options and the drawable waveform modulation - ok, so the original 2600 didn’t have them, but I think anyone would be mad not to want them.
I absolutely agree with your last point about the extra features Arturia build in - fantastic. I actually spoke with someone from the company at the UK Sounds Expo a couple of years ago, and asked what they were planning to release next. He told me they had an emulation of an Oberheim Matrix 12, which had been requested by many people, but Oberheim wouldn’t grant them a license to release it. I guess this must still be the case. I certainly hope this does become available, as that was one amazing machine, by all accounts.
** Just checked out the Synthi A plug-in. It does look cool, but unfortunately, it’s PC only. I see what you mean about the price - €350 (£238 approx) is pretty steep! Over to you, Arturia (or Gmedia - I’m not proud). 
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I’d forgotten about the people who use those Scottish computers.
I’ve just noticed this:
http://www.macmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/en/id/869/
I don’t know if it ever saw the light of day, but it looks at least like someone was working on a Synthi A for the Mac a couple of years ago.
Interesting. It doesn’t look like it was ever released - unless someone knows different? I still hope Arturia or GMedia produce one, as they have both have good pedigrees when it comes to soft-synths. Failing this, Apple could produce one for Logic Pro, as their incarnations of the Hammond B3, Clavinet, and Electric Pianos are also excellent.
Don’t know about that one, but a French synth enthusiast named Pierre Couprie coded his own freeware version of the Synthi a while back. Trouble is, it doesn’t seem to work right in either the OSX or OS9 versions (I downloaded and tried both, but maybe you’ll have better luck). Find it here:
http://web.mac.com/pierre.couprie/iWeb/Logiciels/719DB689-31A0-48E5-95B1-755905839F7C.html
Greg