It's really not an chicken/egg problem. It's about a different approach composing, actually the one they used before anyone was thinking "chords"....
I'm sure you know which synth you liked most of all the ones you tried, but if I was buying my first hardware today I would go for instruments...
To hear what's going on is skill #1 for any musician, and even more for a composer IMHO. Ear training is not "ineffective", but the only way to...
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