want to know WHICH synth did you buy as your first one for music production?

mine is yamaha PSR-e433

 

PSR series here too, but first "real" synth was cs1x, which is still in working condition

 

a used yamaha djx2 with fl studio 10 going midi out and the djx audio going into fl studio via an M-Audio Audiophile 192.

something about all of the djx bass sounds still hits perfect for me.

second was a casio ht-700 that finally died last year , linked to fl studio with sugarbytes obscurium.

most recent a berhinger pro 800 through a uad volt 2

first drum machine was boss dr 880 i still use.
second is a berhinger rd8.

got an electrix warp factory vocoder last year alongside a Yamaha PSS-140 as a synth source because its my first keyboard i ever had as a kid

 

Access Virus Ti polar

 

Kurzweil K2000

 

Crumar Stratus 1982. Had the choice between that and a Juno 6. Never regretted it, great organ/synth combo sounds.

 

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Korg Poly800

 

SY77 workstation, purchased 1989 and still here! AND am selling off the data/rom cards for it on Reverb!

 

I bought Serum in 2015, my first ever synth purchase. Don't regret it a bit, I use it in my every project.

EDIT: I might've understood the topic wrong lol, I don't own any hardware synths unfortunately.

 

Its was at the time brand new Virus TI desktop.

 

MS2000b, still sitting right beside me. Got it 20 years ago next month!

 

An Ensoniq ESQ-1.

 

Make Noise 0-Coast.

Had a love-hate relationship for a long time, went between "this thing is AWESOME" and "they can't possibly expect me to make music with this SHIT". It was collecting dust for a year or two, reminding me of my failed endeavor as a synth nerd.

Then I started playing with it again and for the last two years I have been amazed again and again at the infinite sonic palette it offers. It's an amazing machine.

But I still haven't made any music with it. At least what ordinary people would consider music.

 

Here's mine in a picture over the years and turn 50 tomorrow. I'll let you decide which is a Toy, Keyboard or a Synth
I've still got the Roland Sound Module (somewhere) and the Roland JV-880 and Yamaha CS6x.
I think you can probably guess the order from Top left down, Top centre down then Top right down.

 

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Akai AX60.

 

Roland XP-30

 

A Korg Wavestation (that I still have!) was my first real synth.

 

Moog Prodigy

 

Roland Juno 60. When I see what they're going for nowadays, ask me how dumb I feel that at a certain point, a million years ago, I decided to 'trade-up' from the Juno 60 to an E-mu Emax!

 

I got lucky....Sequential Prophet 600. Found it at a pawn shop for $56!
Sure do miss that gal!