My alltime favourite is (until this day) the Clavia Nord Lead 3!
Can be aggressive, Fat, (kinda) analogue, sweet - and it looks great. Haven't really tried the newer ones (except a couple of minutes at NAMM last year), so can't judge them.

Also amongst my favs is my beloved Roland JP8080 (JP8000 rack version). A classic of trance, it is famous for it's supersaw, heavily used from the end of 90's onwards... Unfortunately mine is very buggy and needs repairs every now and then - otherwise really awesome.

Another great one I like to recommend is the Dave Smith Prophet 08 - analogue, can sound "heavy", "dirty" and "dreamy" at the same time.

Also used all kinds of Virus models over the years, great allrounders, but I personally prefer the sound characters of the synths above more.

What's your favourite Hardware Synths?

My Moog Sub 37 trumps any software that I've got. You can get the richest analogue sounds from that thing which really can't be replicated. Most of my basslines and leads come from it.

Gotta try that one!

mwahaha

Oh man, seeing those modules make me jealous. I don't have the luxuries for hard synths.

I don't own any hard synths myself but I once had the opportunity to try a Moog Voyager XL and it was absolutely stunning

mwahaha

From what I see, there is at least 3000$ of hardware there. I want that so bad.

What would be recommended for someone looking to dip their toes into the realm of hardware synthesis? Is it worth getting any of the newer, cheaper units like the Arturia MiniBrute or small Moog offerings, or should I save up towards a grand and get something really decent?

Matt, that picture just makes me drool. Do you use any of the Mutable Instruments modules?

i'd been messing around with software for a few years, bought a sub37 a couple months ago. no ragrets. totally worth the cash dude

What would be recommended for someone looking to dip their toes into the realm of hardware synthesis? Is it worth getting any of the newer, cheaper units like the Arturia MiniBrute or small Moog offerings, or should I save up towards a grand and get something really decent?

Matt, that picture just makes me drool. Do you use any of the Mutable Instruments modules?

Yeah in there is braids, clouds, ripples, warps, elements, peaks, shelves, yarns.. So yeah I suppose I like mutable a bit