Currently obsessed with synthesizing

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I've been playing around with my Korg DS-10, and I want to really stress how great this piece of software is. You can make a lot of great music on it, it's really cheap, extremely portable and easy to use.

You'll also learn how to work a synth...

If you have a DS, just get one.

Here are my first two compositions I've made on it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKYFiHJ_f4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZdAzgxgV6g

I'm into synthpop/video game music.... but this thing is versatile enough for many types of music. I was going to use this in addition to my Logic setup, but I'm having fun making with just the DS.

Dial up and U tube are clashing on my computer.
Waiting for Evil N' Scarce to load.
Korg DS 10 is midi or internal?

Synthesis program on the Nintendo DS,
Going to look into this, Portable Fun.

No luck loading Evil N Scarce on U tube,

Is there any way you could put it on limewire?

If you need MIDI or audio hardware, Mark Of The Unicorn (http://www.motu.com) makes some great stuff.

But most of the good software programs are somewhat pricey.

yeah, grab a motu controller, get cubase SL (it's perfectly fine to start on) and download some free plugins from www.kvraudio.com they have thousands!

if you're thinking of going the hardware route i'd recommend starting on some digital polyphonic synths as they are somewhat cheap to come by....i'm talking yamaha an1x/sy77 roland d50/xp80 korg microkorg/ms2000...

i play an an1x and an alesis fusion in my band, it allows me to use up to 40gigs of samples live aswell as VA modelling and FM synthesis, a very cool setup for under £1000 x

The best start can be had with these devices?

The Roland d50, xp80 or Yamaha an1x, a midi hook up from Mark of the unicorn and multi track recording software, And a Korg DS10 for those not at home times. (FL feels amateur and limited)

Pugly

Easy, just have a piano keyboard and a good mixing program like sony sound forge for pc or sound studio for mac. Unfortunately I no longer have the means to make good recordings anymore =/.

Maybe Ill midi the Yamaha PSR 282. I only use it for brainstorming. I wasn't sure about its abilities as a midi device, it has midi on it, but I thought I would better off with a Roland. So midi is probably the cheapest start.

Motu is one neat site. Im drooling.

I was lucky enough to actually take Synth in college (back in the 70s), on the modular, million-cables to work Moog synth. Monophonic (keyboard, it had about 5 oscillators), but versatile. It really taught the basics.

From there through Moog Rogue, Korgs (polysix and M1), modules (about 5 all together), etc.
Miss 'em....