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I agree with your premise that I would definitely need a clearly laid out signal path to visualise what's going on.
Also I don't think mini keys would suit my sausage fingers.
Around £300 would get you one of these. Not as deep as the Novation but easier to get your head round.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roland-JP8000-Analog-Modelling-Synthesiser-William-Orbit-/221966979423?hash=item33ae43515f:g:GiMAAOSwcOFWbF3X
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
My journey with synths went something like this:
Want a synth > researched > bought a KS > stumped > seek knowledge about what synthesis actually is > understood what all the knobs were supposed to control > experimented with how the controls interact > create own sounds with a purpose > bought a deeper version of the ks (Supernova2) > applied knowledge gained previously > wanted to start midi sequencing > wanted to sequence multitimbraly > stumped > learnt about sequencers > bought a sequencer capable of multi seq > stumped > f~*ck it > twiddling again on the KS > enjoying synths again
Notice at no point in there is there any reference to 'playing piano'. I'm just as clueless now about keyboard playing as ever but you know what? I learnt an awful lot about synths from that ks. It's a brilliant thing to learn about and play around with, you'll enjoy the experience.
Synth secrets:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/synthsecrets.htm
a great "first synth" is the Roland Gaia..
it sounds great, is pretty capable, and was actually designed to be [according to the manual] a synth for first timers..
one of my boys has one... I think it sounds great..