As an amateur musician who has recently become more active again, I'm realizing firsthand how useful it still is in 2022 to be proficient in synth programming, including analog subtractive synthesis. When I need a particular sound for a song on my Kronos that I'm playing with a band, the knowledge of the fundamentals helps immensely. I'm getting better at programming on the Kronos, but, if this makes sense, it's clearly not the best platform for getting better at synth programming.
I've completed about two-thirds of the excellent Syntorial app. As some of you may know, Syntorial teaches the principles of analog synthesis and includes plenty of exercises in which you have to match a sound by adjusting the various parameters on an analog synth. It includes a really good basic synth, called Primer, that you can play around with independently of the lessons.
I'm wondering if there is a soft synth with an even better interface, enabling you to, for example, easily adjust envelopes and other modulation tools and see/hear the results without having to do much diving into submenus or switching between multiple windows. Primer includes all the action on one screen, which is really great. But it doesn't, for example, graphically show envelope shapes so I can more intuitively get a sense of how to modify them to produce the desired sound. To be fair, Primer is a teaching tool, and maybe these sorts of bells and whistles are not useful, but I thought I'd ask.
Thanks!
Ben