Thanks for the help!

I'm leaning more towards the Virus because of the GUI and all the knobs being instantly accessible.

The Blofeld also sounds amazing and I'm wondering if the limited amount of controls would be a hinderance?

Ok so I will save up a little more for a Nord electro as that interests me greatly

I think I'm going to take your advice on getting a VA synth first and a few fx pedals.

I have narrowed it down to:

Alesis Ion
Blofeld
Access virus indigo

Any advice?

Thanks for the help so far

So I am getting to grips with my software synthesisers and having a great time. I've got NI Massive and Reason. Now I really want a good quality synth with a keyboard to control them but also something that will add to/complement my sound collection. I'm really into bands like tangerine dream, Ashra...