https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBo8Rd7HxdU <- a friend that creates a lot of music on small "affordable" pieces of gear.

You want to start with a scarf and move onto a beanie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3u7bGgVspM

And there was another talk that used it as an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umSuLpjFUf8

Both were great. I'm a big fan of 100R's work. Another language of theirs worth checking out is Orca: https://100r.co/site/orca.html

Behringer Pro 800 looks pretty great too, same price, analog, but fewer sound options.

Also, I'd like to say, if you're looking for a nice community for this stuff, look up EZBOT on youtube, and join his discord. It's a great group of people and they'll talk all day about this stuff with you :). And say "hi" if you join.

I really think a first synth (I know you already have one, but it seems like you're unhappy with it...), should be a polyphonic one. I went a similar route as you, but with a Behringer Neutron, and it was fun, but I immediately wanted something more.

Anyway, If you've got the itch for a new instrument, get a Microfreak, or a Minifreak from Arturia instead of either of these. Microfreak is paraphonic, so not full polyphony, but you can play chords, and when I use mine I don't miss having 1 filter per voice.

Things I'd like to be able to add:

- Oscillators from MI Plaits

- MI Rings sound engine

- A monome Grid mode (either via midi, or via USB serial), so that the deluge can be used as a Grid

I think I'm incorrectly assuming people want to take it past the basics when they say they want to learn music theory.

Part of my education, in commercial ear training class, we had to write number charts and get it right the first time through. It sounds hard, but with practice it's really quick.

But I'll restate what I said elsewhere, I think ear training is much more important once you get past the basics. In that case, I'd learn the Nashville Number System (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_Number_System).

I am lucky enough to live in TN and have access to some great local woodworkers that give classes, specifically some amazing windsor chair makers.

Good luck with everything, I got a good chuckle out of the GitHub comment.

I follow a lot of spoon carvers and other types of woodworkers and they post their class schedules pretty frequently. If you're in the bay area, there is the Bay Area Spoon Carvers. Since covid, one of their members started a "Wake up and Carve" zoom meetup. People from all over get together and carve on Zoom, ask questions. It looks pretty cool.

I live in Tennessee, and East TN/Western North Carolina there are multiple folk art schools where you can learn this kind of stuff.

EDIT:

Also, I just want to say, the John Campbell Folk School is such a great place. In my high school/college years I went there for contra dances during the winter and summer.

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