Best budget Synth for a beginner?
I'm looking to pick up an MPC Sample or SP404 MK2 but wanted to pick up a synth alongside it as I want to get into making music with ambient synths, but I don't really know much about synths to begin with other than the minimoog is legendary and that I eventually want to buy a Behringer TD3 in a funky color lol, so I'm not sure where to start and it's been quite overwhelming to even just figure out a rough idea of what I'm looking for, like I dont even know if ambient synths is the right description for what I'm wanting
Anyways, from the little bit of research I've done, there are 2 options I've been eyeing as my first synth, thats the Roland Aira S-1 and the Donner Essential L1. Which of the 2 would you guys recommend I go for? I don't really want to spend more than $200-300 so if you guys are gonna recommend a different piece of hardware, please keep this in mind. Appreciate any advice!