Best soft synth for the "Techy/minimal" side of things???

[Tamar UK]

Another vote for operator, nice simple gui and does what it says on the tin. Only other synth i have looked at is the camel audio stuff for the morphing efects.

[ze2be]

I find 'Massive' to be really a good VA in the style of waldorf/virus/JP8000

+1

And when you need multiple instances without killing the cpu: Surge.
Surge is very similare to Massive, only not as visually complex. And its really light on cpu. It sounds closer to a Vrius I would say, then Massive. Massive sounds a bit rusty, but its really great for mad DnB bass sounds!

You gotta learn em! Massive is the bass monster! See some vids on youtube, etc. I learned Massive in a few hours with the help of videos.

"RTFM" as they say

[3dot...]

Another vote for operator, nice simple gui and does what it says on the tin. Only other synth i have looked at is the camel audio stuff for the morphing efects.

+1

[Machinesworking]

Considering the sounds on both of his bass examples I would say Massive.
Reactor could do it too, but Massive is the one imo.

[Saxer]

most sounds you get with the stuff you already own.

anyway i love to buy new softsynths from time to time for the refreshing fun factor.
my favourites changes after a while and my selection of synth depends often on the overall preset-characteristics.
so i have my personal adjectives for the different synths.
for example:
massive - cold/hard
zebra2 - clean/perfect
ace - fat/elastic
synth squad - modern/harsh
sylenth - 90s/traditional
twin2 - oily/trendy
olga - dirty/dark
etc...
i know, there are also warm sounds from cold synths and vice versa, but it´s my personel way to use them.