Psytrance Synths??

[PsycheDanic]

Vital

Hah. Came here to say the same thing. Massive and Surge were my go-to synths, but recently I upgraded my DAW (from 32-bit Cubase 5 to 64-bit Cubase 10) and the first thing I did was get Vital. Literally on the first day of getting it has become my go-to synth. The text-to-wavetable and Shepard tone features are boss; plus it has such a clean sound!

 

[Biggins]

Also, plus one for your mention of Surge. Love everything about it, commercial synth, made free by creator. Developed by a bunch of people from KVR to become even betterer. The 1.8.1 update with the new skin and resizing for newer monitors makes it a winner.

 

[Prophecy99]

i am digging, Arturia Pigments, Vital, and of course Serum.
Surge is nice too, good to know about the update.

 

[MrHammy]

Surge 1.9 out now with new oscillators and effects - they added so many new things

 

[NabLa]

About the virus: by no means you need one. But if you have one, they're great. I'm currently downsizing my studio and I'll sooner let go of the monitors than my TI desktop.

 

[oCeLoT]

You can literally use the built-in synths that likely came with your DAW. Synths schmynths. It's how you program it.
You should be able to dial-up any sort of sound you hear in any electronica within 1-5 minutes from a default setting of some kind.
That can be resolved in a few months of training doodling around with synths.
First learn your signal flow/routing. Learn about signal vs control paths. Modulation sources and sinks. LFO's and envelopes, etc...
Then learn about oscillator modulation and side-bands and how to generate them in different frequency magnitudes. (FM, AM, Ring-Mod, all your fun stuff)
and about a week later you will no longer be amazed by any psy anything, lol.
Then it's back to using it musically...