Make some synths sold as full DIY kits, where only basic skills are needed (like using a screwdriver). For many it is even hard to consider as DIY, but can be good first step if you have two left hands. This way is often overpriced (as someone else done all soldering) and you will not gain many new skills.
How do you start a synth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmcOvAv-egI
How do you make a synth sample?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-iu5OIUlk
Can you make any sound with a synth?
Most synthesisers are limited to a certain range of sounds. You can't make a minimoog sound like a DX7, or like a real grand piano, or like Michael Jackson singing, or like a complex sound effect in Transformers.
What do you need for a modular synth?
- Triggers/Gates. Be it a controller, a MIDI keyboard, or a hardware sequencer of some kind, you are going to need something to generate signals to trigger your modules to start doing something.
- Mixers, Clock Sources, & More.
- Eurorack Cases and Power Supplies.
- Extras.