You're gonna love the Roland SH-201 The layout on that synth is very simple, and there are knobs, and sliders galore to keep a tweeker quite happy.

Some of the presets are also quite good. I think Roland did a great job with the SH-201. What's good to see is that even though it's not extremely high, the poly is enough for what the synth should be used for (which is pads and leads).

Yes, as Fran states--Roland Rules! I don't understand why Yammie doesn't compete in the synth department. Roland has the V-Synth, the V-Synth GT, the SH-201, and the Juno-D. Not to mention their workstation line up. Yamaha's only "dedicated synth line" is the S-Series (which is quite dated now). Even Korg has more dedicated synths (outside of the workstations).