What turned you on to synths?

I'll start. When I was growing up we had a Lowry organ. I remember you couldn't manipulate the actual sounds or trigger drums individually. You were pretty much stuck with the preset rhythms. I tried and tried to make it satisfactory with FX and whatnot. Then my parents sold it when I was a teenager. I really missed it but life was happening at the time. I set music aside for a few years.

I got into guitar around 1999. It really wasn't a fit and I wanted to make music badly.

One day in a pawn shop I saw a Roland Alpha Juno 1. I bought it on impulse not even knowing how synths work. I learned subtractive synthesis through the menu diving. Obviously not the best way to learn. Over time I picked up more and more synths and gear. It was all downhill from there....