Basically it´s just a cool hobby.
Some keywords: Haptic, digital FM artefacts (also known as "Schwurbel"), thickness of sound, immediate results.

Magix:




Moog, COTK, Curetronic, MOTM, Buchla, Serge, Schranzknecht:



Music Maker: 200,- Euros
Buchla: http://www.buchla.com/

If you got balls, you would use http://www.reaper.fm/ and not some overpriced Magix (what a name...) toy with restricted functions.

I use Reaktor and Reaper when it comes to the digital world, but sometimes you need that fat analogue sound.