I think Modular might be better for a beginner if the price were not so prohibitive. A modular is better for understanding how eery piece of your system can or does affect another, because you've manually plugged them together.
I guess it depends on whether you primarily want to "learn synthesis", or "make music with synths". The former, I think modular is worth a look, but for the latter modular is too much money and effort.
I'd compare it to learning C vs Python. I'd recommend computer science students get early exposure to C, but for someone writing simple scripts, jump straight into Python.
I mostly learned synthesis through free youtube tutorials with software synths. A lot of concepts are pretty generic and when learned in one synth can be applied to most others.
I guess it depends on whether you primarily want to "learn synthesis", or "make music with synths". The former, I think modular is worth a look, but for the latter modular is too much money and effort.
I'd compare it to learning C vs Python. I'd recommend computer science students get early exposure to C, but for someone writing simple scripts, jump straight into Python.
I mostly learned synthesis through free youtube tutorials with software synths. A lot of concepts are pretty generic and when learned in one synth can be applied to most others.