Moog has finally released a proper editor for the Slim and Little Phatty today. It supports almost all the major DAWs for both Mac and PC and uses both VST and AU formats. Basically, this is the missing link between your DAW and Phatty, allowing you to save and load patches, play the synth via MIDI, edit parameters, randomize settings, filter out MIDI information, etc, etc. Essentially, it should be like using a soft synth with your analog gear, which is great, considering the appeal of using digital gear oftentimes is the ease of it inside your DAW. The only thing I don't agree with is the rather steep price tag of $69.00, considering this software is sometimes included free, especially in Moog's most recent synth, the Minitaur (and the Little Phatty is twice as expensive). Check it out if you're a Little or Slim Phatty user looking to better incorporate it into your DAW.
Full information/ To purchase, click here.
. More recently the Akai 
has also become potential first synth, too, but it's supposedly the same sound engine as the Micron. After demoing the 
and the Micron years ago to buy my first, I settled on the Micron because it had regular size keys, and I had liked the look of it. I used it for a few shows, using only the presets, and never managed to actually learn how to program it well. It now sits in my bedroom and I've hardly touched it, especially since moving on to bigger and better synths.