Microfreak
Actually not a Microfreak, but something taking lessons from the Microfreak.
What I'd think would be most useful to me is a semi modular, but I think it's needs some constraints to work in a standalone. The microfreak has found a useful way to do this. It has a large range of oscillator types, and using a modulation matrix, instead of patch cables in a fixed architecture format. I think something like that could work really well. Microfreak is now ion V5, they keep adding oscillators. Akai, could create an initial plugin, and then sell modules.
The most popular module in modular world is Mutable Instruments, which is based on 8 synthesis types. They made it open source, so there are a number of copies that you can buy, so no feathers would be ruffled.
Complex Oscillators are a really big thing, this is where there are 2 oscillators and they can cross modulate each other in different ways to create all sorts on complex tones. And also be modulated by the envelopes and LFOs
Wavetables seem very much the synthesis of now, and I've seen so many posts one the forum where some one has suggested a wavetable synth with user tables.
The synth doesn't need to be super complex, with say 5-6 modules (I'm thinking of the Flavour Pro layout here) and the first being a switchable oscillator, you could have a super flexible synth.
Oscillator
2 cycling envelopes
3 LFOs
Wavefolder, distortion and saturation (and mixer if they were able to make it 2 oscillator and that would make it a monster)
Dual multimode Filter
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