Hello IDM!! I've been away for a long time

but it's safe to say I am planning on becoming a bit more active now that I am clawing myself out of my musical rut.
So I just bought the Bass station 2, and my teenage wallet still feels like its hemorrhaged (yeah 600$ is quite a lot for me), and I just got this thing plugged into my computer with my internal integrated soundcard (saving 120$!!!.. For now) and am going to start incorporating it into my workflow hopefully.
My question is, do any of you guys have advice with respect to learning to use hardware along with software? It all seems really daunting to me right now.
Also with regards to sound, do any of you guys have any cool tricks you found out about with this synth? (those of you who have it).
Cheers!
Max