Well if you don?t got the basic in DSP programming start here.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
I think I have the same book in my bookshelf somewhere ? But I haven?t read it yet, but some day I will.
I think it?s cooler and harder to make a real physical synth. The difficulty in making an analog synth would be the design. When you do an DSP synt you can do what you whan, just make some new algorithms(sort of

).
But with a analog you have to make it discreet so it sound faaaat like the mini. Every component you add has to be powered or else all other components will perform less well.
If I live when I get retired I will make one.