A couple of links to get you started: http://www.musicdsp.org/links.php http://www.musicdsp.org/links.php http://www.polyhedric.com/software/amazon/dsp.htm http

A couple of links to get you started: http://www.musicdsp.org/links.php http://www.musicdsp.org/links.php http://www.polyhedric.com/software/amazon/dsp.htm http://www.polyhedric.com/software/amazon/dsp.htm Last time I looked (a few years ago now) everybody serious was still using C/C++. I suppose Haskell could be a good choice for you, or you could be hip and pioneer the use of Rust for this stuff. :) For math, you need to understand complex analysis and Fourier transforms. If poles and residues don't faze you, you know enough to read a good DSP textbook like http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Time-Signal-Processing-Edition-Prentice-Hall/dp/0131988425 http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Time-Signal-Processing-Editio...