There are some good resources available: http://www.softsynth.com/links/programming.php http://www.softsynth.com/links/programming.php http://sonicbloom.net/e

There are some good resources available: http://www.softsynth.com/links/programming.php http://www.softsynth.com/links/programming.php http://sonicbloom.net/en/63-in-depth-synthesis-tutorials-by-sound-on-sound/ http://sonicbloom.net/en/63-in-depth-synthesis-tutorials-by-... http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/sound_synthesis/ http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/sound_synt... It's actually fairly easy to program a virtual analog synth. There are also packages like Sonic Pi and supercollider which are designed to enable music live coding.