Hi!
tbh:
Why not start with your own thing to learn about it?
Just build a basic VCO->VCF->VCA with envelope thing first perhaps, with controls?
Or really as very first project a sine VCO only thing with pitch and gate and midi din in - or with gate and pitch cv?
That way you can build up onto.
It seems like your enthusiasm is a bit overwhelming. You will take more than two years for anything and you will not come close to a MnM.
Small steps first!
oh shit…too funny
There’s some cool things to build on that list. I made a few of these and I found this one to be a good clear build and the synth sounds nice but limited, has midi in which is cool: https://www.notesandvolts.com/2014/07/build-auduino-granular-synth-part-1.html
This one also sounded good but never made it past the breadboard as I moved onto axoloti core as it sounds amazing : )
https://moroccodave.com/2017/09/13/diy-modular-synth-solina-string-synth/
The axoloti core has a lot of processing power, midi in and out, 1/4" in and out and a headphone jack. The audio quality is really good sounding. Worth looking into!
This thread quickly became a great resource for microcontroller based synth making… Good job team!
https://www.mathworks.com/help/audio/ug/midi-synthesizer.html Starting with this as a smaller task to work myself up.
MATLAB is good for ardiuno also.
Also This link is to a google code repo where lots of people are editing their own vertion of the audiuno. For my uni project so far i made a couple boxes where the led turn on & off at faster rates due to an ldr less resistant to light, with the audiuno synth.
https://code.google.com/archive/p/tinkerit/wikis/Auduino.wiki
Doing stuff in after effects for another moduel. So havn’t properly started yet.
However, I have came across these videos: Which have sparked my attention
both use DSP-G1 Synth chip
at the at8mega can controll them: probably my best go at it.
When people want to code their own video games the usual advice is starting simple, for example with a Tetris clone. If they are not capable of finishing it, they won’t be able to do something more complex. I would suggest the same approach for your DIY synth adventures, create a few simpler devices and after you have a success track record get into something more ambitious.