If you like making noise perhaps you can try some of the online webbased synths so you can get an idea how it feels . Mind you , playing a synth you have build yourself is obviously an experience you can ' t compare with playing some ready made software . not sure if link works , it is blocked at work . And what I do is read a bunch of theory about something , and then make my version of it , usually useless things DThat ' s how i started out ! In addition i was also playing around with music software MaxMSP , Ableton and one day i decided to mix the world of sounds with my passion for electronics . Musicthinigy has some interesting modules but i think you would be more enthusiastic doing a stand alone synth like the one posted in MFOS so that there is no patching involved as in signal path is already layed out , you just twiddle with some knobs . Also , what do you use the microprocessor for ? My modules are a mix of analogue and digital electronics . For the digital parts i quite often use an Atmel AVR controller . I don ' t play any instruments , but I still want to make a synth