[sdiy] Difficulty of creating an iPad synth?

[Barry Klein]

I have to first confess, I don't have a mac - only an Ipad and touch.
I have 2 water-damaged macbooks off right now to a repair center
that supposedly does component level repair.  I've never opened
up the iOS development kit.  I'm not a programmer.  But I sure
wish I had the background to be an apps programmer right now.
What I am wondering is - just how difficult is it to create a synth
for the iphone/pad?  Are there canned routines that help things
along or is it all pretty low level programming that only guys
with tons of experience will successfully complete?  Is it at the 
level of the wavetable discussion going on now or different?
Anyone working on one?
How many of you perhaps worked/working on hardware devices that
attach the interface?

Oh also, did you guys see the NuHorizons Atmel training class
for picopower stuff?  $99 and you get a ton of hardware thingies.
Off to it today in OC.  Others scheduled in other areas.

Barry