hello, first post here, i am interested in making the sid module, and i got a chip already, a 6581r4ar. i have soldered before(cables and basic repairs to loose jacks and such), and made some simple things in high school, a little circuit that made some led's flash, and a tesla coil from a tv flyback transformer, but nothing this complex.i want to do it all myself from the promming to the circuit boards, so i guess i need the jdm programmer first? then the core and sid modules? eventually i would like to build a 4 sid unit with a sequencer, and maybe add a curtis or SEM filter to it. this may need some extra circuits as those ar cv devices, but i believ this could be acomplished with the analog out module? also, i read that you can get samples from microchip and other companies, how do i get them?? do i have to be a company or student? that should do for now, thanks and i look forward to building many of theese things!