It is my understanding that Producer does include 5.1 channel encoding. As it is offered on the Dancing Dots web site: httP://www.dancingdots.com/ Without any mention of different scripts, I'd presume it is their contention that Producer is equally accessible to the Studio edition. As for price, Dancing dots offers Studio for $579 and Producer for $849. I purchased my copy of Studio through http://www.sweetwater.com/ for $295, which begs the question, who would be idiotic enough to buy it from Dancing Dots. Sweetwater listed Producer for a little less than $600 if I remember correctly. Incidentally, I can highly recommend Sweetwater for good customer service, for being willing to work honestly with newbies (me) and for a return program that allows you to try things for an extended period of time before being fully committed to them. I also got my shipping costs ($50 ground in my case) waived, including the insurance of the $1,100+ package of shtuff I ordered. Chris Bartlett -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx