Moth3r said:

It came direct from Mark Mangini. (If you haven't seen "Raiding the Lost Ark" yet, you should watch it - fascinating stuff.)

Quite reliable source then. Yeah, I really have to check out his work, love his previous work.

captainsolo said:

That would explain why they got the DVD 5.1 from the 6 track masters if indeed they did for Raiders.

Darn this can get confusing for trying to keep which film had which mix straight.

Yes, it's very interesting. Makes you wonder, maybe the Six-Track mixes of Empire and Jedi had split surrounds after all.

captainsolo said:

On Alien, you should be good with the ProLogic PCM. Just give the tracks a listen and see which sounds better, fuller, and more impacting by ear. I've found that these tracks can sound great even for modern 5.1 mixed films. I don't have a demodulator but I've gone back and forth with well mixed DVDs and come to the conclusion that sometimes I just like the clearer but less surround defined 2.0 matrixed PCM versus a well mixed lossy 5.1.

Yeah, I agree. But it would be nice to have both of them properly captured, right now it seems I can only do a basic recording of the PCM. Haven't checked with my friend yet if he have the proper equipment for it.