The LOZ DVD I have has only audio in stereo without any multichannel.
Stereo editing is much worse and quite futile.
There's new software coming out soon but doesn't seem like it will be entirely cheap to use.
Same here with the one I worked on, there is a way to force rip multi channels out of the audio using software but I think I remember this not working for me for some reason but yeah in any hoot your right it is impossible to edit audio with stereo channels.
I forgot to mention ripping is not all I did after obtaining the audio, I had done some editing on my copy using the software called "Melodyne" which is an interesting piece of software to use and I got some impressive results. With it I was able to remove luigi's narcissistically annoying voice to some degree and merlins no doubt but in the end it still made the audio sound like crap, the episode I worked on was the king of cramalot lol the episode at least had alot of my favorite smb2 themes remixed.
Anyways I've tried most other audio editors out there like mp3 cutter/splitter when I had the audio converted to mp3 and wav (original output was AC3) wavepad, audacity, goldwave. None really got the job done or came close to what melodyne did, I still like melodyne though it has helped me in other projects that I may end up buying it sometime this year. If anyone wants to check it out Celemony_Melodyne (
http://www.celemony.com) the trial has a 30 day demo usage with no limitations which was more than enough time for me to figure out how the software works and start editing. Another software I haven't tried yet is wavestune, if anything people say it rivals up with melodyne but is not better as far as audio editing goes but I'd say that's worth checking out too.
Also my curiosity ails me, mind telling me the name of this new software coming out Spark? I'd be interested in trying to edit the audio again (I still have my copy) and I would be happy to help any way with ripping The Legend of Zelda OST since I definitely still want the soundtrack for that show as well lol. :D
Meanwhile I'll take a look at some other forums and see if I can generate more interest for the soundtrack rips and may try to get in contact with people on youtube who have ripped songs from The New Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, I can't find the relative link to these videos but they are online.