And I hate that we can't anymore choose which channels we want to see and which ones we want to hide. The good-old "Timeline setting" button and panel must be back !!! This was the first thing I noticed when I downloaded the trial...I'd like that back too, it's a must for me...wander why ...

I wasn't making a general statement about multi-core CPUs. Taking advantage of multiple cores can definitely speed up rendering, but as of right now Anime Studio doesn't do that. That is something I plan to change in the future. If you promise to do that soon, I primise will upgrade to the Pro vers...