What upgrade do I buy for final cut studio

I have older final cut studio, it included final cut pro 5 and DVD pro 4, motion, soundtrack pro etc. What upgrade should be purchased for the final cut studio. I presume it was studio 1 since it just says final cut studio......

Jezzum, use some initiative.
Let me google that for you  ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3979?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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    interdiscipline wrote:
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