An input plugin that plays from the line-in (probably with ASIO) is something we've considered doing, but it's not available currently.
Could you explain why this feature would be useful? Is latency (time from input at microphone to output) important?
Thanks.
Matt,
Thank you, and all the rest for replying to this question.
I will try to make this brief (not possible
) and yet include enough detail.
The purpose for the request is to use MC17 as an audiophile line preamp in my "audiophile" 2 channel system.
It can be viewed here;
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1317958032and
http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/vs.pl?vevol&1317958032&viewitem&1&showallIn my never ending quest for audio Nirvana, I have recently made a big improvement in the playback quality of my system by doing away with a pair of interconnects and my active line section.
I have experimented with a few passive solutions through the years, but continued to return to an active piece. While researching an extremely well thought of passive line section from Australia, I ran across a comment from the "manufacture/researcher" that stated a single set of interconnects from source to amps was better than even his volume control.
I have always stayed away from controlling volume in the digital domain for fear of throwing away bits and reducing sound quality.
I gave it a try and was blown away. Theory be damned (ie. FLAC and WAV have to sound the same because the "math" says so), "the proof is in the pudding".
But..... that left me with a problem. No way to get vinyl/phono to the amps. A switch box did not seem like a good idea, extra contacts, and an extra set of interconnects between my digital source and the amps.
I pressed my older M-Audio Audiophile Firewire 24/96 into service. TT to phono preamp, phono preamp to M-Audio, and M-Audio by 4 wire Firewire to computer. The computer is an HP touch screen Q506 (dual core, 4 gig mem, Windows 7 64) dedicate to audio playback.
Turns out this works very well, but not directly into MC17. I have not figured out how to get it to pass through. And in fact I don't want it to just "pass through". I would like to be able to use some plugs in for MC17, like a high pass filter for rumble, real-time upsampling to 192, and possible dynamics expansion, a la the old Phase Linear 1000 peak unlimiter, downward expander.
So, there is my "brief" reply to your question.
Thanks for any help.
Bruce