Hopefully it works out for you Scott. It would be so nice to get some interaction going with the designers / developers of the spec. I think we've both identified some bugs in previous postings that would wonderful to squash!!
What I'd love to see is a MODE command like this:
MOD input output post
input is one of
DI - digital input
01 - mono analog input (use right channel only)
02 - stereo analog input
06 - 6 channel analog input
output is one of
BY - bypass. Use the input to determine whether output is
1 channel (center speaker, or l+r if none)
2 channels (l+r front)
6 channels (all)
(if the input is digital, decode the channels and play with minimal processing)
MO - mono, dowxmix as needed, present to center channel (or l+r)
ST - stereo, with bass management, downmix/split as needed
00 - surround mode, no processing
01 - surround mode, pro logic
...
post is blank, or one of
THX - add THX processing
etc.
so MOD 0113 would take the mono signal from the right connector of the current source and synthesize glorious surround sound from it. MOD 0613 would take six channels of input, presumably downmix them, and process them back up to 6 channels. Great for when sonic accuracy is less important than my wife's opinion that the bass on Dark Side of the Moon (5.1 SACD) needs to be kicked up some. And I'd mostly use MOD 02BY
And I'd like this to work no matter what the previous mode is (no having to take the rig out of bypass mode first!)
And while I'm dreaming, I'd like gas prices to come down, and world peace.
