Proposal: a new mode to encode either left or right channel

*I like this idea.  A generalization would allow mixing of the two channels,
with the user specifying a single number x between 0 and 1.  The single
channel would be produced by multiplying the right channel by x, multiplying
the left channel by 1-x, and adding the results together.**Phillip*

*Anton Shepelev* anton.txt at gmail.com
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*Tue Feb 8 18:51:16 EST 2011*
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Hello all,

Hereby  I'd like to propose to add two parameters to
Lame's -m option to allow it  to  take  mono  signal
from  either  left  (with -m l) or right (with -m r)
channel. This will  save  time  when  one  needs  to
encode only one channel.

Anton