Sound input in menu bar

Hey all, I searched and couldn't find this, but is there anyway to have the sound input pref displayed on the menu bar, like how volume control is...but for sound input? Any help would be awesome, thanks.
JCV

My error. Apparently, not. However, http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/RM/MusicAndAudio/Sound/rmSoun d/chapter1_section1.html might give you some information.

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