Vienna MIR Pro

This product is a download license only. You will receive a serial number which enables an immediate download of the software installer after registering in your VSL user account.
If you are not sure about your internet connection and download bandwidth you can alternatively order the license + USB-Stick. This 16GB USB Stick carries all installers and content of the currently available VSL software products and will be shipped together with your serial number (no download!).

Vienna MIR PRO is a network-capable mixing solution for Mac and PC, based on Multi Impulse Response convolution. Its direct connection with Vienna Ensemble PRO allows for a seamless integration with any audio production environment. Each audio signal can be routed into Vienna MIR PRO and delivered in stereo, or in various surround formats on up to eight output channels after processing.

Vienna MIR PRO merges all parts of the creative process – composition, orchestration and mixing – into a single intuitive workflow. The software offers a holistic approach to the spatial modeling of virtual orchestras, allowing the user to interact with the players more like a conductor than an engineer. Its innovative multi-parameter Control Icon replaces conventional faders and pan pots and offers concise control for positioning each instrument on the virtual stage, changing its volume and stereo width, and even rotating it within a fluid three-dimensional environment.

Vienna MIR PRO combines specific directional frequency profiles with reflectional information from every instrument, assembling all of the acoustic interactions into an accurate and satisfying recreation of musicians playing their instruments in place and in space. Vienna MIR PRO is much more than just “a multi-sample” of a hall – and this is where it far surpasses any other convolution reverb available on the market. Vienna MIR PRO is multi-source, multi-directional, multi-positional, and multi-format.

Vienna MIR PRO comes with a staggering 11,000 impulse responses from four halls in the famous Vienna Konzerthaus, plus its grand foyer. Further RoomPacks offering recording studios, sound stages (e.g., Teldex Berlin), and churches are available as optional downloads.

Vienna MIR PRO includes all the tried and tested features of its predecessor Vienna MIR:

• Graphical user interface depicting 3D renderings of the selected room (venue maps) with scroll wheel zooming.
• Intuitive multi-parameter Control Icon for quick interaction with instruments and visual feedback – and direct access to the connected VSTi Instrument.
• Microphone Position Offset allowing for movement of virtual microphones in the room.
• GUI options such as Instrument Grouping, Hide Icon, Instrument Focus.
• Room EQ and Master EQ.
• Pre-listening feature before selecting a room.
• Character Presets (such as “Air”, “Silk”, “Bite”, “Distant”, “Warm”) for quick timbral changes, available for most Vienna Instruments.
• Adjustable Room Tone (natural noise floor).
• 3rd Party VSTi hosting.
• Reverb length can be changed individually for each microphone position.
• Learn All/Optimize All for Vienna Instruments.
• Master Tune for Vienna Instruments.

New Features of Vienna MIR PRO

• Mac OS X compatibility
• Direct integration with most modern DAWs via Vienna Ensemble PRO 5.
• LAN capability
• Full latency compensation
• Works with any commonly used sampling frequency, up to 192 kHz.
• Audio inputs
• Automation of user-defined parameters.
• MIDI remote control of user-defined parameters.
• Direct and/or stem outputs.
• AUX sends for individual instruments and input signals.
• Enhanced possibilities for defining the format and for the handling of the virtual main microphone(s), including the option for using a secondary microphone in most rooms.
• MIRacle plug-in – Direct access to a tailor-made algorithmic global reverb for “sweetening”.
• Newly optimized RAM usage of Vienna MIR PRO itself.
• Speed and performance optimizations, GUI enhancements and streamlined work-flow.
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ATTENTION: RequiresVienna Ensemble PRO 5!

A price reduced bundle with MIR Pro und Ensemble Pro 5 is available.

Video Demos

	Journey into space
	First impressions
	Trial setup guide

More infos

System requirements

For smaller projects, e.g., users of the Vienna Special Editions

• PC Intel i7-Quad CPU or better, with Vista/Windows 7 64-bit
• Mac Intel i7-Quad CPU or better, OS X 10.5.7 or higher
• 12 GB RAM

For larger projects

• PC Dual Intel Quad Core XEON 5520 or better, with Vista/Windows 7 64-bit
• Mac Pro 8-Core Xeon 5520 “Gainstown” or better, with OS X 10.5.7 or higher
• 24 GB RAM

Further requirements for all systems

• Vienna Ensemble PRO 5
• DirectX 10-capable video card with support for OpenGL 2.1
• VST/VST3/RTAS (Windows 7/Vista/XP), AU/VST/VST3/RTAS (OS X) compatible host; also works stand-alone
• ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library protection device or other USB eLicenser, e.g. from Steinberg or Arturia)
• eLicenser Control Center 6.3.4.2081 or higher
• 4 GB free disk space for default RoomPack (5 Halls of the Vienna Konzerthaus)
   

Product activation:
Vienna Instruments require the ViennaKey!
This USB protection device by eLicenser (formerly Syncrosoft) is not included in the box of any collection, it is a separate item you have to get additionally. So you’ll have to order at least one ViennaKey with your first purchase. It will be put inside the shopping basket automatically but can be deleted if not required. Customers who order the complete SYMPHONIC CUBE will get one ViennaKey for free (not shown in the basket). If you already own another eLicenser USB protection device (e.g., from Steinberg or Arturia), you can use it for the VIENNA INSTRUMENTS, too. Each dongle can store up to 100 product licenses.
Additionally an internet connection on any computer is required to authorize a VSL product.

Reviews

Sound & Recording, March 2009 (translated)

“VSL’s software enters uncharted territory.
MIR’s interface looks great due to the lovingly modeled spaces. The innovative graphical operational concept is great. It allows to form the orchestral sound on the virtual stage like a conductor rather than like a sound engineer.
The flexibility of the spatial design and the possibilities to melt various instruments are one-of-a-kind. Even when using relatively small rooms that don’t produce any noticable resonances, MIR enhances the orchestra with more substance and homogeneity. Mere computer-based productions often face the problem that solo instruments seem to stand next to one another in the mix but don’t merge into the big picture. MIR gets down to the root of the trouble and puts all single instruments together, merging them to a complete orchestra.
With MIR the Vienna Symphonic Library makes the mixing process of virtual orchestral instruments easier and more intuitive than ever before. The application is no competition to established convolution reverb solutions but an innovative virtual stage that can be played as a conductor. At the same time MIR breaks new ground when it comes to sound and its realism. There is less focus on reverberation, but more on room simulation and homogeneity.”
Ralf Kleinermanns, Sound & Recording, March 2009 (translated)
 

Sound & Recording, February 2009 (translated)

“Vienna MIR achieves a simulation of rooms of previously unknown detail und depth. Even the most delicate nuances of the positioning of instruments can be reproduced. Vienna MIR adds a spatial dimension to the most subtle harmonic interrelations. Breathtaking.”

Gerald Dellmann & Walter Wehrhan, Sound & Recording, February 2009 (translated)