Vienna Symphonic Library MIR Pro

Add Real Space to Your VSL Ensemble!

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NOTE: MIRPro and MIRPro24 owners can download a free update which will give their software the ability to use MIRx convolution reverbs, plus the contents of all 3 MIRX reverb libraries. This product requires a Vienna Key (not included) to operate. Contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have questions.

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Note:Requires at least one MIR RoomPack (available separately).

Vienna Symphonic Library's Vienna MIR Pro mix engine lets you step out from behind your DAW's virtual mixing console and conduct your Ensemble Pro 5 virtual instrument system from the conductor's perspective. Forget about tweaking countless knobs and wading through the endless minutia of parameters - Vienna MIR Pro makes mixing natural and intuitive, putting your virtual instruments in your choice of amazing virtual performance halls. Thanks to the tight interaction between its Multi Impulse Response convolution reverb and Ensemble Pro, your compositions will come out sounding more natural and realistic than ever when you add VSL's Vienna MIR Pro to your system.

• MIR Control Icon gives you a fresh approach to mixing your ensemble
• Multi Impulse Response convolution takes realistic reverb to a whole new level
• Expand this flexible mixing system to meet your needs

Vienna MIR Pro approaches mixing in a totally natural and organic way by allowing you to arrange your individual instruments and ensembles onstage in a physically modeled environment - just as you'd arrange individual performers in a performance hall. That's where the MIR Control Icon comes in. This simple yet effective control tool lets you control the volume of your individual instruments and position them spatially within the mix, all without ever touching a channel fader or a pan knob. If you think more like a conductor and less like an engineer, then the MIR Control Icon will make mixing your ensemble more enjoyable and intuitive than ever before.

Mixing is only half of what Vienna MIR Pro brings to your Ensemble Pro virtual instrument system. The name itself, MIR, stands for Multi Impulse Response, which is an advanced for of convolution reverb capable of calculating a near infinite number of instrument positions. This freakishly powerful system lets you choose your listening position and microphone technique just as you would if you were recording an ensemble in a real hall. However you place and angle your instruments, Vienna MIR Pro responds just like the real, famous concert hall you've selected. Far from your ordinary convolution reverb, with Vienna MIR Pro in your Ensemble Pro 5 rig your instruments will spring to life.

Larger-than-life symphonic music can require a larger-than-life virtual instrument rig. That's why Vienna Symphonic Library gives you two great ways to expand your Vienna MIR Pro system. First, there are RoomPacks available to expand your reverb library (at least one RoomPack is required; ask your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for more information). If it's more processing power you need, then all you have to do is add another computer running Vienna MIR Pro via your standard LAN. Vienna MIR Pro will interface with both other copies of the Vienna MIR Pro software or the more affordable 24-instrument Vienna MIR Pro 24. Either way, it couldn't be easier to expand your VSL Vienna MIR Pro mixing system.

• Powerful, flexible, and intuitive mixing and reverb engine for VSL Ensemble Pro 5
• Provides spacial and mix processing for as many solo instruments or ensemble instruments as your computer's CPU can handle
• Place your instruments in one of five impressively detailed, physically modeled venues represented by an easy-to-navigate 3D graphical environment
• Intuitive MIR Control Icon lets you position and angle your instruments, adjust their volumes and direct/ambient mixes, and monitor their activity - all without touching a mixing console
• Multi Impulse Response convolution reverb technology gives you the realism of convolution reverb plus the ability to position and angel instruments, change listening positions, and reconfigure your virtual microphone arrangements with staggering realism
• Reverb length can be changed individually for each microphone position
• Includes models of the four main halls in the Vienna Konzerthaus plus its grand foyer
• Create breathtakingly realistic, fully dimensional mixes in up to 7.1 surround sound
• Audio input lets you process other tracks through MIR's reverb environment
• MIRacle algorithmic reverb plug-in lets you sweeten your mixes
• Control parameters via MIDI and automate them in real time
• Room and Master EQ options give you further tone-shaping control
• Character Presets such as Air, Silk, Bite, Distant, and Warm provide quick timbral changes for most Vienna Instruments
• Add adjustable room tone to your mix to emulate a natural noise floor
• Supports third-party VST instruments via Ensemble Pro
• Learn All/Optimize All and Master Tune controls available for Vienna Instruments
• Expand your system with VSL RoomPacks to add churches, opera houses, and other famous locations to your collection (Note: Requires at least one MIR RoomPack, available separately)
• Add even more instruments to your mix by networking other computers running Vienna MIR Pro or Vienna MIR Pro 24