As traditional orchestral performance is unamplified, acoustics are given careful consideration. All factors that will affect the sound are analyzed by composers and conductors from the design of the hall down to the seating arrangement of the performers, all with an aim of bringing out the most wonderful orchestral experience possible. This still remains true despite advances in technology and is especially important in today's trend of simulating orchestras. Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna MIR brings that mixing and reverberation that duplicates the situation of world-renowned concert halls into the palm of your hands.

Vienna MIR moves away from the conventional format of the mixing console that forms a barrier between the music creator and music environment. The people at Vienna Symphonic Library realized that despite a console mixing format can bring wonderful results that range from the real to the surreal, it simply is not a very musical way to work. The interface of Vienna MIR looks like a stage in a concert hall where you can arrange the instruments (or tracks) according to a seat plan of your choice or desire. The basic item of the interface is the eye-shaped MIR Control Icon. A MIR Control Icon represents one instrument where you will instantly see information as regarding its position on stage, dry/wet ratio, activity, stereo width, volume, and directivity. Just like a console, you make use of the MIR Control Icon to control the previously described factors. Taking into consideration real-world spaces, you are able to modify all aspects of the sound in accordance to three dimensions as opposed to your usual volume and pan pots and sliders, enabling you to realize all of the sounds just as you would hear them live on stage.

FEATURES:

• Five halls of the Vienna Konzerthaus with a total of over 11,000 (!) impulse responses.
• Graphic 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 Vienna 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)

There probably is no mixing method that could be more musical (other than live orchestral recording) than that which is offered by Vienna MIR. Operation, just as with other Vienna Symphonic Library products, requires a ViennaKey and a Windows Vista or Windows 7 64-bit environment. Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna MIR is a standalone application with a full license that costs 795 EUR (approximately 1,136 USD).