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  • Why can't a MIR slave PC hook up to a Mac Pro running Logic with a single ethernet cable?

    L
    L

    On my initial investigation, it seems that we're back to square one, needing digital audio interfaces on both sides if MIR is going to be running on a slave PC tied to a DAW running Logic. Why won't the single ethernet cable interfacing of Vienna Ensemble Pro work in this case?
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    D

    Because MIR is a currently a standalone. However, unless you are mixing in 5.1 you only need one stereo in/out on both computers.

    You could try Audioport, but I have no idea how good that is.

    DG
  • DietzD
    VSL Team
    DietzD
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    @Lee Blaske said:

    On my initial investigation, it seems that we're back to square one, needing digital audio interfaces on both sides if MIR is going to be running on a slave PC tied to a DAW running Logic. Why won't the single ethernet cable interfacing of Vienna Ensemble Pro work in this case?

     Hi Lee, thanks for your interest.

    I fully understand (and share) your whishes. Rest assured that we have plans for many additional features for Vienna MIR and MIR Pro (and even more ideas that go beyond the scope what`s feasable from today`s point of view).

    Right now, please try to understand hat MIR is not "a reverb" that`s strapped across your audio tracks, but some new kind of of mixing console, i.e. a front-end where the final output is coming from.

    Kind regards,

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    J

    Herb has poured a lot of the juice of his central nervous system into Mir for a very long time. The team has sweated bullets making it all happen, going into a lot of technological areas where no one has gone before.

    Even though at this (relatively) early time in the life span of Mir I don’t think it’s totally right for me – I do definitely think that the development into these areas you’re hinting at speak well of where it’s going.

    I really like that VSL is allowing 3rd party virtual instruments in VE Pro and that bodes well for the future of Mir Pro and other possible forays into features that might make it work in post production. That would be a great time for me to purchase. It could definitely be heavy competition for the likes of Bricasti, Lexicon and others when those things come about. VSL’s conception is light years beyond the types of products they offer presently.

    I guess what I’m saying is that 6 years of R&D might not pay off in Year One of the business plan but you have definitely opened the doorway to something good.

    .
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    P

    Yep. What Jack said. I've got about 150 audio instrument objects bussing to four reverbs, with countless articulations and Environment layers. Keeping the mix clean AND spacious AND homogenous at the same time is a constant battle. And I'd rather fight that battle with a conductor's baton than hundreds of knobs and sliders. 

    But my situation is probably common. My orchestral template spans a lot of libraries, and as long as MIR is exclusive to VI, I'll have to step aside for now. I understand that MIR could not optimize the behavior of samples that have not been finger-printed, but I'd happily accept the compromised precision to access the MIR interface. I look forward to that day. And it must be coming, because the higher-end users such as VI customers are not often limited to one library.

    Looking at that interface... wow. That's intuitive. It reminds me of the graphics in "The Art of Mixing" by David Gibson.