W7 versions differ only in features, not in code - compare at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx

we have a 6015A with an ATI 1950 (full height slot PXIe x16) and a TI dual FW controller (half height slot PCI-X) - IIRC 24 instruments were the limit on this type of computer because of the *only* dual channel 800 memory.

vista was troublesome on this machine but W7 runs nicely (use the latest catalyst drivers and if any W7 drivers are missing use the server 2008 versions)

christian

the biggest difference of the different W7 versions is that you can handle "just" 16GB of RAM in the Home Edition...

Bernd 

Hi,

Here is a short overview what we have tested so far. Everything is tested at "Großer Saal" Conductor position and Stereo - X-Y Standard (Cardioids):

i7 950@3.07GHz w. Hyper Threading on/ Gigabyte EX58-UD4P / 12GB DDR3 1066

Latency: 256 890 StereoVoices 65% CPU 27 instrument

Latency: 512 1140 StereoVoices 66% CPU 32 instruments

Latency: 1024 1250 StereoVoices 63% CPU 36 instruments

2x Xeon X5550@2,67GHz w. Hyper Threading on / Tyan s7010 / 24GB DDR3 1066

Latency: 256 1000 StereoVoices 60% CPU 30 instruments

Latency: 512 1300 StereoVoices 63% CPU 36 instruments

Latency: 1024 over 1500 StereoVoices 60% CPU over 40 instruments

2x Xeon W5590@3,33Ghz w. Hyper Threading on / Tyan s7010 / 24GB DDR3 1333

Latency: 256 1250 StereoVoices 58% CPU 36 instruments

Latency: 512 over 1500 StereoVoices 60% CPU over 40 instruments

Latency: 1024 over 1500 StereoVoices 60% CPU over 40 instruments

Best regards

Bernd

This would currently make no sense, as without VI you have no samples to load into it. I believe that the next version of MIR would allow you to load a 3rd party sampler, but I don't think that it has been released yet.

DG

Welcome Kambiz, and thanks for your interest in Vienna MIR!

It's exactly as DG pointed out in his message above: MIR 1.0 is for Vienna Instruments only, MIR 1.1 will be open for 3rd-party VSTi's. It will be released in a few weeks (we are in the beta-testing phase right now).

If you want to get a first impression _now_ without "wasting" a demo-licence, you could download the MIR manual from your User Area. It's available for free.

BTW: Some new "official" audio demos are mixed already, with styles ranging from pure classical over Avantgarde to Jazz.  They will be announced soon.

HTH,

Hi Dietz,

Do you still have plans to release MIR for the Mac environment or are you staying with just the PC?  If so, I think that the early targets were the end of this year.  Is that still the case?

@Chuck Green said:

Do you still have plans to release MIR for the Mac environment or are you staying with just the PC?  If so, I think that the early targets were the end of this year.  Is that still the case?

Like stated several times before - we still have the plan to release MIR on the Mac someday, but were some hurdles we couldn't overcome during the last few months. Right now, we are concentrating on version 1.1, so there will be no OSX-release ready in the near future, sorry to say so.

 argh, i "wasted" the demo license already..id really like to try MIR with 3rdparty VST`s somehow, will there be a new demo lisence (probably not) for the update?

@Dietz said:

Like stated several times before - we still have the plan to release MIR on the Mac someday, but were some hurdles we couldn't overcome during the last few months. Right now, we are concentrating on version 1.1, so there will be no OSX-release ready in the near future, sorry to say so.

Thank's for the update Dietz.  I guess I was hoping to hear that your team had gotten around the hurdles that you had mentioned several times earlier in the year so that MIR would become a reality for the current generation of Intel Macs.  If I'm hearing you correctly, there is probably not much hope that there will be a release for the Macs that are currently on the market.  This leads me to believe that if I want to deluge into the MIR experience, that I will have no option but to purchase an additional high-end PC now or wait for a new generation of Macs to hit the market and gamble that the Apple hardware and OS will not be a hinderance allowing your team to move forward.  Not what I was hoping to hear but it sounds like today's Mac architecture/OS is just not robust enough to allow MIR to function efficiently.  Calling it like it is, I'm I on track with my thinking?

i'd say the architecture/OS is robust enough, just the current macPro generation wouldn't allow you too much fun ...

triple channel ram is limited to 6 memory slots and eg. looking into your registrations and considering 1-2 GB for OS, 3-4 GB for roompack  that means ~7 GB left for arrangement ... hmmm ... kind of meager for everything beyond the special edition ...

IIRC it has been stated that pushing MIR development in general appears to be more efficient than opening the second platform at the current state of affairs ...

christian

I see Christian.  That would be tight.  Maybe a string quartet at most........

@Dietz said:

 MIR 1.1 will be open for 3rd-party VSTi's. It will be released in a few weeks (we are in the beta-testing phase right now).

[:'(]

 Arrrggghh. It has been said 10 days back Mir 1.1 will be released in a few days. Hard to deal with that impatience.

( I would N E E D this for finishing one project)

"Iin a few days"...?Hm ....  I can't find the message you refer to at the moment - but in any case, if I or somebody else wrote that, it was misleading. Sorry for the confusion. 

But to make it a bit easier (and faster) for you, we have decided to go for a public beta phase this time. :-)

 Herb wrote on Dec. 4th in this thread:

Third party VSTi implementation into MIR is already done and we are testing now.

Hopefully we can release this version in the next days.

best

Herb

Let me know when the beta version of Mir 1.1 ia available.

@Musicmaster said:

Talking of this, it would be very nice to include the Audio/MIDI-over-Ethernet solution of VE-Pro in MIR - especially for all of those customers who already have bought VE Pro (again I'm talking of myself 😊. 

Hope that helps. 

Best wishes, 

Hans-Peter.

Agreed. One big turn off for me is the MIR workflow (I don't own MIR btw). I just would imagine that ethernet solution would make the MIR an excellent tool.

I agree with the last post. MIR looks fascinating, but is VERY limited by being in an enclosed environment where everything including Vieena Instruments must share one machine's RAM and CPU resources.

Surely, being able to plug it into other machines via Ethernet is a logical next step. Being able to, in effect, use MIR as an external effect, via Ethernet, would allow it to join the chorus of wonderful sonic possibilities that already exist, rather than it being a fixed, albeit interesting, alternative.

Perhaps (dreaming here), the ideal would be:

Run the Vienna Instruments as we all are doing now, using VE Pro Server. Have the host sequencer "pass on" the VI instrument information (just an ID tag really) and audio signal (all via ethernet) to the correct channel in MIR. Then bring back the processed result into the Sequencer, again via ethernet. A kind of MIR Server Interface comes to mind.

Just my 2 pence.

B

We all agree that the ethernet-integration we will introduce with Vienna MIR Pro will enhance the possibilities a lot. Nontheless, MIR is not meant to be seen as "external effect" - it will always have to be seen as mixing front end for your virtual orchestration.

Kind regards,