MIR 'Magic Eye' - solid in colour; what does this mean?!

[knievel]

Hi all!

See below a screen shot close-up of my current MIR stage:

What does it mean when the upper half of the eyes are solid in colour??  [color for USA folks!]

I tried looking through the manual and on the forums but couldn't find an answer - I'm sure it's very simple!

The manual says "The upper semicircle starts flashing like those “Magic Eyes“ in old radio receivers as soon as the Instrument is actually playing. The darker the upper semicircle gets, the louder the Instrument is playing".

But the screen shot above is when nothing is playing...  [:^)]

Thanks peeps!  [:D]

knievel

[Dietz]

The answer is simple indeed - you've discovered a small graphic bug. It is fixed already in the new Beta we are testing at the moment. :-) It will be available for downloading soon.

Thanks for reporting!

[knievel]

So it doesn't light up with colour to show when you are composing amazing music??

Dam!

[:)]

Cheers Dietz!

[Dietz]

Great idea! Noted as feature request for "MIR - Artificial Intelligence Edition (TM)", planned for the year 2029. ;-D

[Dietz]

BTW - something I've just seen on the screen-shot you posted above:

When spreading the stereo-width of a MIR Icon, it is adivisable to keep both the left and the right handle within the boundaries of the HotSpot (i.e. the yellow-ish area showing the "allowed" stage positions). When you rotate an Icon in a way that - for example - only the left handle lies within these boundaries, the right channel of the instrument signal assigned to this icon will not be able to trigger any original IRs for that outside position any more. The results you achieve like this will become less realistic when going to extremes.

Kind regards,

[knievel]

Hey thanks for the tip Dietz!

How does this look...??

I turned each 'players nose' as if to face where the conductor would stand, rather than facing to the mic or the audience.

Is that how you [generally] angle the icons at VSL??

See below how I've changed their positions - nothing off the stage this time!

Cheers!

knievel

EDIT: Ha! Just realised the strings are still off the front of the stage! I'll have another go!  [:D]

How does this look??

 To keep the string players' whole stereo width on stage, some of the front string players are now facing the audience rather than the conductor now -  I hope he doesn't get too offended! [:)]

Thoughts from other MIR users welcome too...

knievel

[Dietz]

Knievel, I know that MIR's interface is tempting to work with the eyes rather than with the ears. In priciple, there was nothing "wrong" with your original setup - just let your ears decide! If it sounds right it _is_ right. ;-)

There's no need to slavishly follow the restrictive rules of conventional  orchestra seatings on a stage. Make sure that you try unusual setups, too! For example: Sometimes turning an instrument _away_ from the conductor gives it the special "something" on a certain stage that makes it shine. - This is true in real life, too, BTW. ;-)

What I was trying to say with my previous message: MIR will do everything to sound reasonable, but when you push it too far, you will lose a bit of the realism the engine is actually able to deliver. Due to the fact that there are no original impulse responses outside the HotSpot-area, MIR will start to interpolate from the nearest available position. And while the imaging itself will stay intact (this is where the Ambisonics format we use for recording really pays off), the result will obviously not the one you would perceive in the real venue.

Kind regards,