I can't offer an unbiased opinion, obviously 😉 .... but just to avoid misunderstandings: AFAIK, Lexicon has no convolution-based products for sale, but is known for first-class algorithmic reverb. AlitVerb is a great convolution reverb based on conventional "reverberation"-techniques.
MIR is an innovative, highly integrated software package for mixing, spatialization (distribution in space) and reverberation of virtual orchestral instruments. Vienna MIR is meant to be used “stand-alone”, much like you would use a mixing console in the analogue world. Vienna MIR offers integrated sample-players and VSTi-hosting, advanced stage positioning possibilities, sample-based reverb, and "source conscious" signal processing. Its main goal is a fast and intuitive, yet highly realistic approach to the realisation and mixdown of virtual orchestral music. MIR stands for "Multi Impulse Response": A single venue sampled for MIR is based on several hundred (sometimes much more than thousand) individual impulse responses from a hall or soundstage - opposed to the two, four or maybe ten IRs all other convolution-based reverbs on the market rely on.
A bit more of the basic ideas of MIR is available online, e.g. here: ->> [URL]http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/497/1687/455/1714/1322.htm[/URL]
If you want to go into details, both the MIR manual and a full-featured, time-limited demo-version of MIR are available for downloading from your VSL User Area.
@kanon said:
[...] I was interested in one of the reviews which did say that MIR was not a serious challenger to more established convolution sytems. [...]
Was this in an online-forum review, or in a magazine? If you happen to have a link at hand, I would be very interested to read it. Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,