Vienna MIR Pro with VSL's "Special Edition" libraries

[Edward Fiebke]

Hello -

Happily, I own VSL MIR Pro program, VEPro 5 and most of the programs found within Vienna Suite. In a couple of templets, I use these programs along side the instrumental libraries that I own.  At present, I do not own any of the instruments found within the Vienna Symphony Libraries.  However, this is about to change as I plan to purchase VSL's "Special Edition Complete Bundle" in the near future.  Before I make this investment, I do have one important question to ask:

How well do the presets found within the VSL MIR Pro program, and the components found with the Vienna Suite, work to help achieve that realistic orchestral sound that I hope to create using VSL's "Special Edition" instruments?

Please share your experience and suggestions in working with VSL MIR, VEPro 5 and VSL's "Special Edition" instrumental libraries.

Thank You!

Edited to add:
Basically, I seek information detailing how VSL MIR Pro and the Vienna Suite will work with VSL's "Special Edition" libraries. MIR Pro, as you probably know, has presets specifically for VSL's instruments. Are these pre-sets meant for VSL's more "pro-line" instrumental libraries? Or, can the pre-sets found within VSL MIR Pro work well (as a starting point) in setting up a templet using VSL's "Special Edition" libraries? (I seek similar information regarding the Vienna Suite plug-ins.)

My hope is to be able to create a well-sounding orchestral templets using VSL's MIR Pro and the "Special Edition" VSL instruments (exclusively).  Ultimately, I wish to focus more on the composing aspect of music-creation and less on the sound-engineering aspect. (As I've said before, I am not a sound-engineer.)

Thank you. . . :)

[GoranTch]

@Another User said:

Ultimately, I wish to focus more on the composing aspect of music-creation and less on the sound-engineering aspect. (As I've said before, I am not a sound-engineer.)

 

This is understandable, and both Vienna Suite and MIR PRO (as well as MIRx) will do a lot to relieve you of much of "audiotechnical" burden, but here is the truth - no matter how good and user friendly in this regard software is (and VSL software is imo the best there is in this regard), in the long run you cannot avoid getting familiar with some basic audio processing techniques (such as EQing, adjusting reverberation parameters etc.) and some essential audiotechnical ear training.

 

Hope this was of some help.

[Edward Fiebke]

goran_tsch -

Although I suspected that Vienna MIR, Vienna Suite and VSL's "Special Edition" instruments (with VI Pro) would all work well together, your post was very reassuring. Thank you. I am not necessarily a stranger to basic sound-engineering. I'm more than willing to learn, and to use, all of the tools at hand to tweek the sound to help create that more "authentic" orchestral sound. I am just not expert at sound-enginnering. Those skills do not come easy for me.  It is nice to know that once finally created, it can be used and "saved" for future projects. It is what I've done with a one major orchestral templet which I've been using for a number of years now (complete with continued tweeking). Although it is a relatively nice and clean sounding orchestral templet, it is far from sounding "authentic". (Ugh!)

I hope to be purchasing the VSL Special Edition Complete Bundle in the very near future and begin the process of putting together a nice, working and new orchestral templet which I plan to use for the next few years.

Again, thank you for your thoughtful comment.

Edward (Ted) Fiebke

[GoranTch]

@Edward Fiebke said:

I am just not expert at sound-enginnering. 

Neither am I 😉 For me, Vienna Suite (especially the Equalizer presets) were of invaluable help there.