The main idea of MIR's "Character EQ" was to have preset-specific settings, now even more important since the introduction of "Roles". However, apart from GUI-features there is little difference between the EQ in MIR and the one in Vienna Suite Pro from a technical POV. The main additional feature of the Suite-EQ is its ability to work in 4x oversampling mode. ("Legacy" Vienna Suite EQ offers no oversampling, the Master EQ 2x oversampling.) As far as I remember there's no oversampling for MIR's EQs either.

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There is nothing wrong with positioning your instruments manually! After all, that's exactly what MIR was made for. You don't have to stick to any presets if you're happy with the result, whether it's the internal EQ or the one from the Vienna Suite. Just refrain from using both at the same time - that just yells "overprocessing". ;-)

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The great thing about the Vienna approach to presets is that the mainstream ones are exactly that - clean and transparent with nothing 'overcooked'.

re. Vienna Suite - They provide an excellent starting point and it's always worth noting where they have small cuts in the mid range of instruments - bear in mind Dietz and his colleagues are checking their work in a seriously high end acoustic environment with extremely well matched and maintained equipment (monitors amps cabling et al. So what you get by looking at the the various presets is an absolutely solid starting point for the given/expected audio sample set.

The Roles in MIR Pro3D are therefor exactly that - tailored EQ's to fit the various positions for the various rooms that the Roles are intended for inside MIRPro 3D and seated in an ensemble setting.

The Synchron Player offers you all sorts of different 'mixes' and are also a hugely useful and appreciated effort behind what can be a bewildering array of channels per instrument. 

Of course you can use Synchronised Instruments in MIR Pro - this is how VSL is aiming to provide Apple Silicon M1/M2 et al.  compatibility for their VI libraries - you just choose the Mir Unprocessed Mixer Preset - and that gives you the VI Silent Stage version.

The Synchronised instruments are the same as the VI instruments - there is a certain amount of parameter editing still required to get the the Synchronised version to sound "exactly" like the VI version - but it is perfectly possible but also bear in mind that further optimisation of those samples has taken place and so there will be variation in timbre. 

As an example I have to take away some of the low end 'weight' of the Synchronised Bass Drum A with an EQ to get it to closely match VI Bass Drum A .. which has a slightly less refined low end and for my purposes gets weight added to it, again with EQ.

I think VSL have been fairly clear that Silicon support for their VI libraries via Vienna Instruments Pro is not going to be soon ... if ever.

I really hope they offer those of us that have ALOT of the VI libraries bought as single instruments the opportunity to crossgrade for prices close to the way they just did with the release of Synchronised Percussion .. which is excellent .. and realistically affordable if you've already paid for the VI versions.