I am a MIR Pro user, and it is amazing,  all that R&D, and coding made it cost €800,  and seemed to be worth every penny (cent). 

So with MIR Pro 24 only €400, and  24 Instruments/sections is not much of a limitation at all,  it is really the same thing for half price, it seems we all paid a little too much for MIR Pro. 

I would say at almost 3 times less the cost and the only difference is the amount of channels I would say MIR pro is a little overpriced.

 Assuming Dimension Strings* works like Dimension Brass, then you will still only have 5 string sections going to MIR,  VI Pro will deal with the divisi, as dividing each section into four is enough division (and if it isn't - I am sure an updated VI Pro would resolve that).

Perhaps MIR users could take a count of their MIR stage and post here how many typical instruments they have on the stage.  It just never seems to quite get to 24 instances.  Which is why I mentioned that MIR24 is not really limited much at all.

* This is assuming also, that Dimension Strings is something that will exist at some point !

97 x Vi + ???? audio input 

I am waiting to see when MIR PRO/VE/VI  will be a bit more stabilized to make the choice of sending the other instruments in 6 channels (5.1) or to send them in stereo channels to MIR or to use the 5.1 reverb of Logic

MIR Pro is not overpriced. Pro24 has a similar base like Pro SE, so why founding a new small version if there is a platform of Pro SE users. I worked with the demo of MIR Pro and found out that my Mac Pro 8-core is not fast enough to do all the things in a satisfying speed, so I will invest into the MIR Pro after replacing my 3,1 Mac Pro with the new one coming in April 2012. 

MIR Pro is worth the money in all functions. I am happy that the price is not higher than 800 Euro. If you earn no money with music, so just for spare time, then I agree that the price is hard to overcome, but if you earn money the price of 800 Euros is nothing against the results you can offer to the music industry. Think about it.

 My 1st violin section takes up 7 stage positions:

App Vln 1 x 2

Orch Vln 1 x 2

Chamb Vln 1 x 2

Solo Vln

If I wanted mutes as well, that would be 14 stage positions per section. That's already 70 for the Strings.

DG

How about offering MIR Pro12 for 200Euros, or better yet, MIR Pro1 for 20Euros?  I'm sure that would get the other convolution reverb suppliers scrambling.

While VSL usually doesn't comment their pricing scheme it might be worth mentioning that MIR Pro 24 is mainly meant as a friendly offer for those professional MIR users who need a second or third license for slave computers ... it's hard to please everybody, I know, but it's a bit surprising to read a complaint that a new product is too _cheap_ ...

From another point-of-view, MIR Pro 24 can also be seen as the successor of legacy Vienna MIR SE - as an entry into the world of multi impulse response-based mixing. Nevertheless I think that most of the experienced users will agree that it won't take away from full-blown MIR Pro with unlimited stage positions. :-)

Kind regards,

It depends how you calculate it

MIR PRO =  100 instruments = 800 Euro = 8 euro per instrument (If I use IAC, less if I use Event input on the best Mac availlable))

MIR PRO 24 = 24 instruments = 400 euro = 16.67 euro per instrument

Today you cannot use the full power(1) of a 12 core Macpro ( only 60 %)

At 60 % of power used you get hanging notes

If you cannot fix the hanging note problem ;  MIR PRO sould have the same licencing rules than VE PRO 5, 3 serials per user

Best regards

Cyril

(1) if we could have the number of voice used we could make better calculation

Hi DG, 

If I may jump in here: Hanging notes do occur in combination with the Multiport Environment we have established specifically for Logic. Unfortunately Logic sometimes randomly drops notes internally (the heavier the traffic, the more likely this occurs). 

This is something we are working on together with the Logic developers (it cannot be solved by VSL alone, as pointed out in many posts and also in the changelogs and manuals). 

Best, 

Paul