I got the 24 instance of MIR + VEPro 5 at Audio Deluxe on sale a few years ago for alot less than $900.00.
It comes with a very nice algo that that you can use alone or in combination & as a second placement position mic inside MIR.

You probably missed the holiday sale for it though but here's there page.
http://audiodeluxe.com/search/apachesolr_search/vepro
 
I think there's a demo you can try to for both.
 
* I just noticed they no longer include room packs, I got 3 with mine.
If you check them out here's the one I prefer.
http://audiodeluxe.com/products/vienna-mir-roompack-2-studios-sound-stages
 

PCM can be purchased at 399 nowdayz and those Verbs are untouchable !!

Zo
PCM can be purchased at 399 nowdayz and those Verbs are untouchable !!

Where do you see that price?  They had a $300 deal for black Friday but I still see $600 most places.

I see it for $459 at JRR.
 

If anyone has problems with the EW forum or EW in general, go onto the Gearslutz forum and contact a user called "EW Lurker"
 
He's helped me out a couple of times

Bristol_Jonesey
If anyone has problems with the EW forum or EW in general, go onto the Gearslutz forum and contact a user called "EW Lurker"
 
He's helped me out a couple of times

He made little effort and was no help to me.

I like my solution better :D.
 
Seriously though, I went to their forums to try and get help, and basically their answers are useless. It is more or less "Your system is the problem, our software is perfect." Also clearly I'm the jerk for wanting to run more than just a DAW on my computer, and to have it on the network and such (even though I tried disabling that and it didn't help).
 
I'll stick to software that works.

There are certain things in SOGold that I'm not willing to give up for VSL.  The VSL Instrument is fantastic software but I can't live without some of the sounds in SOGold and Solo Violin.  I'm going to have to try to rig up a solution using VEPro to hook into a PC running the EW stuff, so I can bring it into my MacBookPro Bootcamp.  But first I have to buy VEPro.  Geez this is getting expensive.
 

You shouldn't have any problems.
I run all my vi's inside VEPro5 together & mix at the same time.
Kontakt, EWQL/ Play 4, UVI workstation plus all my plugins w/o any issues. It took me a while to get used to it but wouldn't be without it now.
Loading up many vi's & sample mem works so much smoother & efficiently using VEP than with Sonar, Cubase, PT, etc..
Especially working with large orchestra libs or templates, just open one instance & leave it all day while working on different projects or daws..

I checked at vsl & VePRO 5 includes the free 9 GB Epic Orchestra from their website.
I remember not all online stores included it so make sure to check.
It's very basic but usable.
 
Epic Orchestra Pack
Appassionata Strings Ensemble
Violins, violas, cellos, basses
Mapped as one ensemble spread out over the keyboard from basses to violins
Articulations: Staccato, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato
Woodwinds Ensemble
Piccolo, 3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon
Mapped as one ensemble spread out over the keyboard from contrabassoon to piccolo
Articulations: Staccato, sustained
Oboe d'amore
Articulations: Staccato, sustained, legato performances
Cornet
Articulations: Staccato, sustained, legato performances, portamento performances
Epic Horns (8 horns ensemble)
Articulations: Staccato, sustained
Fanfare Trumpets (6 trumpets ensemble)
Articulations: Staccato, sustained
Drums & Percussion
Timpani, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, triangle, piatti, cymbal, tamtam
Articulations: Single hits, rolls (no rolls for piatti)