Devious Machines Infiltrator 2 vs Eventide Anthology XII

Devious Machines Infiltrator 2 is a paid multi-effects audio plug-in for macOS and Windows. It can stack, sequence, and modulate up to ten effects at once from a library of 54 effects, including filters, distortion, pitch shifting, FM, delay, reverb, and spectral transformation. A 32-step sequencer activates effects separately or together at different speeds. Each effect has two tempo-synchronized multi-segment envelopes with random patterns, Euclidean rhythms, swing, and pitch snapping. Eight assignable macros can be automated in a DAW. Curves can follow the DAW timeline or act as triggered envelopes, with audio input, MIDI, and MIDI notes available as triggers. The plug-in includes more than 1,500 presets and supports VST 2, VST 3, AudioUnit, and AAX formats. Its license is perpetual, with oversampling, real-time correction, formant control, MIDI pitch control, and a 72-semitone pitch-shift range. Pricing is listed as From $99.99 and 134.99 one-time, with a 14-day trial.

Eventide Anthology XII is a bundle of 32 plug-ins for audio mixing and mastering. It combines vintage hardware emulations with newer processors, including EQs, compressors, delays, reverbs, pitch changers, modulation effects, and distortion. The collection also covers dynamics, chorus, phaser, flanger, channel strip, and multi-effects, and supports external sidechain. Eventide highlights its patented Transient/Tonal splitting technology. Anthology XII adds 10 plug-ins to the prior Anthology bundle: three reverbs, three modulation effects, two pitch shifters, a distortion, and an EQ. Formats are AAX, AU, VST2, and VST3, with AU on macOS. It runs on Windows 10 or later, x64, or macOS 10.14 or later on Intel or Apple Silicon. An iLok account is required, but a physical dongle is not. Eventide says the plug-ins should work with compatible DAWs and lists Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic Pro, Cubase, FL Studio, and Reaper. Anthology XII costs $999, paid once; a 14-day trial is available, and there is no free plan.