Eventide Anthology XII vs Valhalla DSP Plugin Collection

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.

Valhalla DSP Plugin Collection is a catalog of digital reverb and analog-inspired delay plugins for musicians, engineers, and other audio artists. Three plugins are free: Valhalla Freq Echo handles frequency shifting and analog echo emulation, Space Modulator provides flanging and doubling, and Super Massive offers reverb and echo. The listed paid plugins—VintageVerb, Delay, FutureVerb, Room, Shimmer, Plate, and UberMod—cost 50.00 USD each as one-time purchases. Product pages offer demos for Room and VintageVerb. Supported formats include 64-bit VST, VST3, Audio Units, and AAX on Mac and Windows; Audio Units are listed for Mac only. One purchase covers the supported formats for the DAWs the customer personally uses. Licenses are perpetual, and purchased plugins are authorized in a DAW with a keyfile downloaded from the customer account or purchase email. Compatibility is listed for macOS and Windows, not Linux or iOS. The maker no longer offers 32-bit versions or builds RTAS versions. Mac installers are signed and notarized, and Windows installers are signed.