Eventide announces shipment of its Anthology plug-ins bundle for Pro Tools TDM systems. Anthology is Eventide's complete catalog of nine TDM plug-ins. Now included in the Anthology bundle are H3000 Band Delays and just released H3000 Factory plug-ins. Anthology also includes five plug-ins from Clockworks Legacy (H910, H949, Omnipressor, Instant Phaser, Instant Flanger) and two plug-ins from Eventide's Orville processor (Eventide Reverb and Ortovox)

The new Anthology bundle costs $1,195. Owners of two or more Eventide software plug-in products will be able to purchase the Anthology upgrade for $599 through June 30, 2005.

Native Instruments has updated its DJ Mixing software Traktor DJ Studio to version 2.6, which now features : compatibility to FinalScratch 2, WMA and AAC Compatibility, internet broadcasting, input Recording, record the Mix and more.

Aggro by Trillium Lane is a versatile compressor plug-in for Pro Tools. At moderate settings it is smooth and transparent, perfect for vocals and acoustic instruments. Crank it up for an aggressiveness similar to a vintage FET compressor, and add intensity and character to mediocre drum tracks. Aggro uses a feedback topology with a program dependent release time which yields more natural compression characteristics.

Aggro is available in both TDM and RTAS versions.

Digidesign announces an update to v1.0.2cs1 for both TDM and LE RTAS versions of its compressor and limiter plugin Smack, which fixes several bugs. Smack features three compression modes, unique compression ratios, and harmonic distortion ideally suited for achieving a wide range of sonic variations and colorations. Additionally, the plug-in supports side-chain processing, multi-channel track types, and the full range of ProTools sample rates and plug-in formats.

Info and download of these new versions available in the MacMusic softwares section.

Digidesign announced that the Digidesign Venue live sound environment is now shipping. Venue consists of the D-Show mixing console, FOH mix engine, a Stage Rack I/O unit with recallable, remote-controlled preamps and a multi-channel digital snake. The system is highly expandable, allowing up to 96 mic inputs to be mixed to 27 busses. The powerful mix engine provides EQ and Dynamics processing on every input channel, along with 24 assignable graphic EQs and full support for Pro Tools plug-ins. VENUE also features an integrated recording and playback option for industry-standard Digidesign Pro Tools systems.

Venue starts shipping at US $55,000.