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RC-20 Retro Color v2

$99.00 $129.00

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Product information
Important note: a discounted upgrade purchase path for owners of RC-20 v1 is available here.

Add character and analog warmth to any track or mix

RC-20 Retro Color is a creative effect plugin that easily recreates the warm feeling of vintage recording equipment. It adds life and texture to any recording and also works perfectly in any modern production setting.

What's New in RC-20 Retro Color v2

  • Echo: A feedback delay with RC-20 inside the loop so repeats wobble, distort, and degrade as the sound evolves with each pass.
  • Grains: Transform delay trails into wide, shimmering ambient soundscapes and granular textures.
  • Codec: Dial in digital grit that’s become today’s retro, from lossy network compression and packet dropouts to formant shifts and smeared, blurry artifacts.
  • Expanded Sonic Palette: Explore new tape, classic preamp, and 4-track cassette distortions, 32 new reverb types, warp modulation, Digital Sputter and Drive, Space ducking, and pre/post Noise blend.
  • Movable Modules: Drag Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space, and Loss into any order to discover unexpected interactions and timbres.
  • Focus/Cut Filters: Target effect ranges precisely with dedicated filters in the Noise, Wobble, Distortion, and Loss modules.
  • Tempo Sync: Keep modulation, Magnetic tape flutter, and Echo times locked to your project's tempo for beat-synced movement.
  • Loudness Match: Audition changes objectively without volume bias by automatically matching processed output to the dry signal level.
  • Faster Preset Browsing: Instantly discover, categorize, and export presets using tags, custom collections, search filtering, and seamless preset sharing.
  • Enhanced Production Workflow: Stay in the groove with full undo history, module locking, modifier-key control of several parameters at once, snapshot comparisons, oversampling, and master compression.
  • Compatible with v1: The new version of RC-20 Retro Color installs alongside the original, so your existing projects open just as they did before. All the original v1 factory and artist presets are included in v2. You can also import your own v1 presets in a few clicks.

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Testimonials
Michael Tuller

Michael Tuller

Film / TV Composer, Synth Programmer and Multi-Instrumentalist

"This is amazing. It's what I've been looking for to add character to tracks."

MusicTech

MusicTech

The No.1 website for musicians, producers and DJs.

"RC-20 is a wobbly, wonky, fizzy, soul-warming slice of awesome".

Sound on Sound

Sound on Sound

The world's biggest and best audio recording & production magazine.

"XLN RC-20 Retro Color aims to bring life and texture to your audio".

Product Reviews
XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color Review at Music Radar

Our Verdict Not only one of the best retro-ising plugins around, but also a powerful sound-design tool in a general sense, RC-20 is a wobbly, wonky, fizzy, soul-warming slice of awesome. Pros Makes anything sound old. Simple, stunningly effective processors. Cons Space mo...

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System Requirements
  • RC-20 Retro Color v2 is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats and is compatible with all major DAWs, including FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, and more.

Mac

  • macOS 10.13 or later (Apple Silicon Native supported) (64-bit only)
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • Internet connection (during installation only)
  • VST, AU, AAX

Windows

  • Windows 7 - 11 (64-bit only)
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • Internet connection (during installation only)
  • VST, AAX

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