RC-20 Retro Color v2 Upgrade

Add character and analog warmth to any track or mix

RC-20 Retro Color recreates the sound and imperfections of vintage recording gear, now with a creative Echo and an expanded palette of effects to explore. RC-20 adds depth, movement and character, from subtle vintage warmth to warped, otherworldly textures. Take any sound and hear it in color.

New Echo Module

With RC-20’s effects inside the feedback loop, your echoes take on a life of their own. Each pass adds more color, texture, and character.

• Bring Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space, and Loss into the Echo loop.
• Push feedback into self-oscillation for cascading swells.
• Add shimmer and atmosphere with pitched or reversed Grains.

New Codec mode

This new LOSS mode blends MP3-style compression with formant shifting for modern digital degradation. Add packet dropouts using audio repeats or FFT Freeze, then smear the artifacts with Blur.

New Distortion types

Explore new distortion types (Tape, Classic Pre, and Porta) or reinvent legacy ones by pushing them harder with the new Overload feature.

New spaces, from familiar to far out

Explore 32 new reverb types, from lush rooms, halls and plates, to cabinets and springs, paired with otherworldly spaces like Thunder and Spectral, in a collection curated for vintage flair.

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.

NOISE

Add the texture your sound is missing

Bring your sound to life with vinyl crackle, tape hiss, and a host of new textures, from dial-up chatter to crowds.

• Blend noise in pre- or post-effects.
• Shape noise with Cut filter.
• Set the noise to follow your track or duck under it.

WOBBLE

Perfectly unstable. Perfectly in time.

Simulate pitch instabilities and speed fluctuations of analog playback. Lock to BPM to create organic rhythmic patterns.

• Morph between sine and square modulation shapes.
• Warp the waveform for organic movement.
• Spread Wobble out for rich, wide chorus.

DISTORT

From gentle warmth to absolute fire

Add grit and grind to color or crush. Saturate a synth, dirty a drum loop, or push your sound until it bursts into flames.

• New tape, preamp, and 4-track cassette distortion types.
• Push distortion to its choking point with Overload.
• Use Focus/Cut to mangle with precision.

DIGITAL

A bit rough around the edges

Add the gritty character of vintage samplers and digital gear, from lo-fi crunch to choked, sputtering fuzz.

• Lower the sample rate and bit depth for retro bitcrushing.
• Crank Sputter for a choked, gated "dying battery" sound.
• Round off harsh edges with Smooth.

SPACE

Your sound is going places

Add depth and atmosphere with lush reverbs, characterful rooms and experimental textures, all soaked in vintage flair.

• Keep busy mixes clear with responsive reverb ducking.
• Reshape reverb length and timbre with Stretch.
• Place your reverb in the stereo field with Pan/Width.

LOSS

Codec Magnetic

Give your sound the character of lossy digital audio, with compression artifacts, formant shifts and smeared textures.

• Dial in packet dropouts for glitchy, fragmented textures.
• Randomize the phasing of digital artifacts with Blur.
• Create repeating/freezing packet loss dropout glitches.