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Quickly 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.
RC-20 Retro Color's 6 Effect Modules work great on their own or together:
Noise Generator
Add life and texture with one of RC-20's many noise types, from subtle vinyl crackle and tape hiss to ambient studio noise, electric circuit hum and stompbox static noise.
Wobble & Flutter
Wobble adds pitch inconsistencies associated with unstable playback on analog gear, like vinyl record players and tape machines.
Saturation & Distortion
Add everything from mild saturation to raging fuzz with one of RC-20's many distortion types.
Degrader & Bitcrusher
Recreate the sound of vintage digital gear like old-school samplers, and the unmistakable way limited sample rates and bit rate reduction color sound.
Reverb
Add depth and width to your tracks with RC-20's tailored reverb module.
Volume Drops
Reproduce the wear, tear and volume loss associated with recording and playback on tape and tape recorders.
Easily Scale All of RC-20's Effect Modules and Controls with a Single Slider
Dial in the perfect amount of your effects, or quickly create intros, outros, drops and transitions to take your mix to the next level.
Presets for any Track or Mix
RC-20's tailor-made presets for drums, keys, guitars, bass, full mixes and post-production let you get to work right away.
Awards
MusicTech
"RC-20 is a wobbly, wonky, fizzy, soul-warming slice of awesome".
Michael Tuller
"This is amazing. It's what I've been looking for to add character to tracks."
DJ Zinc
"Great on soft synths, textures, and anything that needs a bit of mojo."
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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Read MoreRC-20 Retro Color by XLN Audio is a popular creative effects plugin. With its multiple parameters, you can quickly add character and a vintage vibe to any sound source in your mix. RC-20 Retro Color Overview The idea behind Retro Color was to create a plugin capable of modelling the various...
Read MoreIf you want to time warp your sounds or samples, XLN Audio’s RC-20 Retro Color plugin is most likely the tool for you. I should clarify that it is not a clinical, surgical, X-Acto knife of a plugin, but rather a paint can of vintage vibe. What I’m trying to say is that the RC-20 is a heavy-handed...
Read MoreIf your tracks are repetitive, verging on boring, you need RC-20. Pros - Versatile effects, can be as subtle or vicious as you want. - Intuitive Interface - Great presets, with most needing very little tweaking Cons No real cons. Only suggestions Could use a Tape Delay ...
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