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The rc 20 Black Friday deal for XLN Audio's RC-20 Retro Color v2 Upgrade is 51% off, at $19 until Jan 12, 2027, and it is built for people who already own RC-20 Retro Color v1.
The maker's text says the full version of v2 is sold as a separate listing, so this one is the upgrade path.
RC-20 Retro Color is a saturation plugin that recreates the sound and imperfections of vintage recording gear. According to the developer, RC-20 Retro Color v2 can give a mix a sense of space, motion and personality, whether you want a gentle aged glow or heavily distorted, strange sounds.
The headline addition is an Echo module. Each echo passes through RC-20 again before the next one plays, which means the repeats pick up more pitch drift, grit and wear with every cycle.
You can push Echo feedback into self-oscillation for cascading swells.
Codec adds packet dropouts using audio repeats or FFT Freeze, and Blur smears the artifacts afterwards.
The modules are Noise, Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space and Loss. In v2 you can drag Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space and Loss into any order, so the same settings give different results depending on what hits what.
Noise offers vinyl crackle, tape hiss, dial-up chatter and crowds. You can blend it in before or after the effects, shape it with a Cut filter, and set it to follow your track or duck under it.
Wobble simulates pitch instability and speed fluctuation. It can lock to BPM, morph between sine and square shapes, and spread wide for a chorus-like effect.
Space has reverb ducking to keep busy mixes clear, a Stretch control for reverb length and timbre, and Pan/Width for placement in the stereo field.
Digital lowers sample rate and bit depth for bitcrushing. Sputter gives a choked, gated "dying battery" sound, and Smooth rounds off harsh edges.
Focus/Cut filters in the Noise, Wobble, Distortion and Loss modules let you target effect ranges precisely. Tempo Sync locks modulation, magnetic tape flutter and Echo times to your project tempo.
Loudness Match sets the processed output to the dry signal level, so you can compare settings without a volume bias.
Preset browsing now uses tags, custom collections, search filtering and sharing. The maker also lists full undo history, module locking, snapshot comparisons, oversampling and master compression.
v2 installs alongside the original, so existing projects open as before. All v1 factory and artist presets are included, and you can import your own v1 presets in a few clicks.
Yes. The RC-20 Retro Color v2 Upgrade is 51% off at $19, with the deal ending Jan 12, 2027. It is made for owners of RC-20 Retro Color v1. The full version of v2 is listed separately.
v2 adds an Echo module with RC-20 inside the feedback loop, Grains, a Codec mode, Tape, Classic Pre and Porta distortions with Overload, and 32 new reverb types. It also brings movable modules, Focus/Cut filters, Tempo Sync and Loudness Match.
No. v2 gets set up as a separate plugin next to the first version, which means older sessions keep loading exactly the way they used to. All v1 factory and artist presets are included, and you can import your own v1 presets in a few clicks.
Codec is a new LOSS mode that blends MP3-style compression with formant shifting for digital degradation. It can add packet dropouts using audio repeats or FFT Freeze, and Blur smears the artifacts into blurry textures.
Prices and end dates are checked at publishing time and can change, so confirm them at the store before you buy.