RC-20 Retro Color uses six high-quality effects modules (plus Echo) to instantly add warmth, texture, and imperfect analog vibe that modern digital tracks often lack. It helps any sound feel finished and alive in seconds, or lets you push it into bold, lo-fi, or experimental territory.
Precision Retro Processing Modules
- NOISE – Add life and texture with an expanded library of noise types, from subtle vinyl crackle and tape hiss to electrical hum, circuit static, and ambient artifacts.
- 17 new noise types
- Pre/post blend for flexible placement in the chain
- Tone tilt, Follow, and Duck options so noise reacts naturally to the input
- Focus/Cut filter to target specific frequencies
- WOBBLE – Recreate the pitch drift and speed fluctuations of unstable analog playback, from slow vinyl wow to rapid tape flutter.
- Separate Wow and Flutter controls with blend
- Warp modulation for more complex waveform shaping
- Stereo/spread mode for chorus-style width
- Tempo-syncable for rhythmic, locked movement
- DISTORT – Add warmth, grit, and harmonic attitude ranging from mild saturation to aggressive fuzz.
- New Tape, Classic Pre, and Porta (4-track cassette) types
- Overload control to push circuits harder
- Focus/Cut filter for precise frequency targeting
- DIGITAL – Recreate the character of vintage samplers and digital gear with musical lo-fi crunch.
- Bit-depth and sample-rate reduction
- New Sputter (gated/dying-battery style) and Drive controls
- Smooth parameter to tame harsh edges
- SPACE – Give tracks a sense of place with characterful, non-glossy depth.
- 32 new reverb types (rooms, plates, springs, cabinets, plus experimental options)
- Stretch, Duck, and Pan/Width controls
- Classic space still available
- LOSS (Magnetic + Codec) – Reproduce the wear of old tape or today’s digital degradation.
- Magnetic mode for dropouts and amplitude movement
- New Codec mode for lossy compression, packet dropouts, formant shifts, and blurry artifacts
- Focus/Cut filter for targeted application
Echo (New)
A feedback delay with RC-20’s own effects inside the loop. Repeats continuously wobble, distort, and degrade as they evolve.
- Route Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space, and Loss into the feedback path
- Push into self-oscillation for cascading swells
- Grains control transforms trails into wide, shimmering granular/ambient textures (pitched or reversed)
- Tempo-synced times
Finishing Touches:
- The Magnitude slider scales every active effect at once—from subtle vintage sheen to full retro degradation—and can be automated.
- The Flux Engine adds organic, non-repeating instability across modules.
- Varispeed slows playback to 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 speed while staying locked to host tempo.
- Movable modules: drag Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space, and Loss into any order.
- Focus/Cut filters, tempo sync, Loudness Match (auto-levels wet to dry), full undo history, module locking, snapshots, oversampling, and master compression/soft clip.
- Enhanced preset browser with 250+ new presets, smart filtering, collections, dice randomization, and easy v1 preset import. Installs alongside the original so existing projects stay untouched.
