XLN Audio: RC-20 $39

[MusicMan]

XLN Audio: RC-20 $39 

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/44-Saturation/3016-RC-20-Retro-Color

[Starship Krupa]

Must as always put in a good word for RC-20 at this price.

If you want to do the sort of thing that it does (which is to make clean sounds into more lo-fi sounds), it's the shortest path to getting there. I know that we all have plugins that do exactly what the individual elements of RC-20 do.

But somehow, they got it just right. Yes, I can put together a chain of 4 FX and dial them in and get what I want. Or I can use RC-20 and get what I want with 1/4 the time and effort. How much is your time and effort worth? It's a joy to use.

[Magic Russ]

9 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Must as always put in a good word for RC-20 at this price.

If you want to do the sort of thing that it does (which is to make clean sounds into more lo-fi sounds), it's the shortest path to getting there. I know that we all have plugins that do exactly what the individual elements of RC-20 do.

But somehow, they got it just right. Yes, I can put together a chain of 4 FX and dial them in and get what I want. Or I can use RC-20 and get what I want with 1/4 the time and effort. How much is your time and effort worth? It's a joy to use.

If you want to Trash your sound, there are better plugins.  If you want to get a vintage (dare I say retro) color with degradation that comes from using older media formats, this is the one.

[Starship Krupa]

7 hours ago, Magic Russ said:

If you want to get a vintage (dare I say retro) color with degradation that comes from using older media formats, this is the one.

I use dialog samples from streaming TV, where the sound is very good. Older TV shows have had their soundtracks iZotoped into hi-fi glory. Which is great for watching, not so great if you record it and want to drop it into your 90's ambient piece.

There's a certain sound that is commonly used for dialog samples, I think it's supposed to mimic what you'd get back in the day if you held a cheap mic up to your portable TV's 3" speaker and recorded it on cassette. Using a cheap portable mono cassette deck onto a cheap drugstore cassette.

Sounds like hell but it cuts right through a mix. Not surprising given that when a 3" mono TV speaker was a very common way to listen to television, audio had to be very intelligible.

[Fleer]

Don’t forget to get ujam Retro, free until December. 

[Pat Osterday]

I wished I'd jumped on the $19 deal a few years ago.  $39 is steep for something I have plenty of options for these days - and being more frugal.  I usually don't need all these in one, so not a huge deal for me.  But is a great deal if you don't have a lot of options.

[MusicMan]

1 hour ago, Pat Osterday said:

I wished I'd jumped on the $19 deal a few years ago.  $39 is steep for something I have plenty of options for these days - and being more frugal.  I usually don't need all these in one, so not a huge deal for me.  But is a great deal if you don't have a lot of options.

I'd still say it's worth it at $39 even for the convenience alone, but agreed that crazy sale was a great one!

[Fleer]

20 hours ago, Pat Osterday said:

I wished I'd jumped on the $19 deal a few years ago.  $39 is steep for something I have plenty of options for these days - and being more frugal.  I usually don't need all these in one, so not a huge deal for me.  But is a great deal if you don't have a lot of options.

Yeah, that was a good price, lucky I jumped.