8.6Great
RC-20 Retro Color v2 adds an Echo module, Varispeed and moveable modules to XLN Audio's vintage texture effect. $99 intro price at Plugin Boutique.
Plugin comparison
RC-20 Retro Color vs Thenatan DIAL
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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Thenatan DIAL is a radio-signal designer with seven stations, four radio models, and speaker rattle. $10 at Plugin Boutique to 19 Nov 2026, $50 list.
Technical matrix
Specs compared
| Signal | RC-20 Retro Color | Thenatan DIAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99 intro to 12 Jan 2027 (list $129) | $10 to 19 Nov 2026 (list $50) |
| Dubspot Score | 8.6 | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX | VST, VST3, AU |
| Type | Creative effect / character processing plugin | Radio-signal designer |
| Effect modules | Noise, Wobble, Distort, Digital, Space, Loss, plus the new Echo module | — |
| Plugin formats | VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit) | — |
| Mac requirements | macOS 10.13 or later (64-bit) | — |
| Windows requirements | Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) | — |
| Upgrade from v1 | $19 at Plugin Boutique until 12 Jan 2027 (list $39) | — |
| Trial | 10 days, full version | — |
| Magnitude control | Single slider to scale the intensity of all active effects at once | — |
| Price | — | $10 at Plugin Boutique to 19 Nov 2026 / $50 list |
| Thenatan store | — | $9.50 to 19 November 2026 |
| Plugin Boutique | — | $10 from $50, 80% off until 19 November 2026 |
| Tuner | — | Seven stations, SEARCH, AM and FM |
| Radios | — | Warm Tube, Transistor, Shortwave, Cheap Speaker |
| Interference | — | Noise, Crackle, Morse, Drift, Dropout, Blend |
| Speaker | — | Rattle, two detuned wobbles |
| Presets | — | 64 across eight categories |
| Latency | — | Zero |
| Download | — | 61.0 MB on the Thenatan store |
| Activation | — | Serial number. No iLok |
| Windows | — | 7 or later, 64-bit. VST and VST3 |
| macOS | — | AU, VST, VST3, 64-bit. Native Apple Silicon |
| Not included | — | AAX / Pro Tools |
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