Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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Contenders
Effect / XLN Audio
RC-20 Retro Color is an XLN Audio effect plugin that adds vintage-style texture and character to recordings, emulating warm analogue and lo-fi recording equipment.
Thenatan VYBZ 2 is a lofi multi-effect with texture, three reverbs, echo, six drives, era aging, width and EQ in one window. $10 at Plugin Boutique to 19 Nov.
Technical matrix
| Signal | RC-20 Retro Color | Thenatan VYBZ 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | — | $10 to 19 Nov 2026 (list $89) |
| Dubspot Score | 8.6 | — |
| Formats | VST, AU, AAX | VST, VST3, AU, macOS, Windows |
| Type | Creative effect / character processing plugin | Lofi and character multi-effect |
| Effect modules | Noise, Wobble & Flutter, Distortion/Saturation, Degrade (bitcrusher), Reverb (Space), Volume Drops | — |
| Plugin formats | VST, AU, AAX (64-bit) | — |
| Mac requirements | macOS 10.13 or later (64-bit) | — |
| Windows requirements | Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) | — |
| Magnitude control | Single slider to scale the intensity of all active effects at once | — |
| Effects | — | Texture, III Verb, Echo, Damage, Time Machine, Motion, II Band, Envolution (12 devices) |
| Reverb | — | Three algorithms plus 25 impulse responses |
| Drive | — | Tape, Valve, Drive, Amp, Fuzz, Octave Fuzz; reducer and bitcrusher |
| Presets | — | 256 in 16 categories (nine expansions with 900 more available) |
| Formats | — | macOS: AU, VST, VST3. Windows: VST, VST3. 64-bit, Apple Silicon native |
| Systems | — | macOS 10.9.5+, Windows 7+, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB disk |
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