FabFilter Pro-C 2 vs RC-20 Retro Color
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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Specs compared
| FabFilter Pro-C 2 | RC-20 Retro Color | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | — | — |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | VST, VST3, CLAP, AU (Audio Units), AAX Native, AudioSuite | VST, AU, AAX |
| Compression styles | 8 styles (3 original v1 styles plus 5 new in v2: Clean, Classic, Opto, Vocal, Mastering, Bus, Punch, Pumping) | — |
| Oversampling | Up to 4x internal oversampling | — |
| Side chain | Side-chain EQ section plus external side-chain triggering | — |
| Stereo handling | Variable stereo linking and mid/side processing (mid-only, side-only, M>S, S>M) | — |
| Platforms | Windows and macOS, 32-bit and 64-bit hosts | — |
| Audition triggering | Audition Triggering option to hear which parts of the audio are triggering compression | — |
| Type | — | Creative effect / character processing plugin |
| 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 |
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