XLN Audio

RC-20 Retro Color now on Splice Rent-to-Own

Published

5 years ago

Wednesday, 29 April 2020

RC-20 Retro Color now on Splice Rent-to-Own

Stockholm-based XLN Audio, a music software company co-owned by legendary hitmaker Max Martin, has partnered with leading music production platform Splice to make one of its most popular production tools available at a more musician-friendly price point for the first time.

RC-20’s six unique FX modules can replicate everything from vinyl records to VHS machines, adding noise, wobble and dropouts to a track. Its raw distortion and crunchy bit reduction will add grit to bass and drums. The Space and chorus effects can make guitars sing like never before, and the filtering effects fit right into the most modern club track.

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XLN’s RC-20 Retro Color is now available to producers for the introductory rate of $4.99/month (for 20 months) through Splice Rent-to-Own, a unique, musician-friendly distribution model that makes world-class production tools more financially accessible. With Rent-to-Own, creators get instant access to creation software and pay off the retail price over time in small monthly installments with no interest. Splice is proud to provide musicians with a path to ownership of their software, unlike traditional subscription models that do not enable musicians to build equity by owning their tools.

RC-20 Retro Color is a creative effect plugin that adds life and texture to any recording.
It has become a staple for a new generation of producers and musicians worldwide for its ability to recreate the warm, cozy feeling of vintage recording equipment, while still syncing perfectly with any modern production setting.

ABOUT XLN AUDIO

XLN Audio is a music software company located in Stockholm, Sweden. Since the company was founded in 2005, XLN Audio’s main goal has been to develop market-leading music creation tools that are inspiring, powerful, and easy to use. XLN Audio makes the award-winning virtual instruments Addictive Drums, Addictive Keys, and XO, covering all musical needs from the smoothest jazz to the hardest metal. XLN Audio’s products are the go-to tools for both today’s biggest producers and home users just starting out. The company is co-owned by Max Martin, one of the most successful music producers and songwriters in history.

ABOUT SPLICE

Splice is evolving the way people create, connect, and collaborate. Our products power the creativity of today’s musicians, from our pioneering Rent-to-Own payment model for creating software to Splice Sounds, a browsable library of royalty-free samples, loops and presets that has paid over $25 million to the artists who’ve distributed their samples on it. Over three million musicians — from Top 40 hitmakers to bedroom producers — come to Splice to get started or unstuck, move forward and make progress on their music. Splice was founded in 2013 by Steve Martocci and Matt Aimonetti with a belief that an open music ecosystem will empower musicians to realize their creative potential.

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XLN Audio Black Friday Sale

Published

4 years ago

Saturday, 28 November 2020

Thorsten Meyer

XLN Audio Black Friday Sale

XLN Audio is behind award-winning instruments XO, RC-20 Retro Colour, Addictive Drums & Addictive Keys.

This is a great opportunity to save up to 50% off some great software (Affiliate Link).

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XLN Audio Launching XO Lite

Published

5 years ago

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Thorsten Meyer

Contents

XO Lite by XLN Audio

XO Lite which will be released on December 10th, offers the core XO features: You can import your own samples into the plugin and quickly find them in the XO space. The sequencing and editing possibilities are the same. You can edit, create, browse, and organize your beats fast and easy.

Differences between XO and XO Lite

Factory content – XO Lite comes with an essential selection of factory samples and presets
Export – XO Lite will only export unprocessed one-shots as WAV and beat as MIDI
Output – XO Lite has only 1 stereo master output bus
File formats – XO Lite only supports the most commonly used file formats, WAV, and AIFF

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About XO

XO by XLN Audio is a unique beat-making & drum sample exploration tool. See our XO Review – a Revolutionary Intercosmic Way of Beatmaking by XLN Audio, “XO (Affiliate Link) by XLN Audio is a very advanced new way to deal with your large collection of drum sounds. On top of that XO includes an amazing collection of included drum sounds. The innovative way to quickly swap sounds out for similar sounding with the help of machine learning. Next, to audition the collection to confirm if it fits your needs and then drag-and-drop your midi pattern into the DAW is a huge time saver when you want to be creative and productive. XO (Affiliate Link) is worth the investment of any professional beatmaker and producer to allow us to move as fast as possible to keep up with the creativity flow. XO is the next generation for Drum Machine Synth and Drum Sequencing.”

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XO collects all your one-shot drum samples and sorts them by similarity. Every single sample is represented by a colored dot in XO’s Space interface. Here you can sweep through your sounds seamlessly, regardless of file format or where they are stored. When you find something you like, XO allows you to browse similar-sounding samples easily.

XO comes with its own integrated sequencer and sound editor. Any sound you find in XO Space quickly loads into and updates your beat. Quickly tweak individual samples or the whole kit with built-in features like Sample Edit, Pan, Envelope, Pitch and EQ, and effects like Distortion, Delay, and Reverb. XO’s groove templates and accentuation tools allow you to modify and tweak your beats to perfection quickly. When you have created a groove or set of samples, drag & drop with ease straight into your DAW or OS as WAV or MIDI.

About XLN Audio

XLN Audio is a music software company located in Stockholm, Sweden, best known for its plug-ins Addictive Drums 2 and RC-20 Retro Color. Ever since its foundation in 2005, XLN Audio’s primary goal has been to develop market-leading music creation tools that are inspiring, powerful, and easy to use.

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Comparison sheet

Comparison sheet	XO Lite	XO
XO Space	✔	✔
XO Sequencer	✔	✔
Multiple outputs		✔ (8 Additional buses)
Factory content
Samples	2000+	8000+
Presets	100+	200+
File Formats
WAV	✔	✔
AIFF	✔	✔
FLAC		✔
MP3		✔
OGG		✔
WMA		✔
Export
Beat as MID I	✔	✔
Raw one-shots as WAV	✔	✔
Beat as WAV		✔
Beat stems as WAV		✔

Processed one-shots as WAV		✔
Raw Kit as WAV		✔
Processed Kit as WAV		✔
Misc features
Live Filter mode		✔
Live File System Monitor		✔
Samples Shortlist		✔

Price	€/$119	€/$179

Availibility and Pricing

XO Lite is $119 and available on our site and through retail. Upgrade to XO is $69 and only available at xlnaudio.com. XO is $179 and available on our website and through retail.

Drum / Percussion

XO by XLN Audio is getting a significant update

Published

5 years ago

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Thorsten Meyer

Contents

XO adding new features on November, 19th 2019

XO is a unique beat-making & drum sample exploration tool. The software offers a revolutionary way of organizing and browsing samples. See also our XO Review – a Revolutionary Intercosmic Way of Beatmaking by XLN Audio.

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XO (Affiliate Link) by XLN Audio is a very advanced new way to deal with your large collection of drum sounds. On top of that XO includes an amazing collection of included drum sounds. The innovative way to quickly swap sounds out for similar sounding with the help of machine learning. Next, to audition the collection to confirm if it fits your needs and then drag-and-drop your midi pattern into the DAW is a huge time saver when you want to be creative and productive. XO (Affiliate Link) is worth the investment of any professional beatmaker and producer to allow us to move as fast as possible to keep up with the creativity flow. XO is the next generation for Drum Machine Synth and Drum Sequencing.

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XO comes with its own integrated sequencer and sound editor. Any sound you find in XO Space quickly loads into and updates your beat. Quickly tweak individual samples or the whole kit with build-in features like Sample Edit, Pan, Envelope, Pitch and EQ, and effects like Distortion, Delay and Reverb. XO’s groove templates and accentuation tools allow you to quickly modify and tweak your beats to perfection. When you have created a groove or set of samples, drag & drop with ease straight into your DAW or OS as WAV or MIDI.

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XO 1.1 New Features

Export stems as WAV

Quickly drag & drop your beat as separated stems. Straight into your DAW or OS as WAV. Separate stems give you full control over every part of your beat, even after exporting.

Playlists

Create, browse and organize presets in Playlists, in the new and revamped Preset Browser. Collect your presets in genre-, or project-specific playlists, for even faster and more optimized workflow. The “New in XO 1.1” playlist features more than 100 new factories presets added in this update. XO now comes with a total of over 200 presets in a wide range of styles and tempos, making sure you’re never out of inspiring starting points or go-to beats.

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Online disk monitor

The Online Disk Monitor notifies you of any changes in the sample folders you’ve added to XO, instantly re-scans and updates smoothly with the click of a button.

New file-formats

Besides the previously supported .wav and .aiff formats, you can now add .flac, .mp3, .ogg, and .wma files to XO. Browse your sounds in XO Space fast and smoothly, regardless of file format or where they are stored on your computer.