The first Billions Audio Tech FX unit
RetroActive
An FX plug-in made to emulate the sound and behavior of vintage 1990s digital samplers inside a modern DAW.
- Formats
- Audio Unit + VST3
- AAX
- Coming soon
- Intro price
- $99.99 Limited-time offer
Explore the unit.
Select a section to see where it lives.
Sampler character
Explore the texture, bandwidth, and digital edge of vintage sampling.
Try it on 808s, drums, and samples.
Interface tour. Controls here describe the plug-in.
The texture of digital sampling.
Vintage sampler character comes from the entire signal path: input stages, conversion, clocks, filtering, and output. RetroActive is designed to bring that character into your DAW.
Use it on 808s, drums, vocals, samples, instruments, and full mixes.
Sampler character
Shape bandwidth and resolution for a focused digital edge, from subtle texture to pronounced grit.
Modular effects
Combine saturation, tape wear, compression, bit reduction, wow and flutter, filtering, and space to shape your source.
Master processing
Use dynamics, master EQ, clipping, and limiting to bring the processing chain together.
Find your effect.
Explore selected processors and their musical uses.
Bit Crush
Add digital grit and reduce resolution to give drums, loops, and mixes a sharper texture.
- Focus
- Sampler conversion
- Use it for
- Drums, loops, full mixes
Good to know.
Is RetroActive an effect or a sample instrument?
It is an FX unit. Insert it on an audio track, instrument track, bus, or mix to process the sound already playing in your DAW.
Which formats are planned?
Audio Unit and VST3 at launch. AAX is coming soon. Final operating-system and DAW requirements will be published with the release.
Can I download or buy it today?
RetroActive is currently pre-launch. Join the waitlist for release news and the $99.99 introductory offer.