Sabotage 76 Precision FET Compressor

Threshold? Never heard of her.

Sabotage is a FET compressor built on the same philosophy as a certain legendary 1176 style beast: no Threshold knob, no mercy. You just shove your Input up until the detector screams, and the compressor does the rest exactly like the hardware that made engineers develop a healthy fear of a single red button.

Five ratios (2:1 through 20:1), plus the one every 1176 clone secretly exists for: All Buttons In. Push all the buttons, break the laws of physics, make your drum bus sound like it's holding a grudge.

What's inside.

FET detection Input drives the detector directly, like the real thing.

2:1 / 4:1 / 8:1 / 12:1 / 20:1 / All Buttons In pick your level of chaos.

Sidechain High-Pass because nobody needs the kick drum triggering compression from three rooms away.

Dynamic FET Coloration gets nastier the harder you push it, on purpose.

THD stage with Clip / Limit an extra knob specifically for people who think "too much" is a starting point.

Analog-style VU metering IN / GR / OUT, because staring at a needle is 90% of mixing anyway.

Who it's for.

Mastering engineers who want glue. Mix engineers who want punch. Everyone else who just wants to watch the needle slam and feel something.

System Requirements.

Windows.

Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11.

Quad-core CPU.

4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended).

20 MB available disk space.

Display resolution: 1280 × 720 or higher.

macOS.

macOS 12 Monterey or later.

Apple Silicon (M1 or later) or Intel Core i5 (64-bit).

4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended).

20 MB available disk space.

Display resolution: 1280 × 720 or higher.

Plugin Formats.

VST3 (64-bit).

AU (Audio Unit, macOS).

Standalone Application (64-bit).

Unity.

Compatible with.

Ableton Live.

FL Studio.

Cubase.

Studio One.

Reaper.

Logic Pro (AU).

Any VST3 or AU compatible host.