Q Sahara
Overview
Chill your peaks. Warm your mix.
Sahara is a compressor built for people who don’t want to fight with controls.
Drive your signal in, set the ratio, and let the program-dependent attack and release follow the music.
Fixed Threshold: Always consistent, no setup required.
Smooth Curve: Ratio and knee work together for natural dynamics.
Adaptive Timing: Attack and release adjust to the program, staying transparent and musical.
Light on CPU: Built for modern sessions — insert on hundreds of tracks without slowdown.
Minimal Design: Nothing extra, just what you need.
Sahara delivers instant results and stays out of your way.
Features
- CPU friendly.
- Feed-forward topology.
- Recoil compressor circuit.
- 500-series style GUI format.
- Stepped ratio and S/C HPF.
- Zero samples latency.
- Oversampling: Vintage, Intel. and HD
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Audio Examples
Specification
Supported Plugin Formats
AU, VST3, AAX (Apple Silicon ready).
Supported Operating Systems
macOS 10.13+ Apple RISC M chip and Intel CPU (Universal 2 Binary)
Windows 10+ x64-compatible CPU
Copy Protection
A one-time challenge & response over the internet. License works on up two separate machines.
40-Day Free Demo
Start your fully functional 40-day demo on 2 computers: click the “DEMO” button, complete checkout, and receive your authorization code by email.
Loyalty-tier discounts are not valid on the Q-Series.

1 review for Q Sahara
Beautiful, warm, more vintage sound than I imagined.
I like the rich feel that doesn’t match the GUI of the 500-Series. New fav!