Tracers 1.0.0 — Reverse Afterimage Processor

Early Access · Intel x86_64 Mac · macOS 14 or later · VST3 effect

Reverse, Stutter, Bloom, Fracture and Random modes; finite captured afterimages; 16-step rhythm, wet filters, texture and motion controls; presets and interactive measured displays.

Requires a compatible VST3 host and your own incoming audio. This is not a standalone application or instrument. No native Apple Silicon, Windows, Linux, AU or AAX build is included.

Install

1. Save your DAW work and quit audio hosts normally before installation or removal.
2. Extract this entire ZIP with Archive Utility. Keep its files together.
3. Open ZPSTracers Audition Installer.app using normal macOS controls. The signed app retains its original Audition Installer title; it installs the Tracers 1.0.0 payload supplied here. Its title is not a different product or version.
4. Select Install / Update. The guarded installer checks payload and known installed-file hashes, refuses loaded or unknown modified destinations, and preserves an update backup. Read the completion or refusal message. It installs this user's ZPSTracers.vst3; it does not install other products.
5. Open your compatible host, enable/rescan its VST3 list if needed, and load ZPS Tracers. Begin with quiet monitoring and your own audio. Save a new test session before relying on it in production.

These bundles are locally ad-hoc signed, not Developer ID signed or notarized. An ordinary browser-downloaded GUI/Gatekeeper installation has not been qualified. macOS may block the app. Keep normal OS security enabled; if blocked, stop and contact support. Do not strip quarantine, disable Gatekeeper, or bypass a warning.

Get started

Load Tracers on a track carrying your own audio. Begin with Reverse Bloom and quiet monitoring. Explore Length, Mix and Feedback; Pre Delay adds a separate wait. Try Reverse, Stutter, Bloom, Fracture and Random. Pattern On enables the 16 rhythm steps. Output and some retained controls are in the gear menu. Capture needs incoming audio; it is not a standalone instrument.

Remove / reinstall

Save and close all audio hosts normally. Open the same ZPSTracers Audition Installer.app and choose Remove. It removes only verified installed files and preserves a backup; presets remain. Keep the installer result and download for recovery. To reinstall, reopen the same app and choose Install / Update, then rescan your host if needed. If the installer refuses an unknown or modified installation, stop and contact support rather than deleting files manually. No old private audition Set or older package is needed for a fresh installation.

Known limitations and evidence

The report discloses paced wall-time stalls and incremental multi-axis Undo. Actual recorded Live automation playback and sustained hardware-interface operation are not qualified. Output and some retained controls are currently in the utility menu; do not claim every parameter is already front-panel accessible.

Existing release evidence covers native DSP/SDK/editor tests, scoped local installation, and Ableton Live 11.3.43 load/control/state-reopen checks on Intel. It does not establish every host, ordinary consumer installation, sustained hardware-interface performance, recorded Live automation playback, or independent artistic acceptance. Two-axis Undo is incremental; A/B or presets provide dependable whole-setting comparisons. No universal compatibility or zero end-to-end latency is promised. Check the host and audio chain at a safe level.

Version history

1.0.0: the existing verified native release, packaged for public Early Access. Privacy packaging removes developer debug metadata and redacts diagnostic source-path prefixes, then regenerates ad-hoc signatures and checksums. Executable instructions, runtime identities, artwork/resources and tested audio remain unchanged.

License and support

This purchase permits your own music-production use, including music/client work and rendered audio. Redistribution, resale, public uploading and sharing copies of the plugin or its artwork, or download credentials, with other users are prohibited. These restrictions do not apply to music you create with the plugin. Third-party components remain governed by the unchanged notices included in notices/.

No subscription or online plugin activation is required. Gumroad controls access to the paid download; the plugin does not enforce activation. No lifetime updates, future major-version entitlement, new seat limit or support response deadline is promised. Mandatory consumer rights are not waived.

Support: [email protected]

Product page: https://zeropointstar.com/plugins/tracers