Three ways to leave a trace: echoes become memories, rhythm breathes with the tide, and light becomes pattern.
Traces is a character delay built for atmosphere rather than utility. Move between Afterimage, Tideline and Lantern while keeping one direct, playable control surface.
No sign-up required. Test it in real sessions, report bugs, and tell us what becomes part of the final release.
The controls stay familiar while each mode changes what the repeats are trying to do. The emphasis is movement, colour and musical instability rather than adding another conventional delay to the folder.
Afterimage softens and ages successive repeats so the delay gradually feels less like a copy and more like a recollection.
Tideline makes the wet signal rise and retreat in a tempo-related cycle. It can feel like a delay breathing around the source rather than sitting on top of it.
Lantern applies an eight-step accent and omission pattern with stereo movement. Repeats appear, disappear and shift position like points of light across a scene.
Traces keeps the experimental ideas behind a small set of controls, with practical tools for performance, preset comparison and fast recovery.
Change the direction of the delay line without rebuilding the patch.
Stop new input entering the delay while the existing echoes continue to circulate, colour and decay.
Compare two versions of a setting and copy A to B when you want a safe starting point for experimentation.
Move from mono wet signal to wider stereo behaviour with increasing interaction between channels.
These builds are intentionally distributed for testing before code-signing and notarisation are finalised. Your operating system may therefore display a security warning even when the file was downloaded directly from Slowfield Audio.
The current Mac installer is an unsigned/not-yet-notarised beta. macOS may say the package cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
After downloading from this site, Control-click the package and choose Open, or use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway if macOS blocks the first launch.
The installer places AU and VST3 builds in the standard system plug-in locations.
Windows SmartScreen may show “Windows protected your PC” because the beta installer is not yet code-signed and has not built reputation with Microsoft.
If you downloaded it directly from this page, choose More info → Run anyway. The installer places the VST3 in the standard C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 location.
Do not bypass a warning for a copy obtained from an unknown third-party source.
That is exactly what the beta is for. Tell us your DAW, operating system, what you were doing, and what happened. Reproducible bugs are particularly useful.