At the 2026 Buchla & Friends show, Enjoy Electronics has introduced The Don, a quadraphonic multi-FX processor for 4U Buchla modular systems.
Following The Godfather – their Eurorack multi-FX processor, The Don is tailored to the needs and ethos of Buchla format systems and West Coast synthesis. The Don is designed to be the “central nervous system: of a Buchla-format modular setup. By integrating native banana-jack connectivity and full compatibility with 4U control voltages and signals, it bridges the gap between classic West Coast synthesis and modern, high-fidelity digital processing.
Beyond standard effects and mixing tools, it introduces an experimental quadraphonic approach. Users can spatialize their mix with adjustable spatialization controls, creating dynamic and engaging movements that wrap around the audience.
They say that “The Don is built for the sonic explorer who views the 4U format as the ultimate canvas for experimentation.”
Features:
Independent Quad Channel Strips: Each channel features its own mixing, creative effects, compression with sidechain, ltering, saturation, reverb, and multiple delays with independent parameters and dedicated lters, enabling layered textures and complex polyrhythms.
Native 4U Integration: Redesigned from the ground up with banana-jack I/O and CV ranges optimized for the Buchla ecosystem.
Advanced Spatialization: Dedicated controls for immersive movement, allowing the spatial image itself to become a performative element.
OLED Display: Provides instant visual feedback for every parameter, ensuring precision and ease of use in studio sessions and live performances.
Polyend Endless is a customisable stompbox with a text-to-effect generator
2026 Winter NAMM Show: Polyend latest announcement, Endless, a new hardware effects pedal platform that promises to let you create your own custom effects pedals with the help of artificial intelligence. Endless is another eye-catching innovation.
The Polyend Endless is a hardware effects pedal that you can customize in multiple ways: you can load effects from a library of options; you can code your own custom effect, or you can use Polyend’s Playground to ‘vibe code’ your own custom effects, with no coding required. This is a community-created pool of sounds that Polyend says is growing daily, but already contains options including multi-mode distortions, a micro-looping arpeggiator, granular reverb/delay, glitchy looper and tape simulators.
For those not au fait with coding, there is a system called Playground, which is currently in beta. Playground is a text-based generator that will turn user descriptions into playable effects. In Polyend’s words, users can “describe an idea, download the file, and drop it into the pedal. Play it, suggest tweaks, ask for improvements, and get results without coding.”
The system is based around an open-ended hardware pedal platform that features a custom-machined aluminum enclosure, swappable faceplates, a stereo 48 kHz / 24-bit audio path and the ability to update its firmware via USB-C. Under-the-hood, Endless is powered by a 720 MHz ARM Cortex-M7 processor.
Two footswitches handle control (right = on/bypass; the left is freely assignable on tap or hold), with a multicolor LED that changes state based on the left switch’s short/long latch. The three front-panel knobs pull double duty—hold On to access analog preamp level, master output, and wet/dry mix—and the configurable I/O lets you switch the pedal between stereo, mono, or mono-to-stereo.
“At Polyend, we try to design devices from a new angle,” said Piotr Raczyński, Polyend CEO. “Before we started Polyend, I was fiddling around with DIY guitar boxes. I always wanted a customisable effect box. Endless is that idea taken to the extreme. If you can describe the effect, you can make your own. If you can code it, you can shape it without limits.”
Endless doesn’t place limits on what you can build. You can create and share effects that can’t be found in another pedal, and access a growing effect library.
Available effects include:
Multidrive — multiband drive with selectable bands and multiple drive modes.
Tessera — transforms a signal into micro-looping arpeggios.
Tape Scanner — warm, gritty, lo-fi tape delay.
VHS Lo-Fi — VHS emulation from “fresh” to “dusty.”
Memory Cloud — a field of grains that can be reversed, randomized, and morphed from delay to reverb.
65’ Sparkle — amp simulation tuned for edge-of-breakup sweetness.
Glitch Loop — records a loop, then slices it into glitchy pieces on playback.
Arp — an arpeggiating pitch shifter with multiple playback modes.
*Note: A token system applies when generating new effects in the Playground, to cover the costs of the AI-based coding system. You own any effects that you create. Sharing is optional. There are no subscriptions or cloud fees.
Endless is available to preorder now, priced at $299/€299. The units are scheduled to start shipping February 22, 2026. Endless ships with a blank faceplate and $20 in Playground tokens. Head to the Polyend site for more.
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Ahead of the 2026 Winter NAMM Show, Casio has introduced the Dimension Shifter – a wearable wireless controller that translates your motions into control over any effects that have an Expression In jack.
They say that the Dimension Shifter can be used to provide “more nuance and precision than an expression pedal” and can also be used to change presets or toggle effects off and on.
Yvette Young Dimension Shifter Performance Demo:
The Dimension Shifter is available now for $299.99
At the 2026 Buchla & Friends show, Enjoy Electronics has introduced The Don, a quadraphonic multi-FX processor for 4U Buchla modular systems.
