Polyend announces Endless open-source pedal with text-to-effect generator
January 23, 2026 · 2 sources
Polyend announced Endless, a customizable open-source effects pedal, at NAMM 2026, with preorders open and shipping scheduled to begin February 22, 202612. The Polish maker priced it at $29912.
Endless is a multi-effects pedal that lets users swap its internal sounds in several ways1. The simplest is choosing from a community-created library that Polyend says is growing daily and already includes multi-mode distortions, a micro-looping arpeggiator, granular reverb/delay, glitchy looper and tape simulators1. Guitar World named the Multidrive, a multiband drive with selectable bands and multiple drive modes; the Tessera, which turns a signal into micro-looping arpeggios; the Tape Scanner, a lo-fi tape delay; and 65' Sparkle, an amp simulation2. Users with coding abilities can write their own effects in C++, and Polyend has released a GitHub SDK with examples12. Others can use Playground, a text-based generator in beta that turns user descriptions into playable effects12. Only registered Endless owners can access Playground, so there is no way to test it before buying1. The community library is free, but custom effects are bought with tokens; buyers get $20 of Playground tokens12. Polyend says a simple delay could cost $1.00 or $2.00, while a complex granular looper might cost up to $5.001. New sounds transfer to the pedal via USB-C12.
The hardware has a custom-machined aluminum enclosure, a stereo 48kHz/24-bit audio path and a 720 MHz ARM Cortex-M7 processor1. Connections are stereo line-in, stereo line-out/headphone and an expression input1. The top panel has two footswitches and three rotaries: the right footswitch handles on/bypass, while the left footswitch and rotaries are fully customizable, and holding the on switch gives access to preamp, master and mix controls1. A multicolored LED changes state with the left switch's short or long latch2. The magnetic faceplate is swappable; each pedal ships with a blank one, and Polyend will make additional designs and DIY specs available12.
Neither outlet reports Polyend using the term AI for Playground; MusicRadar noted the absence, and Guitar World described the pedal's premise as "almost ChatGPT-like"12.