Just before a deluge of synthesizer devices drench the expo floor of Superbooth, Polyend has unveiled another unique stompbox offering aimed at bringing sequenced effects to the masses. MESS is a new multi-effect and step sequencer pedal that expands and refines Polyend's range of DSP effects with their keen understanding of sequencer workflows, providing a versatile palette for sonic transformation in a wide range of set-ups. Iconoclastically infusing the typical multi-effect pedal paradigm with movement and modulation inherited from Polyend's extensive work with sequencer-based instruments, Mess offers groovebox-style effects manipulation to enhance any music, from live instrumental performers to dedicated studio producers and beyond.

Stack up to four effects in your own patch creations, each with independent sequencing tracks featuring adjustable time divisions, lengths, and other parameters. Polyend's history in sequencer mastery is on full display here, with an intuitive workflow that makes crafting complex sequences both straightforward and rewarding. Probability features, polymeters, and other experimental tools are a joy to add in any patch, readily providing evolving patterns as you play. While the groovebox-native among us will find familiar formations among these parameter sequenced effects that instantly resonate with long-established musical practices, Mess invites all to partake in the 16-step line dance of sequencer brilliance, with an intuitive interface that enables creative depth without needing a PhD in parameter locking.

Undoubtedly, Mess will make a fantastic accompaniment to any collection of clockable musical instruments, offering a wonderfully capable multi-effect to pair with drum machines, grooveboxes, and synthesizers that can immediately take advantage of their own sequencer fluency. That said, Mess's chimeric blend of stompbox multi-effect and sequencer paves a way for new musical moves beyond the DJ booth, bedroom studio, or synth dungeon. For pedalboard pros who've already welcomed 1983's crowning achievement into their hearts, Mess takes the MIDI-fied guitar rig to magnificent conclusions, helping translate between the richly embodied experience of performing with acoustic materials and the robotic rigidity of the clock. Even without this sequencer scaffolding of a proper MIDI pedalboard, Mess will quickly entice you into unknown territory all on its own, suggesting musical possibilities that demand discovery. In this way, Mess supposes a modern musical assemblage that is simultaneously familiar and fresh, tempting our time-tested patterns of creativity toward new perspectives yet unheard.