Free Beat’s 2025 Gear of the Year: Woovebox and Polyend Mess Go Head-to-Head
It’s that time again: Free Beat’s annual Gear of the Year throwdown, and this year, things get messy—in the best way. Our favourite groovebox enthusiast can’t pick just one, so we get a double dose of hardware hype. From firmware-fuelled transformations to sequencer-fuelled chaos, Free Beat spotlights two machines that turned his studio upside down in 2025. If you want to know which boxes are worth your sweat and which updates actually matter, this is the video (and article) for you. Get ready for a no-nonsense, hands-on rundown with plenty of sonic mayhem.




