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This is Not Rocket Science 🎶
will be AWAY for July
so if you were thinking of maybe getting
some modules for music making this summer NOW might be a good time to grab them 👇
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/shop/
#TiNRS

We too adjust to the tariff situation
after deliberation with shops
adjusting prices for our USA family
#TiNRS

Picture of someone soldering the electronics of one of our modules in front of a small fan with blue light.
Overlayed is the text New USA pricing including all taxes
Ardabil & switch $345
Wobbler² $450
Bopp & Steve $550
NextTuesday $413

CLUBSYNTH morgenavond 🚀

Ruigoord organiseert samen met Amsterdamse synthbouwers This is Not Rocket Science een clubnacht vol live muziek en visuals. Op verschillende modulaire synthesizer systemen worden de beats gemaakt waar je bij staat en ontstaan nieuwe geluiden met een vertrouwde vibe. Vijf artiesten spelen op synthesizers & decks lo-fi dub, club house, bass en tech. Kom dansen en glitteren.

delen = ❤️

https://www.iamsterdam.com/uit/agenda/nachtleven/clubbing/clubsynth
#clubsynth #TiNRS #ruigoord #Amsterdam

CLUBSYNTH 31 MEI
Ruigoord Amsterdam
presents Kypski and his Syntablism
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJv5Z3EtZoY
#TiNRS #clubsynth

CLUBSYNTH again!
We are organising another club night of live modular synths at Ruigoord 🩷
More about the line-up and tickets https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/clubsynth-31-mei-2025/
#TiNRS #clubsynth

Picture of a poster
Bright yellow and blue green colours
Big letters saying CLUBSYNTH
Connect the dancefloor
Live modular synth clubnight
Zaterdag 31 mei 21:00 - 02:30 Ruigoord Amsterdam

Big Fish 🐳
our big synthesizer project
and the reason we are building keybeds
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/big-fish/
#TiNRS #BiNK

CLUBSYNTH 31 MEI
Kom lekker dansen op live modulaire synthesizers die dub, clubhouse, tech house & experimental techno produceren 🍥 en een draaitafel aan een modulair systeem :blobcatdj:
Hier hele line-up en tickets:
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/clubsynth-31-mei-2025/
#clubsynth #TiNRS

Snap shot of my corner making things (placing many potentiometers atm). Our electronics require super fast machines, somewhat slower hand placing and soldering and a poky stick
#TiNRS

Picture of hardware making setup. You can see red bubble wrap on a wooden table with black circuit boards in various states, next to yellow pliers under blue spring cord. Next to that on a blue covering is a pile of components next to a singular chopstick and two rolls of soldering tin.

Guess who forgot to ask NOT to put rings on the jacks? Again...
Anyway, we are making another 💯 Bopp & Steve modules this week 👍🏼
#TiNRS

:goose_honk: the minimis rule of NO import tax/tarrifs on anything under 800$ still exists between 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇲 So buying from us directly will not trigger any tariffs
Check out our modules
🌼 NextTuesday procedural sequencer / melody maker
🐛Wobbler² advanced LFO and drumsynthesizer
🌷Ardabil+ Switch utilities
🌶️ Bopp & Steve deconstructed reverb << back next week!
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/shop/
#TiNRS #eurorack #ModularSynth

Spent the morning discussing the effects of 🦧 Trumps tariffs on our little business in Amsterdam
Kicked off by an e-mail from one of our USA retailers asking what WE are going to do about it...
Option one was to add the tariff to our Manufactur Suggested Retail Price for the 🇺🇸 Sure, if that helps.
I suggested two ways of calculating the TT into a new MSRP (absolute as cost or percentage wise) and asked them which they would prefer.

Price hike coming in 3, 2, 1...
#TiNRS

Today we decided on a 80% recycled post consumer ABS for the keys 🎹 made from old fridge interiors
and a 100% bio-based POM (technical plastic) for the inside parts.
One sustainable keybed coming up ✅
#TiNRS #bink

🪩 CLUBSYNTH 🪩
31 mei Ruigoord Amsterdam
this is going to be fantastic night
Come dance with us!

💚 21:00 doors open
💛21:30 [moosdohmen] Lo-fi Dub
💜22:30 Knobula Tech House
💚 23:30 This is Not Rocket Science Clubhouse + live vocals
💛 00:30 Kypski Bass Syntablism
💜01:30 Klay Experimental Techno
💚02:30 end

and our residents VJs 💛Pinky & The Brain will be creating live visuals all night long

More information & tickets
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/clubsynth-31-mei-2025/

#TiNRS #clubsynth

Promotional poster of Clubsynth
in bright yellow green and purple
Live modular synth clubnight

Today we are going to visit our injection moulding factory to discuss final details before mould making and our material options. We want recycled or bio plastics instead of the usual ABS for our keys 🎹
Let's see what the day brings
https://www.wicro.nl/
#TiNRS

A tiny noodle (phone quality)

Our Circular Thing double drum synth, triggered by NextTuesday sequencer, tune altered by Wobbler² in LFO mode and slung through Bopp & Steve deconstructed reverb

#TiNRS
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHavvDPNbwZ

Together with my husband Stijn we are This is Not Rocket Science #TiNRS and we have been making modular synthesizers (or synthesizer modules) for 8 years now.
One example is our Wobbler²
a module that is a Low Frequency Oscillator as well as a drum synthesizer
More info and in-depth video here https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/eurorack/wobbler2/ #AMA

All about our new space: Unit 11
Our new office & factory space where we will make 🎹
https://www.thisisnotrocketscience.nl/unit-11/
#TiNRS

Man in a red shirt putting protective plastic on a concrete wall that has exposed rebars
Also in the picture are a long step ladder and a scaffold. The floor is covered with a blue tarp.

OPENING UNIT 11 ❤️ PARTY SATURDAY
Our new factory & office space

Please come join us on the 1st of March
between 16:00 - 22:00
at Unit 11 in the Centrale Markthal
Amsterdam West

To celebrate this new space in our lives

Music, food and drinks 🥨
Vadki & TiNRS modules and Bink keyboard prototypes 🎹 to play with

Performances by
DJ Je Buurvrouw
Blue zone
RAAF modular
Serge Jansen
& possibly TiNRS

Let me know if you want to drop by 💋

#TiNRS
#Amsterdam #factory