TiNRS first livestream

Published on Apr 10, 2020 This Is Not Rocket Science

"Heya!
Thanks for being here - we plan to talk a little about the development of our Fenix IV, the brand-new-limited-edition CircularThing which has become our 'Corona module', our FREE vocal pack of happy sounds and perhaps about Overstuur and Westlicht - both projects still in the making.

Please feel free to comment or ask anything in the chat - also feel free to suggest topics for a next stream!

Link to happy vocal pack https://thisisnotrocketscience.bandca...
If you want to get hold of a CircularThing send an email to priscilla@thisisnotrocketscience.nl"

The TINRS Fenix IV Modular Synthesizer audio and video demo

Published on Sep 29, 2019 BAMTV

"Stijn Haring-Kuipers of This Is Not Rocket Science from the Netherlands gives a detailed explanation of the Fenix IV Modular Synthesizer made by him, and he also gives an extensive demonstration of the sound of this synthesizer"

At the Dutch Modular Fest 2019.

CLASSIC SYNTH REBORN! Fenix IV from This Is Not Rocket Science // Superbooth 2019

Published on May 20, 2019 DivKidVideo

"It's always a pleasure to see the sharpest dressed man at Superbooth which is undeniably Stijn from This Is Not Rocket Science. TiNRS are currently working with the original Synton designers to bring in the fourth generation of the Fenix synthesiser to life. The Fenix IV is a 330 patch point 110 knob/control synth with an absolute tonne of options for sound sources, FX, controls, modulation etc. In the video Stijn takes us through the new synth which is no small effort!"

Superbooth 2019: This Is Not Rocket Science Synton Fenix IV

Published on May 14, 2019 Future Music Magazine

Superbooth 2019: Building a patch from scratch on the TINRS Fenix IV

TINRS Fenix 4 Semi-Modular Synthesizer Sounds SuperBooth 2019

Published on May 9, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"TINRS in collaboration with some of the designers of the first three Synton Fenixes has designed this Fenix 4. It is a massive semi-modular synthesizer with a color coded layout where they knobs and jacks are separate so it is easy to turn the knobs while there are tons of patch cables.

TINRS modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/tinrs?..."

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TINRS Fenix MONSTER Modular Synthesizer First Look | Superbooth 2019

Published on May 9, 2019 SYNTH ANATOMY

"At Superbooth 2019, This Is Not Rocket Science presented Fenix, a new modular Synthesizer with analog and digital technology. To be honest: this is a monster synth but not cheap. Here is my first look.

#tinrs #fenix #superbooth2019"

https://www.patreon.com/synthanatomy

TINRS Fenix IV

TINRS Introduces New Fenix IV Modular Synthesizer

You might remember the interview with Synton's Felix Visser and This is not Rocket Science's Stijn Haring-Kuipers at Soundmit 2018 on the upcoming new Fenix system. Well, it is here. Update: Priced at 5000 Euros (would be ~ $5600 at todays rate plus any shipping and import fees) - see here on how to get one.

via This is Not Rocket Science

"All you need to play.

An intriguing set of modular building blocks

We think Fenixes are true synthesizer-instruments: they give you all the options you need to explore a very wide range of sonic possibilities. You can learn to play a Fenix quickly and you can still be developing your interaction with it in ten years’ time. The first Fenix was born and bred to satisfy one artist’ wishes for an all in-one system. Our Fenix IV is also born out of this desire with ourselves as the artists.

The density of Fenix I,II and III meant it provided loads of sound in one box. Before eurorack boomed, most modular synthesizers required half a wall of space. Fenix provided all your options in a relatively small container. When Fenix II was released, it packed the most punch for its size anywhere on the market. With Fenix IV we think we continue this tradition. We’ve extended the sounds by adding our best from the digital world. The intention is to provide a toolbox for you to make sound with, and not put too much of our flavour in the sounds themselves. Choices are made for maximum sonic variety. For example: we’ve upgraded the delay line from Fenix II with a musical element. In Fenix IV we are now providing a tuneable version so you can use it as a physical model of a string.

There is a flow to every Fenix. All the modules have the same direction for inputs and outputs: roughly left to right and top to bottom. This is the same in educational diagrams that talk about synthesizer structure. We managed to consistently apply this giant swipe from up left to down right across our Fenix too. You can distinguish types of signals on a Fenix by the colour coding – we’ve taken this helpful visual aid and extended it to giving the modules a coloured grouping that corresponds between the knobs and the jacks. Another feature of the Fenix family is the waterline that divides the knobs from the jacks. Keeping the knobs up top means your patching never gets in the way of your twiddling. This division also helps to maintain a sense of overview with lots of cables patched in.

We see the Fenix family as having a “Yes, and” mentality. The usual divide of tonal versus experimental or additive versus subtractive synthesis does not exist in a Fenix. You can have everything at the same time and you can have multiple TYPES of oscillators, filters, lfo’s, envelopes and effects to do your patching with. We have added the usual analog versus digital divide to this “Yes, and“ mentality. There is no need to choose, you can have it all.

All the modules in our Fenix IV – listed by colour grouping:

YELLOW – Oscillators and sound sources

Input
Interface to external sound sources – has an envelope tracker and a gate and trigger threshold.

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TINRS Fenix IV Update

An update via This Is Not Rocket Science:

"Fenix IV assembling parts
Six more weeks until Superbooth…

We are working hard on the first Fenix IV prototype and alternate between 'this is madness' and 'this is awesome'. Probably both are true.

All the parts has been tried and tested in Experiment Boards 1, 2 and 3. Everything works and we are happy with our sounds and effects. Now these parts have to make a mythical beast. The CPU plug-in boards and filter voice boards are in the mail. Chips are being ordered. Power, midi and plug board are in-house and partially assembled. The tiny headphone board is ready. Our interconnect board – connecting the modules to the jacks and replaces the wiring harness – will be ordered together with big board. Flying in from all over the world, all the pieces are coming together.

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New Synton Fenix IV Progress Update via TiNRS

via This is Not Rocket Science:

"Fenix Experiment board no 3

This is a lots-of-DSP board. Most of the things on this Experiment board are a shell for DSP. We have developed a plugin board with sufficient processing power and memory to drive all the things. Currently, we have one of these MCU-boards working and connected to Experiment board no 3.

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Soundmit 2018 - Interview: Felix Visser and Stijn Haring-Kuipers about the new Fenix

Soundmit 2018 - 3/4 Nov 2018
www.soundmit.com

INTERVIEW - FELIX VISSER (Synton) and STIJN HARING-KUIPERS (TiNRS)

We had the pleasure of hosting a great character from the world of synthesizers.

On the occasion of the active collaboration with the guys from This Is Not Rocket Science, Felix Visser, founder of SYNTON, the Dutch company famous for Syrinx and Fenix synthesizers (I, II and III), came to visit us from the Netherlands.

He told us how the Fenix synth was born and how the collaboration with TiNRS is leading to the creation of a new version of the Fenix, revisited in a modern way.

Soundmit 2018 - Overview
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Exhibit at Soundmit 2019!
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Interview and shooting: Silvio Scardino LWTV
Editing: Francesco Mulassano
Music: Urbanspaceman

TiNRS modules at Superbooth18

Published on May 8, 2018 This Is Not Rocket Science

Edgecutter super quick demo at Superbooth18

Published on May 8, 2018 This Is Not Rocket Science

Superbooth 2018: This Is Not Rocket Science Edgecutter and Wobbler modules demo

Published on May 8, 2018 Future Music Magazine

"Principal inventor of all things TINRS, Stijn Haring-Kuipers takes us on a little tour of both Edgecutter visual envelope and Wobble advanced LFO modules, DIY keyboards and we talk about an exciting new project featuring the Synton Fenix II."