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[[File:Hordijk-1.jpg|thumb|Rob posing with one of his modular systems. ]]
'''Rob Hordijk Original Design''' are the [[West Coast|"Dutch West Coast"]]<ref name=":2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyEwdrLUa28 Episode 205: Rob Hordijk (2017)] Art + Music + Technology Podcast</ref> style [[5U|5U (Moog Unit)]] modules designed and crafted by Rob Hordijk; based in The Hague, Netherlands. Except for the [[Rob Hordijk Benjolin|Benjolin]], the designs are not available for DIY.
As Rob has never had a product website for his instruments, the source for much of the information about them comes from direct contact via email - cited directly as ''Rob Hordijk'' <ref name="rh" />
== Biography ==
Born in 1958, self described "synthesizer designer and builder,<ref name=":0">Rob Hordijk Presentation & Synth Tutorial // Modular Meets Leeds 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzW6pTzATG4</ref>" Rob Hordijk began learning electronics from around age 12 after developing a fascination with the glowing tubes in stereo amplifiers.<ref name=":2" /><ref>[http://vimeo.com/107453197 The Designer] by Franz Schuier, 2008</ref> When he was 14 his father who had noticed young Rob's interest gave him a subscription to an electronics course, which lead to an examination for a ham radio license.
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Trained as a designer and not a musician, Rob came from an arts background, studying as a sculptor and jeweler in the 1970s. He approached electronic music in a similar spirit to abstract painting, inspired by the ambient works of Brian Eno, and Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori instruments; where attempts were made to blur the boundaries between music and art:<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>"In those days I was quite interested in the idea of sound as a material to be sculpted, in the same way you can sculpt wood and metal. [...] You can make mechanical objects that make all sorts of sounds, or you can make electronic objects that make all sorts of sounds. but what I like about the electronic objects is that you don't see what makes the sound. [...] It opens the way to sort of make it a bit mysterious."<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>In the early 1980s as various integrated circuits, micro-controllers, and processors became available to hobbyists, Rob began buying things such as the early Curtis chips and RCA 1802 based [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=908http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=908 SuperElf] processor board out of curiosity more than professional ambition.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> Later switching to an Apple ][+ and the Mountain Hardware Music System, for which he developed a Forth language version that could do all sorts of stuff with the Mountain cards, like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karplus%E2%80%93Strong_string_synthesis KarplusStrong-type] plucked string sounds and pitch shifting.<ref name=":1" /> His first introduction to a [[DSP]] was to the DMX1000 around 1984. In 1986 he switched to Atari ST and an Akai S900.<ref name=":1" /> These days he is a [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/nord.htm Clavia Nord Modular G2] aficionado.<ref name=":1">[http://electro-music.com/forum/post-10645.html&highlight=#10645 Hello to you all], electro-music.com forum, 29 March 2004</ref><blockquote>"I am not really a gear freak. But I do believe in mastering synthesis techniques, in making synthesis a second nature, so to be able to fully concentrate on the creative processes."<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>After finishing art school, Rob also completed 11 years of study in Information Technology, learning about design methods and inventory control.<ref name=":2" />
As well as his own instruments Rob worked on the Nord Modular G2 including contributing many patches to the Nord Modular online community, and wrote a [https://rhordijk.home.xs4all.nl/ comprehensive unofficial manual] of the instrument. He has produced music for environments, buildings, film, and dance performances, but is yet to produce an official release on a label.<ref name=":1" /> As of 2022 Rob has announced his retirement and will no longer be taking orders.<ref>Mod Wiggler forum: [https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70363&start=2600 Hello Hordijk] </ref>[[File:Evening session modular serge hordijk.jpg|alt=A Rob Hordijk Original Design modular synthesizer (left) with other instruments.|thumb|A Rob Hordijk Original Design modular synthesizer (left) with other instruments. ]]
== Design Philosophy ==
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* [[Rob Hordijk Triple-Input 24dB Filter|24dB FILTER]]
* [[Rob Hordijk Twinpeak|TWINPEAK]]
* [[Rob Hordijk Active Matrix|
* [[Rob Hordijk Dual Fader|FADER]]
* [[Rob Hordijk Dual Phaser|PHASER]]
* [[Rob Hordijk ShaperPhaser|SHAPER]]
* [[Rob Hordijk Node Processor|NODE PROC / MINI MATRIX]]
* MINI MATRIX
== Other Instruments ==
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* [https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32700 Rob Hordijk 24dB MultiMode Filter demos], Mod Wiggler forum, Apr. 2011
* [http://vimeo.com/107453197 The Designer] by Franz Schuier, 2008
* [https://electronicmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Rob_Hordijk_Design Rob Hordijk Design] on https://electronicmusic.fandom.com/
=== Pre-built Eurorack Modules ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141019122935/http://www.epochmodular.net/benjolin.html Benjolin], Epoch Modular
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