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INTEREST
"It had to be constructed so
any average person could assemble it. They liked my idea, and it is
going to be featured in the magazine next month." a beaming Trevor
said.
"Generally it had to be high quality equipment which could be purchased
for a minimum amount.
"It will help pop groups because they will be getting this type of
equipment for less than $1,400 - the average price for a
synthesiser."
Trevor said he has been approached by a number of companies in his
decision.
The prototype model is in Sydney, and because of the airline crisis he
could not get it to Adelaide in time for the awards.
Trevor is no stranger on the local pop scene. He has been working on
public address systems for groups like Headband and Fraternity for
about five years.
AWARDS
He has been tinkering with
electronic gear since he was nine years old and, at 15, was the
youngest person in Australia to be issued with an amateur radio
operator's licence.
Other rock award winners last night were national band Fair Dinkum, who
were judged best live performers, and Stephen Foster, whose album,
"Coming Home In a Jar." won the award for best local recording.
There will be two final concerts today, at 4.30 p.m. and at 8 p.m. The
national rock awards will be presented during the late concert. |
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By Frank Pangallo
Twenty
four-year-old Trevor Marshall, of Dernancourt, is shorthaired,
conservatively dressed, bespectacled and softly spoken... a most
unlikely character you would associate with pop music.
Yet Trevor, an electronics engineering student at Adelaide University,
has made a major contribution to Australia's pop industry which
could save rock bands hundreds of dollars in equipment.
Trevor has designed an |
TREVOR'S INVENTION
A WINNER |
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electronic
music synthesiser (commonly referred to as a
Moog synthesiser) which can be assembled in kit form by anyone aged
from 15 to 50.
For this design he was awarded the first "5KA Rock Award for
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Organisation" this
week at the Festival Theatre.
Trevor said today he was approached by international magazine
"Electronics Today" more than eight months ago to complete designs
on the highly complex synthesiser. |
