* Childhood in Blue Mountains and Western Sydney NSW Australia.

* Early teenage obession with synth funk, proto-electro and vocoders.

* Stole fathers Short Wave Receiver to make atmospheric telemetry recordings.

* Neighbour loans his Jupiter 8, SH-09 and TR-909 during school holidays.

* Convinces parents to purchase short range FM transmitter for pirate radio station.

* Short but expensive love affair with DJing and DJ equipment.

* Three years full time theatre study after high school - final year more interested in technical production and sound design.

* Late 1988 - Invited to radio 2JJJ studios to complete a sound mix for graduation performance and a love affair with hardware and professional recording studios is born.

* 1989 - General Manager for Studio FX in Sydney - Professional studio outboard rental company. Hands on experience with every gear junkies fantasy kit - LA2A, Fairchild 670, Neve 1073, Focusrite ISA Series, Urei 1176, Pultec EQP1A, Lexicon 224XL/480L and more.

* 1990 - Studio obession virus takes a firm hold and a decision is made to relocate to London to pursue an studio engineering career.

* 1990 - Gary Langan from the flagship London studio complex Metropolis offers a full time position as studio assistant.

* 1990 - First hand playtime with analogue synthesizers and drum machines in a studio environment - Moogs, PPG Waveterms, Oberheim Matrix 12s, Linn LM1 etc.

* 1990 - First major analogue electro-musical purchases - Rev 1 Prophet 5 and an Oberheim Xpander.

* 1991 - Engineering jingles and Japanese cover bands is not the way forward and returns to Australia with a serious habit for collecting vintage synthesizers and drum machines.

* 1992 - Short stay with Sony Music as NSW Promotions Manager.

* 1993 - Slightly longer stay with BMG Music as International Label Manager.

* 1994 - Warehouse in Surry Hills becomes first attempt at creating a small scale electronic music studio. Common difficulties in synchronising hardware sparks what will become a major focus for the future.

* 1994 - Moves ever-expanding analogue studio to Kings Cross NSW.

* 1995 - Frustrations with the latest and greatest computer sequencing packages of the day lead to a rediscovery of the Atari 1040STE and Notator software.

*1999 - Graham Hinton and Ward McFarland from Megawolf show the only way forward for Muliport Midi on a 9600 PowerMac with the Romulus 4 PCI Serial Card.

* 2000 - Accept position with Roland Corporation Australia as head of Technical Support.

* 2001 - Continued research uncovers a wealth of historical information on early studio synchronisation techniques.

* 2001 - Vintage Synthesizer and Drum Machine collecting and restoration gives way to Vintage Synchronisation Hardware accumulation.

* 2002 - Technical discussions with Rohan Mansell from Mansell Labs lead to a purchase of an Akai ASQ-10 hardware Midi Sequencer and later, a MPC-3000 with Rohan's custom Vailixi Operation System.

* 2003 - Discussions with Warren McAlister about possible solutions to sync problems begin in ernest.

* 2004 - Innerclock Systems releases Sync-Shift MKI.

* Childhood in Blue Mountains not far from David's school in Wentworth Falls NSW.

* Spent too much time disassembling radios and TVs from Blackheath rubbish dump.

* Late 1970s - Hardware Engineer with Now defunct Mainframe Computer Company CDC.

* 1980 - Phase Engineering established in Sydney

* Warranty service agents in Australia for Moog, Sequential, ARP, Korg, PPG, Emu Systems, Yamaha and more.

* 1980 - Started a 28 year stint in Sydney servicing , modifying and customizing electromusic hardware.

* 1982 - Completed final stages of mutation for Chris Stellers' Moog "Evelyn" - a highly modified Prodigy.

* 1992 - Caught on film performing amputation of Casio AZ-1 'neck' as requested by Sam McNally/long time Phase modification requester.

* "Wally Gater" and " Mini Wally Gater" find their way into the trigger-in jack of AMS units around the country.

* Early 80s' - Long stint in the 'engine room' of various 'hair cut' pop ensembles.

* 1985 - Release of SSP (Solid State Percussion) drum modules and SR6 sample players - lightning fast ROM sample players as used live by Midnight Oil among others.

* 1999 - Phase Engineering and Roland Australia form co-operative service department.

* 2003 - Genesis of Innerclock Systems - Prototype design testing.

* 2004 - Innerclock Systems releases Sync-Shift MKI.