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 | | The system controlled over 15,000 channels of effects and enlisted the expertise of five board operators -- superstars in their own right -- who each manned a Congo console and an intricate zone of effects devices. |
 | | Eurovision assistant lighting designer Bullen Lagerbielke, also part of the Avab development team, drove Congo 4, handling 16 Catalyst video projectors (eight layers each), with 11 universes of EDMX, while Swedish countryman Ulf Sandström stood by at the spare Congo, which could be logged in, if needed, on any of the other subnets. |
 | | Sandstrom, also one of the console's original Avab design team, was thrilled at the performance: "It was an amazing maiden voyage for Congo -- considering the multiple-operator setup and the complexity of the rig with hundreds of moving lights and Catalyst media servers on a live broadcast before 250 million viewers. |
| www.avabcontrol.com /news/6_6_05_congo_eurovision_en.asp (749 words) |
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