The Concert Hall at the Hochschule für Musik Köln has the space and technical equipment to host a wide spectrum of music, dance, and stage performances. The hall has a multifunctional stage with a surface of 380 m² and eight podiums that can be joined together to make a flat surface.

The concert hall has seating capacity for 799 people and its large stage as specified by North Rhine-Westphalia regulations for public places. Two additional spaces are also located near the stage: a sound room and the lighting control room.

Concert Hall

• Audience seating: 799
• Stage size: 380 m² including a 100 m² orchestra pit

Stage

• 80 electric fly systems each with a load-bearing capacity of 75 kg
• 17 load bars
• 1 cyclorama
• Multi-field crossbars above the forestage (load-bearing capacity: 2 metric tons)
• 8 stage elevators
• Variable stage portal 10-24 m with electrical stage curtain
• Maximum stage depth: 24 m
• Floor openings for electricity on the forestage

Lighting

• Signal box MA Lighting Grand MA 5632 circuits, including remote, back-up computer and secondary MA Video Digital panel
• 246 stationary dimmer circuits (2 kW and 5 kW), additional mobile dimmer circuits
• DMX and LAN wiring, WLAN for control
• 32A and 63A ports on stage
• Revolving lighting catwalk with 3 bridges
• 2 proscenium towers
• 10 movable lighting towers

Spotlights

• Niethammer ellipsoidal reflector spotlights (ERS)
• Strand Lighting and ARRI 2 kW and 5 kW Fresnel lens spotlights
• Ten color scrollers for 2 kW Fresnel lens spotlights
• Color scrollers for 5 kW Fresnel lens spotlights
• Four ARRI 2.5 kW HMI Fresnel lens spotlights with dimmers and color scrollers
• Two 1.2 kW HMI follow spots (Pani)
• 2 kW NV follow spot (Strand Lighting)
• 2 kW PC lens spotlight and 1 kW PAR spotlight
• Four 0.5 kW floor battens
• Five color striplights
• RGB + W fluorescent battens in proscenium tower

Moving Lights

• Three Strand Lighting Pirouette remote-controlled Fresnel lens spotlights
• Five Vari*Lite VL 3000 Q Washlights, 1200 W HMI
• Five Vari*Lite VL 500 A Washlights, 700 W MSR
• Ten Vari*Lite VL 1000 TS Spotlight, 1000 W Halogen
• Two Clay Paky Stage Profile Plus SV, 1200 W HMI
• Two Clay Paky Stage Profile Plus 1200 SV, 1200 W HMI

Projection

• 10 m x 8 m Opera Folie
• 1.2 kW HMI Projector (Pani) for 18x18 cm slides
• One Panasonic PL-D 6000 projector with wide angle lens, 6500 ANSI lumen
• One Panasonic PL-DZ 6700 E projector with wide angle lens, 6000 ANSI lumen, HD compatible
• One MA Lighting MA Video media server

Sound System

Mixer Console

• Yamaha M7CL 48 channel (mobile)
• Yamaha LS9 32 channel (mobile)
• Soundcraft B800 (stationary with analog multicore and patch panel)

Audio Network

Three Yamaha SB 168 ES 48In/24Out (mobile)

Monitoring

• Eight Audiozenit ND 15 (wedge/multiformat)
• Six Audiozenit TI8 (wedge/multiformat)
• Two RAM S4044 (mobile)
• RAM RX1500, including DBX Driverack, PA controller (mobile), four Sennheiser EW 300 IEM G2 D-BAND

PA/Mobile

• Six Audiozenit Neolite NLW212 basses (mobile), power rating 1200 W (RMS), spectral sensitivity 96 dB, impedance 4 Ohms, frequency response (-3 dB) 49-250 Hz
• Six Audiozenit Neolite NL208 tops (mobile), power rating 600 W (RMS), spectral sensitivity 99 dB, impedance 8 Ohms, frequency response (-3 dB) 80-18,500 Hz, radiation angle 90x60, crossover frequency 1800 Hz
• Three Systemamping Neolites

PA/Concert Hall

Main PA

Stereo (L/C/R) consists of:

• Eighteen Meyer Sound M1D Line Array elements (9 per side)
• Four Meyer Sound 500 HP Subs (2 per side)
• Two Meyer Sound UPJ-1P out fills (1 per side)
• One Meyer Sound UPQ-1P center fill
• Four Meyer Sound UPM-2P near fill

In addition to two Meyer Sound M1D Line Array systems, each with nine elements and corresponding 500 HP subs, the main left/right public address system for the orchestra and first several rows in front of the stage consists of a Meyer Sound UPQ-1P speaker that supports the middle. The area in front of the proscenium can be supported by Meyer Sound UPM-2P compact speakers. The audience area next to the stage is supported by a Meyer Sound UPJ-1P active speaker with rotatable horn (80° x 50° or 50° x 80°) on each side.

Multiple Channel PA

Quadrophone/8 Channel

• Eight Meyer Sound UPQ-1P (each individually selectable)
• Four Meyer Sound HP-500 Subs from the stereo PA can be used to complement the deep bass area

When using a multiple channel PA system, the speakers can each be individually selected (4 channels or 8 channels) or be used as a quadrophonic system (4 channels) with “phantom center support.”

All speaker systems, including the subwoofers, are controlled using a digital Meyer Sound Lab Galileo 616 speaker management system. Meyer Sound calibrated all of the necessary delay times, level and phase corrections, equalizers, and presets.