The Ulm Congress Center renews its sound with Yamaha

Ulm Congress Center's new sound system includes matrix processor Yamaha MTX5-D for central system control and routing, with a QL5 digital mixing console and a Rio1608-D2 I/O rack.

On the banks of the Danube River, south of germany, the city of Ulm is located, an economic center of eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria. Recently, A new audio system has been installed at the Congress Centrum Ulm (CCU), the city's main space for corporate events and entertainment, with a Yamaha solution chosen for mixing and control.

The Ulm Congress Center (CCU), attached to Maritime Hotel, It has two main auditoriums, Einstein Saal and, the smallest, el Kepler Saal, both with adjacent vestibules; in addition to the open-air Gartensaal. The Einstein Saal can host meetings of up to 1.500 people and the Einsteinfoyer can accommodate a similar number of standing receptions.

The audio system upgrade was carried out during a brief pause in the German COVID-19 lockdown, which made system installation and programming a priority. The company fein.media, based in Karlsruhe, was hired to design and install the system. This included an MTX5-D matrix processor for central system control and routing., with a QL5 digital mixing console and a Rio1608-D2 I/O rack installed in the Einstein Saal.

“We chose the Yamaha solution because it is an industry standard. We have installed quite a few systems from this manufacturer and they have always proven to be reliable, running without failures for long periods of time. It had the advantage that the MCP1 control panel also made the system very easy to use for staff. Besides, Most sound engineers are familiar with Yamaha digital mixers., so the QL5 was the best option to meet flexibility needs, familiarity and budget of the premises”, afirma Frank Müller, owner of fein.media

The entire system was installed on a Dante network, with an MCP1 wall mount panel providing easy control for venue staff.

“The system covers the main Einstein Saal, its lobby and there are additional delay lines to retransmit the background music, announcements and audio of the event throughout the CCU”, Müller comments.