Our facilities
Cutting-edge creative campus in one of Berlin's most active creative neighbourhoods – including 58+ recording and production studios for music, film and visual media.
Your technological playground
KALLE sits on Karl-Marx-Strasse in Neukölln, one of Berlin's most central and well-connected neighbourhoods – 30 minutes from Alexanderplatz, and right in the heart of the city's independent creative scene.
Our cutting-edge campus covering almost 5,000 m² is built with one thing in mind: maximising ‘hands-on’ access to doing what you love. Think of it as your very own technological playground.
Here’s a quick summary of the highlights:
- 58 recording and production studios for music, sound, film and visual media.
- An electronic music performance space with stage and spatial sound.
- High power visual effects PC workstations.
- Two film studio; one with a green screen; one including sound stage
- Photography studio
- Acting & rehearsal rooms
- Cinema
- Theatre
- Our student-run radio station Etikett Radio with specialist space.
- Over 3,000 bookable items of tech equipment for music, sound, film and visual media production.
- Social area with kitchen with free coffee and tea
- Social stage for talks and interdisciplinary performances
- Rooftop and supermarket (part of KALLE)
That said… Although our spaces are fully equipped with the latest technology, we believe that creativity is king. The latest technology is just another tool. What matters is how you build and develop your creative muscle as you learn to use those tools.
Music & Sound facilities
Studios & production spaces
35 studios and production spaces for music and sound, including:
- 6 full recording studios with control room & production suites.
- A mastering studio.
- A large electronic music mixing studio.
- A Dolby Atmos suite.
- A multi-channel suite.
- 23 production suites.
- An electronic music performance space with stage and spatial sound.
- A radio broadcast space for our student-run radio station Etikett Radio.
- 14 hybrid production suites.
Scroll through some of our favourite studios below. Please note the rooms will change but everything inside will remain.
Mixing consoles
We have two large format mixing consoles; a SSL Origin and a Trident 88 as well as many small and portable mixers from Soundcraft and Midas.
DAW & controllers
The DAWs we have available are Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper and Ableton Live. We also have a variety of controllers from Ableton (Push 3), Novation and Native Instruments.
Instruments
Choose from acoustic and electric guitars, electric basses, amplifiers, drum kits and various percussion instruments. We have four upright pianos (Steinway and Yamaha) as well as a Disklavier! We also have lots of other left-field instruments to make unique sounds and get you thinking creatively.
Synthesisers
We have a huge selection of hardware synthesisers covering both east and west coast synthesis. These include keyboards, euro-rack systems, mono synths, poly synths and a Serge modular systems.
Drum machines & sequencers
Our music tech shop hosts a wide range of drum machines and sequencers from brands such as Elektron, Korg, Doepfer, Arturia, Novation and Roland – offering you limitless possibilities for performance and recording.
Effects pedals
Aside from the hardware signal processing in our studios, we have a vast array of effects units, guitar pedals, and signal processors so you can find the delay, reverb, flanger, ring modulator or overdrive that you are searching for.
Microphones
More than 100 microphones from brands such as AKG, Audio Technica, Audix, Vangaurd Audio, Beyerdynamic, Coles, Electro-Voice, Heil, Mojave, Neumann, Oktava, Peluso, Rode, Sennheiser and Shure. As well as some weird and wonderful effect mics and contact mics.
Audio software and plug-ins
Our software, effects and audio manipulation tools include Max MSP, Sonnox, Izotope, Native Instruments Reaktor, VCV Rack, Pure Data and Fab Filter.
Film, Visual Media & Acting facilities
Film studio
Black box film studio with two-sided infinity wall green screen and overhead lighting rigging, used by our film and visual effects students.
Cinema
Our 92 seat cinema uses JVC 8k projector and has a region-free Blu-ray player. Used for masterclasses from visiting lecturers, cosy cinema nights and, of course, watching student projects on the silver screen.
Theatre
Theatre with 91-capacity tiered seating, spotlights, dmx board and sound cueing system. On show nights, our theatre seats all our guests – during rehearsals it helps our actors understand the nuance of stagecraft.
Two rehearsal studios
Although you’ll find our actors filming across Berlin and beyond, this is the space they call home. These rooms are used for movement work, acting and camera workshops and rehearsing.
Post-production suites
Bookable post-production suites for all your editing needs.
Visual effects workstations
16 visual effects PCs, drawing tablets and a suite of industry-standard software, with dedicated editing, sound, and visual effects post-production suites.
Vocal studios
Mix suites for voiceover and dubbing work.
Sound stage film studio
Soundproof studio designed primarily for film and high-end television production. The facility can be used for live or "as-live" productions like TV series, panel shows, or news.
Photography Studio
Dedicated indoor workspace designed to provide a controlled environment for capturing images, allowing photographers to have complete control over variables and background elements.
Film & Visual Media tech shop
Borrow everything you need to shoot films, including camera, lights, stands, grip and accessories. For all your visual effects needs, we have graphic tablets, motion capture equipment, high definition projectors and VR headsets.
Tons of bookable items
Aside from the tech shop goodies listed above, we have fog machines, gimbals, dollies, gels, flags, stands, grip gear, cabling and expendables, props and costumes, an extensive DVD library and free access to streaming platforms.
Location, location, location
Shoot and rehearse in our expansive campus, or make use of the huge range of locations in Neukölln – from airports turned into parks and gravel pits transformed into pleasure gardens to vibrant neighborhood streets and idyllic quarters with medieval roots.
Community spaces
When you're not busy working hard on your latest production, you are going to need somewhere to take a breather. We've got you covered with both indoor and outdoor solutions, depending on the weather.
KALLE Neukölln facilities
The KALLE building brings together some of Berlin's distinctive organisations under one roof. SoundCloud's global headquarters, CODE University of Applied Sciences, and Rough Trade's only continental European flagship record store share the building with Catalyst.
The ground floor houses KALLE, an international food market and event space with capacity for up to 1,500 people, alongside a 600 m² music hall, a glass-covered winter garden, and a rooftop terrace. There is also an Edeka supermarket in the building for daily essentials.
The building sits directly on Alfred-Scholz-Platz, where Rough Trade programme live concerts throughout the year, and Neukölln hosts some of Berlin's best-loved annual events — including Fête de la Musique, 48 Stunden Neukölln, and a packed calendar of neighbourhood festivals and cultural gatherings.
