Audiovisual technology Alkmaar

Audiovisual productions in Alkmaar by HuurAV

Alkmaar is larger and busier than many visitors expect. Alongside the famous cheese market and the canals of the old centre, the city has a solid business side, with offices, conference venues and organisations that hold gatherings throughout the year. HuurAV takes care of the complete audiovisual technology here: we design the setup, build it, operate it during the programme and break it down again afterwards. The technicians stay on site all day, so there is always someone at the controls who knows the installation down to the last detail.

The mix of history and dynamism makes Alkmaar an interesting place to work. A presentation in a stately hall beside a canal calls for different choices than a staff party in a spacious hall on the edge of town. We translate that difference into a plan that suits the space, the acoustics and the audience you are welcoming.

Events that suit the city

The cultural and business life of Alkmaar produces a broad range of assignments. For organisations we set up presentations and conferences where intelligibility and a sharp image take centre stage, and we deliver wider corporate events with a distinctive atmosphere. The city is also popular for festive occasions: a wedding in a historic building or exuberant parties and company celebrations in a grand café or event venue. If you want to reach an audience beyond the room, we build a hybrid event or livestream with cameras and vision mixing.

Suitable venues in and around Alkmaar

We work in a wide variety of places: theatre halls and city stages, conference and meeting venues, hotels, listed buildings around the Waag and the Langestraat, and the larger industrial halls on sites such as Overdie and Boekelermeer. Every building has its own demands. In an old waterside property we keep an eye on the power capacity and on hard, reverberant walls, while a large hall instead calls for more sound pressure and a lighting plan that fills the space visually. We map out these points in advance and work them into the technical design, including extra power distribution where it is needed.

What we can deliver technically

A production in Alkmaar usually combines several disciplines that are tuned to one another:

• Sound: compact speaker sets or line array, wireless microphones and monitoring for speakers, bands or a booked DJ, with a technician at the desk. Explore the options for sound.
• Lighting: atmospheric and stage lighting, uplighting along historic walls and control that moves with the programme. See our options for lighting.
• Video: large screens, projection and cameras with vision mixing, suited to presentations, aftermovies and livestreams. More about video.
• Special effects: haze, low fog and confetti for an opening, a reveal or a festive highlight through special effects.

From Amsterdam to Alkmaar

The journey of about thirty-eight kilometres along the A9 is easy to manage, so we can inspect a venue in advance if you wish. The final stretch sometimes needs attention: the old town has time windows for loading and unloading and the streets around the canals are narrow, while an industrial hall on the outskirts is easy to reach by truck. We agree the access route, loading and unloading times and any permits in advance, so we stay within the venue’s time window. We schedule the build well before the start and test everything thoroughly. During the event a technician stays on site for operation and supervision, and afterwards there is a tidy, swift breakdown, even when it falls late in the evening.

See our work and request a proposal

If you would first like an impression of what we have created before, take a look at our portfolio of completed productions. If you have a specific event in Alkmaar in mind, we are happy to think along about an approach that suits your room and programme. Request a quote without obligation; after a short review you receive a tailored proposal, entirely without commitment.