Mpasua Msonobari on SoundBetter

I am the number one, trusted and professional native Swahili translator, Swahili voice talent, Swahili adapter, Swahili dubbing expert and Swahili voice editor & master. I have an excellent professional In-house Team to work with me in cases of BIG projects. I boast of being able to provide a full set of services all at once to my esteemed clients.

I have been a Swahili translator, Swahili voice talent, Swahili adapter, Swahili dubbing expert and Swahili voice editor since 1999. Its been now close to 2 decades. Your project will be in safe hands and I really do look forward to our working together.

I have an exceptional team of Swahili voice talents that do work with me - both male and female - offering the full set of Swahili services which include but are not limited to: Recording, editing, mixing, background music laying and insertion, quality control and so much more!

Being a native Swahili professional speaker, I have a mature, stable and clear voice and is aged 42 years. I have sufficient experience in performing recording Swahili sessions with a standard Swahili accent.

In case of a huge project, I and my Team have an output capacity of doing 50,000 words (approximately 600 minutes of recorded, edited and mastered audio) per week and 200,000 words (approximately 2,400 minutes of recorded, edited and mastered) per month.

I am available immediately for any live job that you may have and do promise you a fabulous experience with me.

I'd love to hear about your project. Click the 'Contact' button above to get in touch.

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by Rehema Wanguba
Great Swahili voiceover artist! Will use him again and again!

Interview with Mpasua Msonobari

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The project that I worked on and is very proud of is processing Swahili voice overs for some multinational based in Canada for its employees who speak Swahili, Amharic and Dinka. This was key since through my work I was able to safeguard the safety and security of over 1,000 employees working for this company allover the world.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I am processing Swahili voiceovers for some Christian organisation in the US. I am working with a Team of other 5 male and female Swahili voice talents and its quite fun!
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: No, I know no one at the moment as my domain of expertise if very rare and I seldom interact with fellow sound better colleagues.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I work with both digital and analogue as per my esteemed client's requests.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: My 'promise' to my clients is exceptional high quality work with the quickest turnaround time!
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: What I like most about my job is its artistic nature and how it positively impacts both the people I work with and my end client.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: The common questions that I am commonly asked by my clients are: 1. Are you native in the language? 2. Do you have a professional studio? 3. Will you be able to deliver this ASAP? 4. Are your prices competitive? In all the above questions, my answer is always BIG yes!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: The biggest misconception about what I do is, if a client can speak the Swahili or any Other African language then he or she assumes that he or she can also record it professionally instead of paying me to do so.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: The one and key question that I do ask my prospective clients is: "How do you want your work to be processed and what is your budget?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Know what is it that you want processed, your budget and timelines of delivery.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: In that desret land, I would take my laptop, ipad, blackberry, bible and cold glass of mango juice.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: My career path is what I am doing now and I have been doing this for now almost 2 decades.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style of work is original, professional and native!
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would love to work with Johstone Mwakazi since he is one of my mentors!
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Sure, one key music/ Swahili voice over production tip is be original, yourself and deliver accordingly!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I usually work on Swahili translation, Swahili voice talent and Swahili dubbing projects that are shared by my clients from allover the world.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strogest skill is in Swahili translation, Swahili voice talent and Swahili dubbing.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring to a song/ voiceover deliverable life, originality and clear powerful message.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: My typical work process includes but is not limited to: Recording, editing, mixing, background music laying and insertion, quality control and so much more!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Below please find the detailed setup of my professional recording studio: Logic Pro X, M-Audio Controller, Keystation 88, Novation, Impulse 49, Akai MPK Mini, Pendulum PL-2 Mastering Limiter, Limiter & All-Tube Mastering Compressor, SSL master comp, Tape Recorder for Coloring, VHS coloring for 80/90s sound, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, KRK Rokit 6s, Rokit 5s with two midi controllers, Mini-keyboard, AKG Condenser, Classic Bluebird Condense, Pro Tools 12/Ableton Live 9, Mac Pro 8-Core 3.0GHz, Universal Audio Apollo, Universal Audio UA-S610, Slate Microphone System, Neumann U67 & U-87, Prism Sound MLA-2 Compressor, and Most of the Sound plugins available.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I am inspired by Johnstone Mwakazi in my filed of work!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common type of work that I do is recording professional Swahili voice overs and processing Swahili dubbing tasks.