We at Kawar Studios provide musicians, TV & Radio Producers in addition to filmmakers a fully-fledged audio production service. Haytham Kawar is the Music composer/Producer in charge of everything you might need in audio/music production at Kawar Studios with 18 years of experience in studios, sound design & music production.
We provide music composing, audio recording, mixing, and pre-mastering including red book-compliant CD-R burning and DDP file sets delivery.
Our local talents in addition to our affiliated musicians and recording studios located in Istanbul-Turkey, provide us with the highest musical performance and audio quality.
** Kawar Studios is certified by Apple Inc. as an MFiT mastering house. You can get the proper mastering of your audio at Kawar Studios to meet iTunes high quality specifications. **
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Interview with Kawar Studios
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, I use both but I do prefer Analogue, it sounds more genuine and natural.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I tell them that if I accept their jobs then I am 100% sure they will be very satisfied with the results, and If I apologize for not being able to take the job, then that's because I can't guarantee a good outcome.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What is more important to you ? quality or low budget production ?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Simply listen to this provider's music, if you fall in with love it immediately, then he might be the one.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Music composing, sound designing, mixing & mastering for 18 years
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Oriental, Turkish & Middle Eastern, fusion, rock, pop, electronic and EDM
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Originality through live instrumentation, professional music recording with the best session players and musicians.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Apple Macintosh based Pro Tools 12.8 workstation. RME Fireface UFX 60 in/out Audio Interface. 2 x Soundcraft Signature 22 MTK Analogue Mixer. ART Digital/Analogue MPA II Dual Tube pre amp. Quested S8R near/mid-field speakears (370W × 2) Yamaha NS10 M near field speakers. IsoAcoustics monitor stands. 2 x T.C. Electronic Reverb 4000. Samsun 12 channel headphone amp. 2 x Neumann TLM 103 Microphones. 2 x Shure KSM 103 Microphones. sE 4400a Microphone. sE 2200a Tube Microphone. Shure SM 57 Microphone. Shure PG52 Kick Drum/Bass Amp Microphone. 3 x Shure PG56 Snare/Tom/Percussion Microphones. Electro-Voice RE01 dynamic microphone. Ultrasone S-Logic & Sennheiser Headphones.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Music composing, Song arranging especially Strings Orchestration.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Love it sincerely and it will pay off.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Sound design, music composing, sound image creation, identity music, song writing, song producing, voice over services (Arabic & English), Radio & TV commercials audio production, analogue/digital recording, mixing & digital mastering.
I was the Composer, producer and mixing & mastering engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- String ArrangerContact for pricing
- ProducerAverage price - $3000 per song
- Recording StudioContact for pricing
- Sound DesignAverage price - $400 per minute
For mixing and mastering; delivery time is around 5-7 working days. For other creative jobs like songwriting & strings arrangement, around 1 month.
- RME Fireface UFX Audio Interface
- 2 x Soundcraft Signature 22 MTK Analogue Mixer
- ART Digital MPA II Dual Tube pre amp
- Quested S8R near/mid-field speakears
- Yamaha NS10 M speakers
- T.C. Electronic Reverb 4000
10% discounts for 5 songs or more.
- A new song arrangemet for John KeatingJul 23, 2017
We are in the final stage of producing a new song for John Keating, the Irish artist, a few recording sessions left then to the mixing and mastering stages.
- A new single coming soonApr 30, 2017
A new single is coming soon, we finished music and programming, recorded live instruments, in the stage of vocals recording.
- A new single by JaafarOct 05, 2016
Recently finished producing a single for Jaafar called "Salma"