Write a Tutorial
Want to submit a tutorial to AUDIOTUTS? We’ll pay US$150 p/tutorial published, and you’ll get to help your fellow musicians and sound junkies!
What to Write About?
We are looking for extensive tutorials using programs like FLStudio, Cubase, Reason and so on. However if you have tutorials on related subjects that you think would be a good fit for the site, we’re always open to hearing about them!
We prefer more complete, practical and extensive tutorials.
You must fulfill the following criteria:
- You must send in your ALREADY WRITTEN tutorial. Please note not every tutorial will be accepted. (We do now offer a review form that you can use prior to writing the tutorial).
- Your tutorial must be your original work and not published elsewhere.
- You must have a PayPal account for us to pay you, all fees will be paid at the end of the calendar month.
- You will need to format your tutorial as per the format described below.
- Your tutorial may be edited prior to publishing.
If the tutorial is accepted:
- you grant a license to readers to use the knowledge and demonstrated effects shown in the tutorial in their own projects without reference to yourself, Envato or this site. They may not reproduce the tutorial itself, but they can use the techniques you teach.
- you grant a license to Envato to be the exclusive publisher of the tutorial online. You may republish extracts online – for example on your own site – however the tutorial in its entirety should not appear elsewhere. You may also republish the tutorial offline in any way you wish – e.g. sell it to a magazine, submit it to a book.
- you consent to the full tutorial, extracts, samples or examples from it appearing in other Envato sites, products and services.
Credit All Sources and Use Common Sense
Always credit your sources
When you credit your sources, it’s clear that you aren’t trying to hide something. For tutorial submissions it also lets our editors check that the tutorial is acceptable.
Use common sense and Err to the side of caution
There are no hard and fast rules about copyright. Beware of “rules” like ‘copying 40% is OK’, there’s no such thing. And remember that even aside from exact words or images, it can be the idea or principle. If you think something might not be OK, then trust your gut and don’t do it.
Tutorial Acceptance and Payment
Please note, not all tutorials will be accepted. We only accept tutorials that match the site’s standards of both writing and tutorial content.
If your tutorial is accepted, payment of US$150 will be made within 2 weeks after your tutorial has been posted on AUDIOTUTS. Please note that if we gain evidence in this time that the tutorial or source files used in the tutorial have been plagiarized we will take the tutorial off the site and payment will not be made.
How to Format Your Tutorial for Submission
Your tutorial must come with:
- Any appropriate source files.
- Screenshots of each step, no more than 600px wide.
- Audio preview files, and an example of your technique used in a track snippet.
- An HTML file with the tutorial written out. The HTML file should be written in the same way that tutorials on the site are, that is in a set of “Steps” preferrably with an image before each one. Additionally you should have a paragraph at the beginning giving an introduction. You can download the HTML template here.
If you make it easy for us to use your tut, you make it easy for us to accept it!
Get Feedback BEFORE Writing the Full Tutorial
You can send in a tutorial pitch to us for review prior to writing the whole tutorial. This will save you time in instances where the tutorial/effect is not what we are looking for. You can do this by clicking the link below:
AUDIOTUTS Preview Submission Form
How to Submit
Completed Submissions can be made via:
