Submit a Tutorial

Have something to teach the world? Want to earn money doing it? While our tutorials and articles are written by our talented team of writers, quick tips – both written and screencasts – published here on Audiotuts+ are largely contributed by readers just like you! We’ll pay you great money for good content.

Quick tips must be exclusive to Audiotuts+, and not published elsewhere on the web. We’re particularly looking for quick tips on:

We also accept written quick tips on audio software (particularly Logic Pro, Reason, Cubase, FL Studio and Pro Tools), practical music theory, and general audio production.

Interested? Read on for the juicy details!

Getting Started

Learn about submitting content and getting published on Audiotuts+.

Submitting Content to Audiotuts+

Prior to submitting content we recommend that you read the entire instructions on this page. Be sure to review the sections on Plagiarism and Crediting Sources, as well as, Audiotuts+ Author/Artist Agreement. Also, review examples of prior content published on our site. Search for the topic you’re writing on to see how your idea would fit on Audiotuts+, and find out if it’s something we have already covered. Of course we’re looking for new ideas, workflows, and techniques.

We publish multiple content types on Audiotuts+, currently: Quick Tips. Each content type has submission instructions, be sure to read the relevant sections thoroughly.

Submit Content for Review

You can send in a short paragraph concept pitch for review, prior to submitting your final content. You can do this using the following form:

Submit Complete Content

Once you’ve finalized your work, completed content can be submitted through the following form:

About Publishing on Audiotuts+

Audiotuts+ is a well established community with a focus on audio production and composition that helps people learn new techniques, theory, and practical know-how that will help them achieve there goals. If you have some helpful knowledge you would like to share, then we’d like to talk with you.

Working With You

We have a strong belief at Tuts+ that everyone has unique ideas to share and techniques they come across as they work and experiment. We’d love to hear your creative content ideas and look forward to potentially working with you.

Payment

Want to submit a tutorial or other content to Audiotuts+? We only accept content that matches the site’s writing and content standards. If your content is accepted, we’ll pay an agreed USD rate per item published (see the base payments below or make an offer!), and you’ll get to help your fellow audio aficionados! You must have a PayPal or Moneybookers account for us to pay you. This fee will be paid within the first week of every new month, following publication.

Profile

Contributing to online publications is a great way to raise your profile online. When we publish your content, your author profile will be listed with the content. When submitting your final content please include a short paragraph for your profile, along with your email and website addresses.

What to Teach?

Topics we cover in our tutorials can be found by browsing through Audiotuts+ and range from creating loops, configuring DAWs, recording instruments, and more. Any subject that touches audio is potentially something we would cover on the site. We also cover other tops such as composition and mixing related subjects.

Your Content Must Fulfill the Following Criteria

  1. You must send in your already completed content for us to review for acceptance. Please note not every tutorial/content will be accepted. You can also pitch your concept to get feedback from us, prior to submitting the full content.
  2. Your content must be your original work and not published elsewhere.
  3. You will need to format your content as per the format described in the corresponding content type section below.
  4. You must have a PayPal or Moneybookers account for us to pay you, this fee will be paid within the first week of every new month, following publication.
  5. Your content may be edited prior to publishing.

Content Types

Review information on the types of content we accept for submission and publish on a regular basis for Audiotuts+.

Quick Tip: Short Written Tutorials

Written Quick Tips are short (500 word) tutorials on how to do something simple, quick, but useful. We pay $50 USD for written quick tips.

Here is an example:

How to Format Your Written Quick Tip for Submission

Your tutorial must come with:

  • A 200x200px preview image.
  • Optional: A sample audio source file for members to download.
  • 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” with an image after each one. Additionally you should have a paragraph at the beginning giving an introduction. Download the sample tutorial HTML template here.
  • Images in the Quick Tip should be no more than 600px wide.
  • When packaging your tutorial place the source file and all images in the same folder as the HTML before sending.
  • If you’ve used images in your source material, then please read the section on Photography and Source Images in the Plagiarism and Crediting Sources section below.

Submit Content to Audiotuts+

To pitch us a content concept for review or to send final content for editing you can use our forms found here: Submitting Content to Audiotuts+.

Quick Tip: Screencast/Videos

Video Quick Tips are 3-5 minute screencasts on how to do something simple, quick, but useful. We pay $50 USD for video quick tips.

Here is an example:

How to Format Your Video Quick Tip for Submission

Please review the suggestions in the Written Quick Tips section, as many of the same issues apply to video tutorials. Also, ensure that you adhere to the following rules when recording and submitting your video tutorial:

  1. Video length must be 3-5 minutes or more.
  2. Introduce yourself at the beginning of the tutorial and say you are making this tutorial exclusively for Audiotuts+.
  3. Submit an MP4 or MOV format of the final video.
  4. Final video must be in High Definition (1280×720 (16:9) or 960×720 (4:3) for 720p).
  5. You must include a description of your tutorial.
  6. Include a 200×200 pixel preview image.
  7. Include a video screenshot. This is a screenshot of the video that we include when we upload the video.
  8. If the video file is 100 MB or more, then please use an alternative way to send it. Common options are YouSendIt and Dropbox.
  9. Audio quality must be good and narration must be clear and well thought-out.
  10. We use Blip.tv to distribute our video, you can see previous videos on Audiotuts.blip.tv.

Submit Content to Audiotuts+

To pitch us a content concept for review or to send final content for editing you can use our forms found here: Submitting Content to Audiotuts+.

Submit Content to Audiotuts+

To pitch us a content concept for review or to send final content for editing you can use our forms found here: Submitting Content to Audiotuts+.

Important Information

Read and understand this important information prior to sending final content for the Audiotuts+ editing team to review for publication.

Audiotuts+ Style Guide

For style, spelling, grammar, etc., the Chicago Manual of Style and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary are used, with the following customizations for Envato based on the conventions used in the Photoshop help documents.

Summary

  1. Italicize – (1) Use if you are referring to a word as a word or letter as a letter (see Summary item #4 for an example). (2) If you want to emphasize a word.
  2. Spelling – Use American spellings if you can. This is something we’ll correct for you, however, so don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the conventions of American grammar and spelling.
  3. Keyboard Shortcuts – Use a + between commands but a hyphen if using the word click, as in Ctrl-click. Shortcuts should be spelled as they are written on your keyboard keys.
  4. Remember, only ONE space after a period.

See the full style guide below for a couple more items and examples of the above items.

Keyboard Shortcuts

  1. Keyboard shortcuts are capitalized and spelled Shift, Command, Alt, Enter, Ctrl.
  2. Use the + key to separate shortcut commands but a hyphen with the word click.
  3. Capitalize the keyboard letters you refer to.

Capitalization

DO capitalize:

  1. Photoshop, and acronyms like CSS, OK, PSD
  2. Web, Web site, Internet
  3. Font names

DON’T capitalize:

  1. Colors
  2. The word e-mail.

Numbers

  1. Spell out numbers from one to ten.

Discussing Type: Speaking of Words and Letters

When you’re referring to a word or letter as a word or letter, use italics rather than bold or other emphasis.

  • “Draw a big L-shape in the top left. Then write the word love.“

Naming Layers and Files

  1. Capitalization is up to you.
  2. Periods go inside the quote marks.

Examples:

  • Name this layer “Smoke.”

Plagiarism and Crediting Sources

There are a few issues to we wary of when writing tutorials and putting together content.

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.

Please include links to the source of any images you have used in your tutorial wherever it has been used. If you do not include your image sources your tutorial will not be accepted, because we need to verify that the file is OK.

Thank you for taking the time to make sure the photos are OK, it helps protect the site, the photographer and yourself!

Audiotuts+ Author/Artist Agreement

If Your Tutorial or Content is Accepted

  • The author can use tutorial/content graphics in any commercial or non-commercial work, except in an online tutorial, and source files and artwork cannot be resold or redistributed elsewhere.
  • You grant a license to readers to use the knowledge and demonstrated effects shown in the tutorial/content in their own projects without reference to yourself, Envato, Tuts+, 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/content 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. However, source files and artwork may not be redistributed elsewhere.
  • You consent to the full tutorial, content, extracts, samples or examples from it appearing in other Envato sites, products and services.