New Envato Community Blog – Envato Notes

Today we’ve launched a new Envato Community blog called Envato Notes. The new site is going to be the epicenter of our community not just for the Envato Marketplaces but for our entire network of sites. On the site you’ll find heaps of different stuff including:

  • News about all Envato Sites
  • Interviews of authors and people from the community
  • Case studies about Envato Authors
  • Competitions
  • Announcements about New Features and Categories
  • News from the Envato Dev teams
  • How-To articles for our sites
  • Staff Interviews from the Envato team
  • Polls, Discussions, Contests, Features, Photos, Plugs, Freebies, Reports, Tips, Giveaways, Guest Posts, … you name it, we’re going to have it!

So be sure to head over and check it out now at Notes.Envato.com!

Audiotuts+ Roundup

Last Week on Audiotuts+

Audiotuts+ is our sister site, and part of Envato’s Tuts+ family designed to power up your skill set. It is a blog for musicians, producers and audio junkies.

The site is interesting and informative, and always worth a visit.

Want more? Join the Plus program where you can access source files and bonus tutorials.

Here is a roundup of this week’s tutorials and articles. (more…)

Author Salute: Palmtreep

Author Salute
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author Palmtreep, who had 27 sales in November.

Exclusive Author Author was Featured Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars Bought between 10 and 49 items United States

Palmtreep is based in Missouri, USA, and has been an exclusive AudioJungle author since August 2008. He has uploaded 19 items, and made 120 sales, and has achieved a rating of 12345.

Palmtreep’s avatar contains the words, “Music for Film”. These words sum up his very dramatic and cinematic portfolio.

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Audiotuts+ Roundup

Last Week on Audiotuts+

Audiotuts+ is our sister site, and part of Envato’s Tuts+ family designed to power up your skill set. It is a blog for musicians, producers and audio junkies.

The site is interesting and informative, and always worth a visit.

Want more? Join the Plus program where you can access source files and bonus tutorials.

Here is a roundup of this week’s tutorials and articles. (more…)

CodeCanyon, 3DOcean and Jason – 3 New Members of the Family!

There’s nothing better than a big family and today the Envato family just got a whole lot bigger. We’re welcoming in two new marketplaces and a brand new Marketplace Manager to take over from Cyan! Read on to learn more!

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Author Salute: TheBusyBrain

Author Salute
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author TheBusyBrain, who had 27 sales in November.

Exclusive Author Referred at least one person Sold between 100 and 1 000 dollars Bought between 10 and 49 items United States

TheBusyBrain is based in Florida, USA, and has been an exclusive AudioJungle author since November 2008. He has uploaded 97 items, and made 69 sales, and has achieved a rating of 12345.

TheBusyBrain is into sounds, and lots of them – swooshes and whooshes, interface sounds, and industrial sounds. Most are quite short samples, but some of the ambient tracks are much longer.

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Holiday Giveaways, Freebies and More!

It’s hard to believe it’s almost a new decade, and with 2010 just around the corner it’s time to get celebrating the holiday season. There’s plenty happening around the Envato network of sites, read on to find out about it all!

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Audiotuts+ Roundup

Last Week on Audiotuts+

Audiotuts+ is our sister site, and part of Envato’s Tuts+ family designed to power up your skill set. It is a blog for musicians, producers and audio junkies.

The site is interesting and informative, and always worth a visit.

Want more? Join the Plus program where you can access source files and bonus tutorials.

Here is a roundup of this week’s tutorials and articles. (more…)

Discover Music with Garage Band

Discover Garage Band

Apple’s Garage Band is a great way to get into music, whether it’s learning a musical instrument or starting to produce your own music. It’s part of the iLife suite, which is inexpensive at $79, and also includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and iWeb. It includes music lessons and a reasonable DAW complete with plug-ins, loops and instruments.

I’ve just started teaching my 15-year-old daughter to play piano using the lessons in Garage Band, and so far I’m very impressed. The first lesson teaches a basic chord progression, and having to play the chords along with the computer teaches good timing. So far it’s a winner. (more…)

Author Salute: Soundroll

Author Salute
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author Soundroll, who was by far the biggest seller in November with a huge 220 sales.

Item was Featured Author was Featured Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars Bought between 1 and 9 items

Soundroll (Dmitry) has been an AudioJungle author since July 2008, has uploaded 161 items, and made 2,038 sales. He has achieved a rating of 12345, and has 67 followers.

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