Author Salute: AudioQuattro

Author Salute
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author AudioQuattro, who made 34 sales in October.

Item was Featured Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars

AudioQuattro is based in the Berlin, Germany, and has only been an AudioJungle author for a year.  In that short time they have uploaded 30 items, and made 193 sales, achieving a rating of 12345.

There’s a lot of variety in AudioQuattro’s profile, including some great chill, hip-hop and D&B tracks. (more…)

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Featured Author of the Week: Symphony-of-Specters

They say that “two hands are better than one” and that’s certainly true for the Symphony-of-Specters, a team of musicians and composers who create and upload quite extraordinary music to AudioJungle. With a growing library of over 100 items, Symphony-of-Specters are particularly adept at creating epic cinematic masterpieces and heavy rock anthems. Be sure to check out their full audio portfolio, but here are three exceptional tracks to give you an idea of how great their audio is:

Here are some highlights from Symphony-of-Specters’ portfolio:

The Fantastic Spirit!:

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Spirited Advantage:

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Metal Pack:

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21 Fruitful FL Studio Tutorials

FL Studio is a DAW with a pattern-based philosophy and a unique workflow. It started life as a MIDI drum editor in 1998, and has gained features over the years until it has become a great alternative DAW.

CNET Staff comment: “FL Studio offers a tremendous value for what you get. Comparable products cost nearly twice as much. FL Studio’s quirky sound generators and interoperability make it a great addition to any studio. Be warned, though: several versions of FL Studio are available, so more features are included as the price goes up.” (more…)

Showcase: Real World Uses of Royalty-Free Music from AudioJungle

Continuing our series of real-life uses of royalty-free music from AudioJungle, here are some projects using the outstanding audio of AudioJungle author Emmett Cooke who you might better know as musicformedia:

Need For Cheese

The first project is an iPhone game called Need For Cheese that uses the track Wacky Adventure in both the game preview and the actual game:

Canadian Stem Cell Foundation

Another track from musicformedia’s portfolio was used on the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation Web site. The track is called Constant Motion and can be accessed on the Stem Cell Foundation Web site by skipping the intro and clicking “Sign Charter” in the navigation menu:

Daloy

Emmet has also had his music featured in a few films. An example of which is , Daloy, a short Philipino movie by Ronnie Sapinoso. Emmet’s track was used in the intro to this movie. The track is titled Desire – Piano Duet:

Children’s Cove

Finally, the track Calm was used in a documentary by Carolyn O Neill for Children’s Cove.

Thank you to musicformedia for sharing these projects with us and for the customers who purchased the audio from AudioJungle.

Have you used AudioJungle audio on a project? Or if you’re an author, has your work been used somewhere? If so, let us know and we’ll try to feature it on our blog!

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 Interview: Migueljl

This week in our series of interviews of AudioJungle authors, we meet…

Migueljl (Miguel Jiménez López)

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do for a living?

I was born in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1978, and my father started to teach me guitar at the age of seven. Now that I have finished my study of Audio Engineering in the SAE Institute (Madrid), I work in Madrid as a musician on different projects (jazz, flamenco, funk and bossa nova). I also work as an audio engineer in live concerts, and in one studio recording bands. Sometimes like to freelance.

Migueljl2. How long have you been composing music and what got you started producing?

I have been composing for about ten years for bands I perform in, and also for few publicity companies.

3. Do you play any instruments? Do you have any formal music training?

I play classical and electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, didgeridoo, bongo, flamenco cajon, traverse flute, tamtam, and pandeiro (a Brazilian percussion instrument). (more…)

Quick Tip #1 – Spicing Up Your Track in FL Studio 9

Don’t you just hate when you create a new track but it doesn’t have that wow factor that others have? Well think again.

If you are a FL Studio 9 user, this tip will help you a lot. Even if you’re not an FL Studio user, you can still make use of these techniques in your own software and create music that will blow peoples minds.

The techniques used in this Quick Tip work for both hip hop and dance genres. (more…)

Author Salute: AdamCaptured

Author Salute
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author AdamCaptured, who made 35 sales in October.

Exclusive Author Item was Featured Sold between 100 and 1 000 dollars United States

AdamCaptured is based in the United States, and has only been an AudioJungle author since July 2009. A lot of our salutes these days seem to be going to recent arrivals – great work! In that short time he has uploaded 30 items, and made 60 sales, achieving a rating of 12345.

Adam’s profile contains excellent tracks from a variety of genres, including rock, punk, hip hop, tech, ambient and cinematic. (more…)

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