New Feature: Sell Your Source Files, Make More Money
We’ve introduced a new feature at AudioJungle: you can now sell your source files and make even more money as a stock author.
Buyers want the ability to modify the content they purchase to suit their purposes; they like your track, but perhaps it would suit their presentation more if one of the instruments was swapped out for another (assuming you’ve used MIDI), or the reverbs were backed off a bit. Perhaps they don’t want to purchase full songs, but starter project files that enable them to dabble in a particular genre or style of music.
The great news for authors is that selling the ability to edit your audio commands a higher price (within the realm that is fair to both parties), and according to our experience with other Envato marketplaces, buyers are happy to pay the extra should they need that ability. Here’s a way for you to really increase your dollars earned per sale — the highest pricing cap for source files is double the cap put on the largest music packs.
If you don’t mind letting your buyers edit your work and you want to make up to ten times the revenue per sale you were making before, give this a try.
Which workstations do you support?
Since we hand-review each and every submission to AudioJungle, we’ve selected a list of digital audio workstations and sequencers that our competent reviewer team can scrutinize effectively. If you use any of the following applications, you can submit your source files:
- Logic Pro
- FL Studio
- Cubase
- Reason
- Pro Tools
If there’s heavy demand for other applications over the next few months, you may see support for a broader range of applications.
What are you waiting for?
Check out the Source Files category page here. Read the upload instructions here. Upload your source files here. Simple, fast and easy.
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Nice idea, if Ableton live ever gets on that list Ill be doing this.
I would appreciate greatly if you also would consider supporting Reaper files as an option. In my opinion, Reaper is unmatched as far as audio engineering environments go…and I have used every major DAW in existence.
This is going to be intresting!
Nice idea!
For tracks to be any use to people, won’t we need to include an audio rendition of every single track in the project for the source files?
For example, I use VSTs for almost all my sounds – if somebody wanted to buy my track and change the piano sound or reverb one instrument, and I just gave them my project file, they are going to have to substitute all the other instruments too, as they won’t have my VSTs. Surely the source file is only going to be useful to people if they get an audio (and midi version if available) of every track?
It’s a really good idea, but I think AJ needs to set some universal standard so buyers know exactly what they’re getting in their source files.
I agree w/ Tom on this… There are way too many variables for error in purchasing the source files. I’m not sure how many composers write [and structure their files] in such a way as to allow someone else to easily edit an arrangement.
The other problem that I have with this is the fact that these are proprietary source files that we’re talking about here. I know that [speaking for myself only], this is the LAST thing I would ever want to do. I know that you guys are leaving this decision up to the composer, but typically source files are NOT just sold to anyone. Maybe to inexperienced composers the extra $$$ might sound enticing, but what about those of us who have spent years learning what we know? In no way am I interested in giving that knowledge and experience away to just anyone, no matter what the price.
yep – I use reaper, ableton live and audiomulch. Of those Ableton would be my top priority to support. I actually think that supporting audiomulch would be incrdibly useful, but it is a bit of an obscure sound design tool….