by Teemu on July 17, 2013 at 7:41 pm
Hello everyone! We know it’s been a while since our last update, but now is as good as time as ever! We have lots of incredible things going on with Audiodraft and are super excited to fill you in! We’ve Raised! We are very happy to announce that we’ve raised venture capital from some formidable US companies including 500 Startups and Promus Ventures. We are now ramping up the Audiodraft service in the US market and getting more resources for our international growth. Also, our advisor board is gaining some muscle from top tier advisors including Sean McCullough, Yee Lee, […] Read more »
by Arto on November 15, 2012 at 5:28 pm
We just published our first update from many to come for Audiodraft Music Library. It now allows two new uses – 1) you can request customization for the tracks easily directly from the composer and 2) you are able to bid for the price for a specific license. Both of these are explained in detail below. Get production music customized to your needs All the content on Audiodraft Music Library is produced by our network of over 15,000 music composers. We are proud to present a new feature which allows you to request changes to our production music tracks directly […] Read more »
by Aleksi on May 14, 2012 at 11:12 am
This tutorial contains detailed information for everyone who is interested in participating in Audiodraft sound design contests. NOTE! Before submitting your first entry you must be registered to Audiodraft with verified email address and your contact information has to filled on your “Settings” page as well. You’re able upload entries right after these procedures are finished. 1. Design your entry Read the design brief carefully first and study all reference videos and files (if available) related to the contest. You can find all information about the contest (instructions, links, videos, downloadable content) by clicking the “Brief” tab on the contest […] Read more »
by Aleksi on April 25, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Audiodraft has launched a new featured called Marketplace! Marketplace is an online store of exclusive music! All the tracks are produced by the talented worldwide Audiodraft sound designer community and handpicked by music professionals to ensure the great quality. Marketplace is offering only exclusive licenses so a single tune can be sold only once. Marketplace is a solution when you need high quality audio immediately but you do not want to risk others using the same audio somewhere else. All tracks on Marketplace are: Immediately available – Listen and buy Exclusive – All the tracks on Audiodraft Marketplace are sold […] Read more »
by Aleksi on April 25, 2012 at 11:58 am
New layout on Audiodraft site! We’re proud to tell you that Audiodraft.com has gone through a heavy facelift! Audiodraft’s new layout is designed by a creative agency Kokoro & Moi. Besides the new look there are many updates like lists of top sound designers and the “Wall of Fame”, which includes the winners from contests of Audiodraft’s history. Welcome to see the results!
by Aleksi on April 11, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Harri Granholm, Creative Director & Co-Founder of game company Grand Cru, tells us about their experiences AudioDraft contest. Grand Cru’s A superhero MMO game needs a catchy title theme sound design contest collected almost 250 entries and finally the company decided to award three additional winners. Hi Harri! The Supernauts will be Grand Cru’s first game. Can you first tell us a little bit about the history of Grand Cru and The Supernauts? Well, The Cru is a strike force of old Finnish mobile game veterans from Mr.Goodliving combined with virtual world development experience from Sulake with some fresh blood […] Read more »
by Aleksi on April 5, 2012 at 1:20 pm
As you’ve probably already noticed, AudioDraft has been testing a video player feature which is making your audio acquisition even easier! AudioDraft video synchronization is a solution when you want the audio to be a perfect match for your video clip. Using the video player is easy from a contest holder’s point of view: Just set up a contest on AudioDraft, upload your video clip to our service, launch the contest and evaluate all tracks in the contest automatically synchronized with your video. See an example how the video player works from a custom contest by Pro Sound Effects. (Video […] Read more »
by Aleksi on March 29, 2012 at 1:12 pm
This tutorial contains detailed information for everyone who is interested about arranging and managing contests on AudioDraft. AudioDraft’s contest managing process can be separated to three smaller steps: Listen and give feedback -> Modify the brief if necessary -> Pick the winner and receive the files Step 1: Listen and give feedback After you have launched your AudioDraft contest the sound designers will start working on their music to match your design brief. It can take a while before you get first entries to your contest, so be patient. It’s important to be active and guide the sound designers with […] Read more »
by Aleksi on March 13, 2012 at 9:50 am
As you might have noticed, we have updated user AudioDraft’s profile pages couple of weeks ago. The new profile page widens sound designers’ ways to express themselves on AudioDraft. By updating your profile you can get more attention as AudioDraft user and it also describes what kind of artist can be found behind the music. The whole user page is now “WYSIWYG” (what you see is what you get), so you can see easily how other users are seeing your page. A new user page in a nutshell: – Uploading of user pics is now easier than before, because we […] Read more »
by Aleksi on February 27, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Hi Sotiroff! You’ve been active sound designer on AudioDraft since last September. How did you find AudioDraft? I read about AudioDraft’s Nokia Tune Remake contest from a newspaper, but unfortunately I missed that contest! Would you describe your musical background a little bit? When did you start producing your own music? What is your main instrument? I started producing music about 3 years ago in a production music studio in Sofia city (Bulgaria). My first instrument was guitar, but after few months I stopped and started to play the piano – I was 5 years old little boy. I’ve studied […] Read more »
