World of WarCrafts: Sounds like a whole new Stratholme

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World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself by contacting our tips line (attention: World of WarCrafts) — not-for-profit work only, please. In this week’s World of WarCrafts, the “dark and haunting tale” of Stratholme comes alive with a custom audio build from Ashram of Darksorrow-EU . Ashram paid a visit to the burning city, capturing it on video and then setting it to all-new audio – from spell effects to NPC voicing to birds cawing in the background, all set against an atmospheric soundtrack that injects an eerie edge of desperation to an instance that’s become old hat. Ashram brings a good bit of recording and audio experience to the project, having spent several years singing in a band and recording most of their material. “This is the first time I’ve ever attempted something like this with a full rebuild of a game’s audio,” he admitted. “This project was much more complex than anything I’d ever attempted before.” We visited with Ashram (thanks for the tip, Foulbourne!) to learn how he brought dread and despair back to old Stratholme. Continue reading World of WarCrafts: Sounds like a whole new Stratholme Filed under: Machinima , Fan stuff , Features , Interviews , World of WarCrafts World of WarCrafts: Sounds like a whole new Stratholme originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink