I get a lot of questions on how to create A sound for Maelstrom Weapon Stacks. In my opinion it is a nice helper in norder to not have to watch buffbars all the time and get full focus on the encounter.
At first I chose a fast mp3 sound that I will definitely not ever hear ingame and it will thus be easy to differ from other sounds. I created a folder named „Audio“ inside the „InterfaceAddons“ Folder. For example on my pc the full path is: „C:GamesWorld of WarcraftInterfaceAddOnsAudio“ and the file name „laser.mp3“
There are lots of files to choose, but I think Soundbible.com has a suitable Laser or Laser Blaster sound.
It is quite easy to add a sound like that to SCT – Scrolling Combat Text – by creating a custom Event. Just open the options menu, select SCT Custom Event, create „New Event“.
In the next Window enter the Values below:
- Name: Maelstrom Gain
- Event Type: Aura Gains
- Display: *1
- Target: Player
- Search: Maelstrom Weapon
- Wave Sound: InterfaceAddOnsAudiolaser.mp3
the location is relative to your WoW Folder - Aura Count: 5
- Make Critical
and then „Save Event“
This is all, your sound should now be working, have fun! An example YouTube Video is here: