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by Dawn Moore 
Sep 12th 2011 at 1:00PM
So far, the new feature offers a convenient embed of the iTunes storefront to make it easier to find, preview, and buy songs (or full albums) from World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo. Additionally, the section offers history, credits, and photos for those interested in reading about the creation of the music. Albums for newer games are especially detailed, with forwards from some of the composers and notes for individual songs. Currently, there are 10 albums in total and one single from Diablo 3.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find out if that track from that Night Elf island in the Ghostlands is available. Best music in the game, I tell you!
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Marius W. Sep 13th 2011 2:00AM
Dude, whatever works for you.
Im happy just extracting the songs I like and leaving it at that.
Im sorry you spent all the emotion and time writing that. I didn't read it as I pretty much got your point first sentence.
Im not all that into video game music. Its great in game. Totally love it there. I dont know why I have to pay to hear it out of game. If I do, I would "stitch" it together, but then again im a musician and do audio production so its a bit different for me. I can make it blend flawlessly between one track into another and also do it using freeware that is out there.
Cheers!!
Drakkenfyre Sep 13th 2011 2:40AM
"Emotion"
No, it's called logic.
"I didn't read it as I pretty much got your point first sentence."
In other words, you are ignoring my point because you think your "they're being greedy" idea is right, and you cannot be wrong at all.
And if you really are musician and work in audio production, you would understand that no amount of working in an audio program will take those 128Kbps tracks and boost them back up to 1411Kbps.
How does this grab you? People have asked for years for downloadable versions of those soundtracks. They delivered.
But if you want to keep riding the "they're greedy" thought all you like, go ahead. Taking music and fading them in and out in Audacity isn't going to recreate the musical transistions in some tracks.
"Blend flawlessly" isn't simply placing one track to fade out and the other to fade in. I doubt you will read this far but let me explain. The tracks STOP. You know when you enter SW? That little musical piece? It's it's own piece. And there's about three different versions of it.
So blending the music together would get you three crescendos in a row, with absolutely no musical styling other than "here's three pieces put together." And making them fade in and out before the end would just sound stupid. And blending the entire zones worth of tracks, no matter how you do it, is going to create an uneven, mixed-up track.