SharedMedia_Tones
Every World of Warcraft player knows the drill. You set up a WeakAura, a BigWigs timer, or a Details tracker, and you stare at the dropdown list of stock sounds. They all blur together after a while, and none of them feel quite right for the moment they are meant to catch. SharedMedia_Tones is a small addon that fixes that problem quietly and efficiently. It registers 42 curated notification tones with LibSharedMedia-3.0, so every addon that reads SharedMedia sounds suddenly offers a richer, more expressive palette to choose from.
What Does SharedMedia_Tones Actually Do?
In simple terms, SharedMedia_Tones acts as a sound library for your other addons. WeakAuras, BigWigs, Details, TellMeWhen, and countless others rely on the SharedMedia framework to populate their sound dropdowns. By default, those dropdowns contain a handful of standard WoW sounds that everyone has heard a thousand times. This addon injects 42 crafted tones into that system, giving you dramatically more choice without touching a single setting.
Genuinely Standalone
You need nothing else to make it work. LibStub, CallbackHandler-1.0, and LibSharedMedia-3.0 are all bundled with the addon. There are no external dependencies, no libraries to hunt down, and no configuration required. Install it, and the tones simply appear in every sound dropdown that reads SharedMedia.
The Ton3 Collections, Grouped and Colour-Coded
One of the cleverest parts of SharedMedia_Tones is how the sounds are organised. Rather than dumping 42 names into a flat list, the addon groups its tones into three sets and colour-codes them in the dropdown. That means you can find the sound you want at a glance, even among the default entries.
- Organic (16 tones, mint green) — struck and resonant sounds drawn from wood, glass, metal, and gamelan. Expect musical, natural tones like Hammered, Gamelan Minimalist, Woodblock, Notified, Fragile, Metallic, and Struck With Grace.
- Classic (26 tones, hot pink) — polished synthetic notification sounds. This is the home of Affirmed, Alert, Bell, Chip, Chord, Clear, Confirmed, Done, Finale, Friendly Reminder, Gentle Reminder, and Remember The Milk, among others.
- Memes (5 tones, lime green) — short sound clips rather than tuned tones, including Alert, Huh, Mistakes, Potion, and the beloved WC2 Bloodlust.
It is a thoughtful layout, and it only takes one raiding night to realise how much a distinctive proc warning or a clear boss-alert sound improves your awareness.
Sound Design That Respects Your Ears
Every tone in SharedMedia_Tones is mixed and mastered to be noticeable without being annoying. The sounds are brief and attention-grabbing, but they sit naturally in the mix rather than sticking out or sounding harsh across long play sessions. That matters a great deal when you are raiding for several hours, because repeated harsh alerts become background noise, while a well-cut tone keeps its clarity all night.
If you want to get going instantly, one-click installs via the foxygame.net launcher make adding SharedMedia_Tones effortless, with version compatibility and update checks handled for you alongside your other addons.
How to Install SharedMedia_Tones
Installation could not be simpler, and there are two easy routes. For the traditional path, download SharedMedia_Tones from your favourite addon source, unzip it, and drop the folder into your World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns directory (or the Classic equivalent). Relaunch the game, and the tones are ready. If a separate folder is present, remove any old version first to keep things clean.
Using the foxygame.net Launcher
The second route suits most players far better. The foxygame.net launcher keeps a curated addon catalogue, so you can search for SharedMedia_Tones, install it in a single click, and let the launcher handle automatic updates whenever a new build ships. That frees you from manually tracking downloads and folder structures, which players going through setup fresh will appreciate. Either way, the end result is the same: a richer set of sounds across every SharedMedia-compatible addon.
Compatibility Across World of Warcraft Versions
A common concern with any addon is whether it works with the version you actually play. SharedMedia_Tones for World of Warcraft is built on the stable SharedMedia framework, which means it functions across Retail, Classic, WotLK, TBC, Cataclysm, and the MoP era of the game. Whether you are raiding in the modern expansions or levelling through a Classic server, the tones mount cleanly through LibSharedMedia-3.0, so nearly any addon that offers sound options can pick them up.
For players who jump between versions, checking the version tag on the addon page before downloading is worth one minute of effort, since the folder must match the game client you are running.
A One-Minute Upgrade to Your Sound Setup
World of Warcraft is a game built on information, and SharedMedia_Tones makes the aural half of that information clearer and more pleasant. There is nothing to configure, nothing to break, and nothing to maintain. You simply install it, watch the new tone names appear in your favourite addons’ sound dropdowns, and enjoy an interface that finally sounds the way you want it to.
Hop back into the dropdowns of WeakAuras, BigWigs, or Details and pick a tone from the mint green or hot pink sections. The quality of a good alert sound makes all the difference in the middle of a packed encounter, and this addon delivers that quality in a single, tidy package.