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Cataclysmic
Game: 07 Dec 2010
By: MichaelJohnson

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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

Mike Johnson made extensive use of Kyma in his sound design work for Blizzard Entertainment's latest World of WarCraft expansion, Cataclysm as well as on another release earlier this year: Starcraft II. For Cataclysm, Johnson used Kyma to create hybrid vocalizations for several of the new creatures that now populate the world of Azeroth. Creatures with names such as Rock Demon, Fire Dragon, Slime Creature, Rock Worm, Stone Golem and Wood Creature were created by taking various human and animal vocalizations and warping them with fire, rock, and other elemental forces to visceral, terrifyingly effect. According to Johnson, "I couldn't have done it without my Kyma system."

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