Want this pack to become even better? Check the end of this page for how you can help me!

Overview

Sonomagy is a resource pack for Thaumcraft 4, 5 and 6 that overhauls its sounds—rather than replacing sounds entirely, instead it seamlessly improves their quality while keeping the sound effects otherwise identical. Check the video above for examples of this, you’ll never hear the sounds the same way again afterwards!

To use, simply add it your Thaumcraft modpack and activate it in the resource pack screen; your preferred version of Thaumcraft will become crystal clear.

Details

Thaumcraft has always had well selected sound effects, but the actual quality of the audio tends to be rather poor, with low sample rates, garbling and compression artifacts.

However, by going through the agonisingly tedious process of sound effect hunting on suspect websites, I’ve found the original high-quality versions of these sound effects, which I’ve specially mixed to match Thaumcraft as best as possible. No longer will stunning arcane events sound like they’re coming down a telephone line, now the magic will sound truly magical!

Reviews

“I didn't know I wanted this till u showed me” – EpicSquid, Calamari Scented Mystic Mods Dev.

“:0 it's really good, it's really good to see others people than codder [sic] working on mods , it's really imserive [sic] and more clean [sic], i really like it” – Wind_Blade, Thaumcraft Addon Dev.

“I love it” – Voxel_Friend, Rustic Thaumaturgy Dev and volumetric associate to no-one in particular.

"I always appreciate listening to some good jar sounds while jumping all over them" – TheCodex6824, Thaumic Augmentation Dev, Pixel Art Connoisseur and Telepathic Idea Thief.

"you never really notice the compression until you hear it clean ~~and now i can't go back~~" – Kat, aka 5B, who is most certainly not a type of pencil.

"sonomagy seems cool" – CursedFlames, whose invigorating prose can inspire downtrodden armies to fight, whose literary genius can bring bedridden victims of illness back to full health, and whose incredible way with the English language can help me get more people to download Sonomagy.

"I didn't notice any significant difference, that's a no from me." – LordFokas, casting his vote on whether to add Sonomagy to a modpack. He is not a real Lord, however, and thus he was not able to lobby the modpack creators into making sure it was not added.

“They sound great! […] but […] Not everyone may want to the extra size & memory they will use. Thanks for the effort though” – Azanor, Thaumcraft Creator. And they aren’t that large…

How You (Yes, YOU!) Can Help Me (Myes, ME!)

Have you used this pack before and wondered why some sounds in the mod are still low-quality? Well, that’s because I’ve only been able to find 87.8504672897196% of the sound sources for Thaumcraft—certain audio clips (such as Crimson Cult priests chanting or crystal rattling) are still a mystery to me.

Do you want these sounds to be improved? Help me find them! Linked below is a spreadsheet detailing my search so far, including details on the sounds I haven’t figured out yet. If you can pinpoint where a sound is taken from (be that an old sound library or another game), then I may be able to improve it in future (feel free to comment on this page if you know anything)!

Classic Minecraft Mod Sound Sources Spreadsheet

Otherwise, thank you to everyone who has downloaded and enjoyed this pack. Despite it being a seemingly straightforward sound effects overhaul, it’s been quite the journey for me digging into this crazy niche little thing.

(Pack icon is "Music spell icon" by Lorc, licensed under CC BY 3.0 from game-icons.net.)