Basic Configuration

Basic Configuration

This page covers the current BLU setup flow after installation.

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Open BLU

Use:

/blu

This opens the main BLU options panel.

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General Tab

The General tab controls the main addon behavior:

• enable or disable BLU
• show or hide the login welcome message
• mute BLU in instances
• mute BLU in combat
• choose the playback sound channel
• adjust the selected channel volume

If you are setting BLU up for the first time, start here.

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Event Tabs

BLU splits sound selection by event category. Depending on the tab, you can choose sounds for:

• Level Up
• Achievement
• Quest
• Reputation
• Battle Pets
• Honor
• Renown
• Trading Post
• Delve
• Housing

Each event tab lets you:

• pick a sound from BLU's built-in library
• use detected third-party pack sounds
• use your own custom sounds
• preview the selected sound

For BLU-native sounds, the event tabs also support:

• Low
• Medium
• High

volume variants.

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Sounds Tab

The Sounds tab gives you two main views:

1. Installed Sound Packs

   • BLU built-in default sounds
   • BLU built-in game packs
   • user custom sounds
   • supported third-party packs detected from other addons

2. User Custom Sounds

   • add a custom sound
   • review the sounds loaded into your current profile
   • remove sounds you no longer want

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Profiles Tab

The Profiles tab lets you:

• create a new profile
• rename a profile
• reset a profile
• copy the active profile
• apply presets to the active profile

Profiles store your:

• selected sounds
• volume choices
• module toggles
• general behavior settings

For more detail, see Customizing Sound Profiles.

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Slash Commands

Common commands:

/blu
/blu help
/blu debug
/blu status
/blu enable
/blu disable
/blu refresh
/blu rescan
/blu addcustom myfile
/blu removecustom path

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Recommended First-Time Setup

1. Open /blu
2. In General, choose your playback channel
3. In Level Up, choose your main level-up sound
4. In Achievement and Quest, pick your most-used progression sounds
5. Open Sounds if you want to add custom files
6. Open Profiles if you want a separate setup for another character or playstyle