SNDPatch is a cdev that allows you to assign "snd " resources contained in the System File to certain events (Startup, Shutdown, Disk Insert, Disk Eject, and File Delete). It has a very nice interface, and also has a built-in "snd " moving capability.
Full instructions for this cdev can be found within it.
To use SNDPatch, drag the SNDPatch cdev (the icon is shown below)
into your System Folder and reboot your Mac. The default setting is that no sounds are played for events. To specify the sounds you want for each event, open the SNDPatch cdev through the Control Panel DA. Clicking on the SNDPatch icon in the scrolling list will bring up the following Control Panel:
Beside each System event type is a popup menu. Clicking on any of these menus will bring up a list of the "snd "'s stored in the System File. Any of these sounds can be selected to play for that System event. When you have selected the sounds you want played for each event, click the "Save Changes" button to ensure that they are recorded. If this is the first time this has been done, SNDPatch will create a file in your System Folder called "SNDPatch Settings" (see below).
If you want to play sounds other than those in currently in your System File, you can add them using Sound Mover. Clicking the "Sound Mover" button will launch that application (it's buried inside the cdev, but does not get loaded into RAM on startup), and allow you to copy "snd "s between any two files.
An "snd " is a file resource that contains a digitized sound file. Examples are the four beep sounds built into the standard System file (these are Clink-Klank, Boing, Monkey, and Simple Beep).
