Never mind, I figured it out. I just took the sounds I recorded with Spin Doctor and dropped them into the User/Library/Sounds folder and they work fine as system alert sounds. jg > The subject says it. I have been trying to figure this one out. The Sound > Preference Panel doesn't seem to have a "New" button for recording a sound > like in good old OS 9 days. I can record using Spin Doctor which makes sound > files, but how do you get the System to use them? > > jg