Playing Sound Effects with System events

I remember that years ago, it was possible to play sound effects with system events (start up, shutdown, insert/eject disks etc.) and am wondering if it's possible to do the same under Tiger and, if so, how.
Thanks & regards,
Cliff
Brighton, UK

9 had a slew of sound effects. OS X is not so forth coming but in one of the System Preferences, maybe Accounts or General (I'm at work on a PC and can't check) there is an option to turn on what few sounds are offered.

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