Putting extra sounds in the sound effects panel

Hi,
I just talked my older brother into buying a Mac. He has not owned a Mac in many years and he asked me an odd question. He says that he used to be able to add custom sound effects for alerts. For example he wants to be able to select his custom sound within the Apple Menu/System Preferences/ Sounds/ Sound Effects and select sounds that he moves into this folder.
Is this possible? Where are these sounds stored? Is there a certain type of format (.aiff/.wav/.mp3) that is recommended?

The sound should be an aiff.
If you want your custom sound to be available to all users, add it to /System/Library/Sounds (you'll need admin privileges). If you just want it for yourself, put it in ~/Library/Sounds.
ddr

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