Replacing System Sounds

To all those far smarter than I--
I'm looking to modify the way my Mac sounds, specifically the system sounds it utilizes. I've browsed to where I believe the system sounds are stored (\System\Library\Sounds\), and have noted the list of ".AIFF" files there. I've attempted to add my own files (".WAV" files), but when using the Sounds Preference pane my own files don't show up on the list. I assume I could simply replace the current default ".AIFF" files with identically named ".AIFF" files of my own creation, but I'd rather keep the old sounds in place and compliment the collection with my own sounds (though as I type the words I realize that's something of a paradox). So what I suppose I'm asking is the following--
1. Am I even in the right folder?
2. Will Panther simply never recognize any files outside of the default files? Or will it simply never recognize my ".WAV" files?
3. Or is there a better way altogether to achieve the means that I'm shooting for?
I thank you for your time and troubles!
Brian Jones

Brian--
Am I even in the right folder?
"/System/Library/Sounds" is the right folder for you if you want your sounds to be available to every user on the computer. Otherwise, you can also put them in the "Sounds" folder in your user's Library in your own Home folder.
Will Panther simply never recognize any files outside of the default files? Or will it simply never recognize my ".WAV" files?
It will definitely recognize other AIFF files, so it's probably not going to recognize WAV files. Try downloading a sound converter of some kind and change the WAVs to AIFFs. One of these apps should do the trick.
You can name them pretty much anything you want, just make sure they have ".aiff" as the file extension.
best,
charlie

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