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title: "Active Console - How do I set up notifications with a custom sound alert and how do I setup a specific sound for a user or a user list?"
description: "Setting up notifications with a custom sound alert in Geneos Active Console is done through the Notifier Manager. Users can select specific audio files for alerts and configure different sounds per user or user list within the workspace settings."
url: "https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/faq/geneos/115004021165-geneos-active-console-how-do-i-set-up-notifications-with-a-custom-sound-alert-and-how-do-i-setup-a-specific-sound-for-a-user-or-a-user-list/index.html"
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This can be done in the Notifier Manager in the Active Console work space.

1. In the Active Console, go to the Tools Menu -> Notifier Manager or by clicking the Notifier icon Geneos - Active Console - How do I set up notifications with a custom sound alert and how do I setup a specific sound for a user or a user list? in the toolbar.  ![Screenshot](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/115004021165-inline-1-mceclip0.png)

2. In the Notifier Manager popup window, under General Settings -> Alert Sound, choose "Custom."  ![Screenshot](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/115004021165-inline-2-mceclip1.png)

3. Then it will prompt for an audio file and you simply have to choose which audio file you wish to use. Click OK.  (NOTE: Supported audio files: AIFF, AU and WAV. It also supports the following MIDI based song file formats: SMF type 0 (Standard MIDI File, aka .mid files), SMF type 1 and RMF.)  ![Screenshot](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/115004021165-inline-3-mceclip3.png)

4. Ensure that Notifications is "Always Enabled" or Enabled when minimised" then click on Apply.  ![Screenshot](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/115004021165-inline-4-mceclip2.png)

5. If each user wants a different sound they can either be configured per work space, or all added to some communal work space and disabled by default, then turned on per user during run time.