this can get annoying.

explode.el

;; i'm using it in
;; "GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 Version 10.9.5 (Build 13F1134)) of 2015-12-09"

;; explode.wav is at
;; https://web.archive.org/web/20051029193334/http://www.arcanewolf.com/wizard/sounds/explode.wav

;; ring-bell-function described at https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AlarmBell

(setq ring-bell-function
      (lambda ()
        (if (memq this-command '(isearch-abort abort-recursive-edit exit-minibuffer keyboard-quit))
            (call-process "afplay" nil 0 nil "/Users/fn/tmp/explode.wav")
          (ding))))