More complete control over sounds?

[mstevens]

I hate listening to sounds pop out of my phone unexpectedly, unless it's one I've set up. For example, if I have to reboot a frozen device during a meeting, I don't want to listen to the bootup sound. I don't want to hear any sounds from any games ever. I don't like the little "boop" sounds when I install a java program. You get the idea. On the other hand, I *do* want to hear my phone ringing, get notifications of emails & text messages, and hear alarms/reminders that I've set.

I'm having trouble finding a way to enable the sounds I want and only those sounds. The Sound and Notifications options under Settings don't really do this. At least they don't the way I've set them up (with Programs on because that's required to get Notifications and everything else unchecked).

At this point, I'm not willing to spend money to shut my Mogul up. What free utilities have people found to get increased control over their sound settings?