To use the AllYourBase plugin:
- Download the zip file from http://www.msgplus.net/pluginsdb/down/?action=file&id=75
- On Windows XP: open it and extract it;
On other Windows versions: extract it with a program such as WinZip - Run the file AllYourBase.exe (open it) after you extracted it
- Exit and reopen Messenger
- In a conversation window, use the command /xaybversion or /xaybsound
This should work

Note that both you and your contact need to have the plugin installed to be able to hear the sounds.