Editing a song to use as an alarm

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Editing a song to use as an alarm

I would like to use a specific portion of a song as an alarm (rather than the alarm starting at the beginning of the song) How do I do this? (I remember doing this for a ringtone in the past, but don't remember how)

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iPhone 5, iOS 8

Posted on Oct 13, 2014 7:24 PM

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Ocean20

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Oct 13, 2014 7:26 PM in response to sal252

Use a free ringtone maker app to turn the song you want into a ringtone and then use that ringtone as the alarm sound. Open the Alarm app tap edit then for the chosen alarm choose the sound you want

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Oct 13, 2014 7:51 PM in response to sal252

Actually, iTunes can do that for you. It's very easy.

Step 1. Run iTunes on your computer.

Step 2. In the playlist, find the song you want to make a ringtone. Listen to the songs and choose 30s-length or less part to make the ringtone.

Step 3. Right click or control click the song. In the drop-down menu, choose Get Info. This brings up a small window. Click the Options tab, enter the start time and stop time for the ringtone and tick them. Then, click OK

Step 4. Go back to right click or control click the same song. In the drop down menu, click Create AAC Version. Then, the DIY ringtone will appear in the playlist. Drag and drop it to your computer.

Step 5. Now, the ringtone is in .m4a format. You just need to change the extension from .m4a to .m4r. Right click or control click the ringtone and choose Rename. Then, change the extension.

What if the extension isn't shown in the name. Don't worry, follow this.

On your computer, go to Control Panel > Appearance and Rationalization > Folder Options > View > uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Then go back to the ringtone you have created. This time, you can change the extension by renaming it.

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