You do not need to use a ringtone for alarms. Songs, mp3 or m4a work fine for 
alarm sounds. 
'

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> On Oct 27, 2023, at 2:29 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think Richard already explained it, you absolutely can select a song from 
> your music library, but as Richard said, the key is that the song has to be 
> downloaded to your iPhone, if it's in the cloud it won't work.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua 
> Hendrickson
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 2:12 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound
> 
> She might need to convert that song to a ringtone first.
> 
>> On 10/27/23, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I believe the original poster wanted to use a song in her music
>> library for the alarm and not one of the provided tones.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>> Joshua Hendrickson
>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:26 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound
>> 
>> Hi Paula.  I just changed my alarm sound and tried an alarm, and all
>> worked well.  I went to my clock, then to add, I chose the time for my
>> alarm, and called it a quick test.  I then swiped over and I saw sound
>> and a button.  I double tapped on the button, and I was taken in to my
>> various ring tomes, I chose the one I wanted, then I went to the top
>> of the screen and a back button, then I double tapped on save.  I was
>> good to go from then on.  All worked very well.  I don't use alarms
>> much, but it is good to know I can set them if I wish.
>> 
>>> On 10/27/23, Paula Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Chris.  The song is already downloaded.
>>> 
>>> I can’t find a place that lets me choose audio.  Where is it.  Maybe
>>> I’ll just have to deal with the default which isn’t quite as annoying
>>> an 17.1 as the previous sound.  Thanks for the suggestions.
>>> 
>>> God bless!
>>> 
>>> Paula and the pups
>>> 
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf
>>> Of Chris Chaffin
>>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:26 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> OK, I just tried this myself, and at first, it did the same thing.  I
>>> had the song selected, but it still played the default sound for me.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> But now it works for me.  This is what I did.
>>> 
>>> Open music, go to library, and find that song.
>>> 
>>> Flick down, and download should be one of your choices.  So choose
>>> download.
>>> 
>>> In order for any song to be used as an alarm sound, it must be
>>> downloaded to your device.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If this for some reason does not work, then I have one more thing to try.
>>> 
>>> Go to music, swipe and choose audio quality.  Make sure lossess is
>>> turned off.
>>> 
>>> I read online that this sometimes caused an issue.  But you might not
>>> have to do that if downloading it works.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Chris Chaffin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 27, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Paula Jordan <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Richard and all, I am still having difficulty getting my alarm sound
>>> set for a particular song in my play list.  Here are the steps I take:
>>> 
>>> 1.    Open clock
>>> 2.    Flick left to add
>>> 3.    Flick right to sound (the song title shows up Double tap on that.
>>> 4.    Flick left to the back button
>>> 5.    Set an alarm time
>>> 6.    Flick left to save.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I still get the default sound when I set an alarm.  What am I missing?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your patience.  Once this gets figured out I’m going to
>>> write the steps down just in case I loose the email.
>>> 
>>> God bless!
>>> 
>>> Paula and the pups
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On
>>> Behalf Of Richard Turner
>>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 7:23 PM
>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well, unless something changed in 17.0.3, when you double tap on
>>> sound, you should be able to flick through to song, and double tap
>>> and pick something from your library.
>>> 
>>> I'm on the 17.1 beta 3 and everything works as always.
>>> 
>>> So maybe trying 17.1 when it is released if it isn't working now will
>>> be the answerÎ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Richard, USA
>>> 
>>> ——
>>> 
>>> "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John
>>> Wesley
>>> 
>>> (Sent from my iPhone)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 23, 2023, at 11:50 AM, Paula Jordan <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all. I’ve asked this question some time ago and was able to change
>>> the sound on my alarm, however, the phone has gone back to the
>>> obnoxious default sound.  I’d like to change it to play a song that
>>> is on my phone, but can’t seem to get it to work.  Could someone
>>> please talk me through the steps.  I plan to update to 17.1 when it’s
>>> available, so perhaps I should wait until I update.  Any help would
>>> be most appreciated.  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> God bless!
>>> 
>>> Paula and the pups
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