Already get tired of the default Radar ringing around your bed in every morning? And wanna pick up your favorite song as iPhone new alarm sound, but only to find that it is a cumbersome job to do with iTunes. Now thanks to Apple Music, you are able to select a song from Apple Music as iPhone alarm sound directly since iOS 8. Now, we will mainly talk about how to set any song from Apple Music as your iPhone alarm sound with two different ways.
Method 1: How to Set Apple Music Songs as Alarm Sound on iPhone Directly
Method 2: An Alternative Way to Use Apple Music Song as Alarm Sound (Also for Android)
With a few simple steps, you can easily set Apple Music song as your iPhone alarm sound. But before starting, please make sure that you have subscribed to Apple Music membership, and already downloaded your favorite songs to Library.
Step 1 Tap on Clock app on your Phone, then tap on Edit or + to add a new alarm sound. After setting the time you required, tap on Sound.
Step 2 You will see 3 sections on Sound page: Store, Songs and Ringtone.
Step 3 You can tap on Pick a song from SONGS part, then tap on Songs and you will see a list of Apple Music songs you have already downloaded to library.
Step 4 Tap a song and it will be set as your iPhone alarm sound.
It is so easy to operate if you have Apple Music activated on your iPhone, so just follow the same method to change your alarm sound with ease.
It is admitted that Apple provides a very convenient way for its users to select songs from Apple Music as iOS alarm sound, and they do not need to use iTunes as the ringtone and alarm sound maker. But now here comes a problem: What if you want select a certain part or a desired clip from a song as iPhone alarm sound? Apparently, the clipping Apple Music song into a segment is not currently available for iOS. What's more, the feature of using Apple Music songs as alarm sound is not for Android.
Remember that Apple Music song is a file with the M4P file extension and sometimes called an iTunes Music Store Audio file. It's encoded with advanced audio codec (AAC) that's copy protected using a proprietary Digital Right Management technology created by Apple. The protected M4P files can be opened with iTunes, but the computer you're using must be authorized in order to play the M4P file. So it is also impossible to edit Apple M4P file into clip as alarm sound or for other purpose.
Before you use Apple Music files for these personal use, Sidify Apple Music Converter is needed to remove protection from Apple M4P music and convert it to MP3, AAC, WAV, or FLAC.
Sidify Apple Music Converter
Convert Apple Music and M4P files to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV or AIFF. Unlock from iTunes & Audible audiobooks Preserve high fidelity sound quality after conversion. 10X conversion speed; Keep ID3 tags and metadata. No extra hardware or virtual sound drive needed.Step 1 Download and install Sidify Apple Music Converter on computer, then run this program.
Step 2 Add Songs from Apple Music. Click on + icon to add Apple Music songs from library.
Step 3 Tap on 
button to customize the output settings including: output format, output path, output quality and conversion speed.
Step 4 Click the Convert button to start converting Apple Music songs. After the conversion completed, you can click on 
icon to find the well-converted Apple Music files.
Then you can use the converted Apple Music songs as your iPhone or Android alarm sound. Here we recommend you 2 useful utilities which are capable of setting your favorite music (segment) as alarm sound.
1. You can use Syncios Manger Free as iPhone, Android alarm sound maker.
2. You can also import the music to iPhone, then use GarageBand to set the music as iPhone alarm sound. And you can follow this tutorial for reference:
You want to create your favorite song as your iPhone ringtone but only to find it still a little bit cumbersome to finish this project on iTunes? Now things will be easier if you know how to use GarageBand to make custom alert ringtones for your iPhone. You can compose your ringtone from scratch on iPhone or use an existing song (provided that you actually own the song).
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