How can I get songs not on the cloud onto my devices?

I signed up for iTunes Match a little while ago. While the majority of my library can be found and made available on my devices, there are files (recordings I've made, mostly) that iTunes Match obviously doesn't recognize. But I really need some of these files on my iPhone. Is there a way that I can still use iTunes Match and be able to manually download these other songs that Match can't find? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi,
The tracks are ineligible for iTunes Match in view of their bit rate. You would need to convert them to a higher bit rate, minimum of 96kbps.
You can convert within iTunes. Change the import settings in preferences. Select tracks and ctrl click and pop up will let you convert file. This will create a new copy, so you may wish to delete original. If the tracks match, you may wish to upgrade file to 256 kpbs AAC by deleting track and downloading matched version.
Ps add iCloud status to your song view - this will tell what has been matched or uploaded.
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