ITunes Match and storing some songs on an IOS 6 device?

iTunes Match collects and matches the music collection on your computer and puts it in the iCloud so your iPhone or iPad has access to all of your music via a wireless or mobile network.
The downside is sometimes you don't have access to a high speed network so songs don't want to play. So, here is my question: Is it possible to set-up an IOS 6 device to sync with iTunes Match but also set-up additional playlists of music that are stored on the device hard drive?
I just noticed that you can download songs or whole playlists from the iCloud to your device. How long does the device store those songs? Can it be set-up to store them for for a certain amount of time?

James Bridges wrote:
Is it possible to set-up an IOS 6 device to sync with iTunes Match but also set-up additional playlists of music that are stored on the device hard drive?
With iTunes Match enabled on an iOS device traditional syncing via USB is disabled. All music managment must take place directly on the device.
James Bridges wrote:
I just noticed that you can download songs or whole playlists from the iCloud to your device. How long does the device store those songs? Can it be set-up to store them for for a certain amount of time?
The songs will be stored on the device until you delete them. There is no "timer" feature, though.

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