Making a song my alarm

Can I select a song from my 4s music catalog and make it my alarm, this was a neat feature on my Blackberry Storm

Yes you can but first you need to create a ringtone out of it.
Here a way to do it.
1. Select a title (.mp3) in your iTunes Library
2. Do File > Get Info on selected title
3. In the dialog choose Options tab
4. Set Start Time and End Time (no more than 35 secs otherwise won't work)
5. Close dialog.
6. Now control click the title (right click) and choose Create AAC Version
7. Delete the newly create title. (no worries here)
8. Open the Trash, rename the title from ringtone.m4a to ringtone.m4r
9. Drag it out of trash into iTunes
Now you have a ringtone.
Make sure it is selected in iTunes for syncing with your new iPhone.

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Garageband - "System Overload. The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time. (-10011). Im making a song on Garageband and I have recorded guitar, drums recorded on the musical keyboard, and vocals. It now says this, and won't play.

Im making a song on Garageband and I have recorded guitar, drums recorded on the musical keyboard, and vocals. It now says this, and won't play. Ive worked so hard on this and I don't know how to fix it. I am not very skilled or knowledgable in computers and barely know how to operate Garageband as it is. I have many different tracks in this song for different drums and beats. Please someone tell me how to fix this, I'm not even finished it! And again I am not very informed on how to work computers as well as most of you are, just saying. thanks!!!
P.S.: In my about this mac thing, it says i have version 10.9.1, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and Memory is 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Could you do this?
Go to Finder
Go to Applications
Go to Utilities folder
Launch Activity Monitor app
go to its Memory tab on top
tell us what you see at the very bottom?
Here is a sample of mine.
I bet your page/swap amount will be huge.
If there is not enough RAM, OS X temporarily stores RAM data on the harddrive and tries to retrieve it back into RAM when needed, unfortunately that is so slow that GB throws an error as it cannot play it all in real time.

Making Garageband songs not sound like Garageband songs

Is there a trick to making GBand songs sound like 'normal' songs? When I play songs I've created in GBand on my car stereo, it sounds awful compared to 'real' music. I've played around with the Master Tracks, but nothing seems to work well. I want my music to envelope/surround me, not sound like I'm tinkering around with a cheap keyboard. Thanks.

Well....
This isn't what you want to hear, but GB is only as good as the person using it. I have some friends that are trained audio engineers and they can make GB sound as good as anything. I do a pretty good job too. LOL!
What I would like to emphasize if you are looking for pro sounding recordings:
-get decent monitors,
-learn to use your microphones AND the space/room you are recording in,
-read up on the art of mixing,
-learn what a compressor does and familiarize yourself with them,
-practice mixing other's songs (Nine Inch Nails has 2 of their songs as free GB downloads for mixing)
-read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice, read and practice,
and that about covers it. Garageband is just a tool. You have to make it work.
Good luck and welcome to the forum! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Lots of smart people here.
X

Using song as alarm tone

I have a Nokia 6710 Navigator. I have downloaded an mp3 onto my phone, which I want to use as my alarm tone. I have selected the song as my alarm tone, and at the set time the song begins playing.
My issue is that, when playing as an alarm, only 1 minute of the mp3 plays.
Is it possible to change the settings so that the whole mp3 file plays (approx 3 minutes) when I'm using it as an alarm?
Thank you for your help

So could anybody tell me then what length limitations the phones have?
1 minute for the alarm, for the regular ringtone "unlimited" (e.g. a song with 5:00 length)?
Is there any website with specifications/requirements for customisations/custom files (wallpaper/tehem/tone/etc.)?
regards
Pete

Cannot set a song as alarm sound

Hey there,
I have been trying to set a song as my alarm sound on my Xperia Z but have not been having much luck. I followed the advice that I found on a thread on this website, but it still is not working.
So far I have created a file named "Alarms" and placed a song in that file. The song then appears in my list of potential alarm sounds, but when I select it as the alarm sound, and the alarm goes off, it just plays a default alarm sound, rather than the song that I selected.
I have tried rebooting the phone and clearing my media data as well, but the song still does not play when the alarm goes off. Any other ideas?
Thanks!!

Are you able to play the same song using the Walkman player?
Which build number are you running on?
Have you tried this with other songs as well?
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Set a song as alarm?

Is there something I'm missing in Clocks, but can you set a song in your library to play as your alarm on the iPhone?

yeah maybe!!
well, the iTunes store is still not available for Jordan, so my ringtones are made by me actually, i use a program to cut how long i want, add fading.
i make it as a ringtone then by just renaming the extensions!
and i drag to iTunes and it is directly under Ringtones Tab!
so i really don't have the experience with doing it BY iTunes, so i can't say a thing about that

Song as alarm - can't fix it by the already existing information

I just bought a song via iTunes by reason to use it as an alarm. But when I tried to change my alarm sound i couldn't find the song I bought, even if I clicked at "By more signals" (in swedish). Does somebody know how to fix this??

It will not delete from my trash as it is saying "Japanese.lproj" is in use. I have never opened or used "Japanese.lproj".
Interesting. This sort of thing is more common on Windows systems. Taken at face value, one of the iTunes program files (one of the Japanese language resources) is damaged.
I'd try running your Disk Utility over your startup disk. Does it find/repair any damage? If so can you empty your trash and reinstall your iTunes successfully now?

How to remove an Alarm Song from Alarm Sound list?

When using the standard Clock app, how do I remove an alarm song from the Alarm sound list under Edit Alarm? I can add new songs, but cannot find a way to remove unwanted ones.

The two most played songs are added by default, & there is a limit of 5 songs that can be added. The only way to remove a song is to keep adding a new song until the one you want removed is removed.
Tell Apple you want better control of this here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Song as Alarm Clock Tone Stopped Repeating with iOS 8

This is a statement of fact rather than a question since the Feedback page doesn't allow me to submit anything.
Since the update to iOS 8, my selected MP3 as my Alarm Clock tone no longer repeats. It used to repeat in iOS 7 until you manually turned off the alarm or the Snooze. Now it only plays once and shuts off. Then the Alarm dialogue box remains open. I've overslept twice because of this problem.
I would also like to be able to use my own created ringtones as my Alarm. I am able to use them for my Voicemail and other Alerts, but there's no option for that within the Alarm Clock. Only purchased ringtones.

Happened to me, too (first morning after upgrading). One of those reasons I hate to upgrade and always put it off as long as possible...you never know what they're going to f**k up for you. Add my voice to the chorus of dissatisfied alarm clock users. Why DO they mess with stuff like this?!?

I need help making a song in my library a ringtone in my i phone 5

i would like to make a song in my itunes library a ringtone

Take a look at the Dispense Items Incrementally action. It is designed to work with the Loop action - once a list of items has been passed to the action, it will dispense them one at a time each time through the loop.

Making multiple songs play during a slideshow

I have a slideshow I created in iDVD 6 that is approximately 35 minutes. I would like to have several different songs cycle through as the slideshow runs. I created a playlist in iTunes with the songs I want. When I'm editing the slideshow and I click the media button and then the audio button, it gives me my iTunes song list, but not any of the playlists I've created in iTunes. What am I doing incorrectly? As it is, I can only get a single song to play on a loop during the slideshow. Thanks for any guidance.

Welcome to discussions, Chris
Burn your Playlist to an audio CD.
Then open that CD in iTunes.
Highlight all of the songs.
Go to Advanced and select Join CD Tracks.
That will make one long song in your iTunes library that you can import into your project.
:)Sue

How do i get my mouse wheel to stop making the song Fast forward and rewind?

the song plays, I start surfing the web and if i use the scroll wheel on my mouse (up or down) it moves the play possition of the song foreward or backward.

hey Lodinick,
I'm actually trying to get my mouse to do what you're complaining about. My search led me to your post, LOL.
I have a programmable logitech and I can't seem to find an option to assign the scroll functionality. I can change what happens when I click the scroll wheel, but not what happens when I scroll it up or down.
To help you:
1. If you have a programmable mouse, try digging in the software for that mouse.
2. If not try looking in Windows mouse settings.
If I find how to make it work on my mouse I'll try to remember and come tell you how to undo it.
// Juston

Making one song two?

I tend to hit record and let it run for a loooong time! How can I take this long recording, break it down into multiple songs for exporting to iTunes after mixing?
easy?
I'm brand new, but catching on fast.
Thanks

follow that direction for each one.
yes
Can I also assign the selected chunks to another project on GB
you could paste them into new projects, but note:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#saveasarchive:

"Random" play doesn't work,stops after each song; multiple plays of same

One of the more annoying things happening: random doesn't work.
I've gone through the Zen Media Explorer, reformated the Zen player, so there were no songs on it.
Went and built a list of 37 songs and uploaded via Zen Media Player to the Zen player.
Went to "Music" and selected "All Tracks"
Set my "System" "Audio Settings" for "random" play.
I had to pick the first song to start it off.
It played the first 5 or so songs correctly.
Then it stopped.
I used the bottom arrow key to "play" the next song. Then it stopped AGAIN.
Now I'm manually making each song play! This goes on for 4-5 songs, then it starts playing automatically - but repeating the songs it has already played. It does not go near the other 28 or so songs that I have not heard yet!
I go back to "Music" and re-set to "All Tracks"
I go back to "System" "Audio Settings" and re-set to play "random"
And it does this annoying routine all over again.
Went back to "System" "Audio Settings" and picked "normal" this time. So of course, its playing all the same songs I've heard over again.
I have to manually cruise the "All Tracks" to pick what I want to hear.
Can anyone help me with this? I can't stand it anymore.

If you installed any software to work with the mouse, remove it according to the developer's instructions, then restart the computer and test. Back up all data before making any changes.

How do I use only a portion of a song in my iTunes in my iPhoto slideshow?

I already tried making the song shorter in iTunes by using the start and stop options and it does indeed make the song shorter in iTunes, but when I choose the song within iPhoto, the slideshow uses the long version of the song. What do I need to do to just use like a minute of the song in the slideshow?

The settings you use to play in iTunes do not get retained in other apps. What you can do is open Garage Band, drag the song from iTunes into a GB track, then edit the song as you like. You can even adjust the fade in/out exactly to the length and duration you want. When the song is trimmed, Share to iTunes, where it will become a separate song. Select that for your slideshow, or place it in an iTunes playlist and use the playlist for your slideshow.
Regards.

Making a song my alarm

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