Wake-up alarms recommendations

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Family of four that has to wake up around the same time here. Default iPhone alarm, everyone is up and angry quickly.

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I can’t stand waking up to music. My girlfriend has musical alarms and I find them way more unsettling than standard beeps. You may think this is the intended effect, but it triggers some horrible almost nervous feeling in me.
I wouldn’t want to wake up to my favourite music, I feel like it’d ruin songs for me, like when I had Inhake2 by Autechre as a ringtone 18 years ago; to this day I can’t listen to that song without thinking my phone’s ringing :frowning:

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Nobody’s making their own alarm tunes?

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Yup; that and a sequenced Dreadbox Hades loop that sounds like a hurdy-gurdy for my normal ringtone.

This morning has reminded me that using goat bleat samples would not be a good idea, as the real thing is insistent enough.

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I spent 10days on holiday in a very different time zone with a friend who insisted on using Edith Piaf’s Non, Je Ne Regret Rien. It’s the wake-up music from the film Inception. The jet lag, the unfamiliar surroundings and the film reference made for a trippy start to each day.

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I recommend trying to wake up to kisses and cuddels of your loved ones.
I think that should be the ultimate goal. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I made my own ring tone a while back. It was “proper”… bass, drums, FX, intentionally distracting and with a rhythmic element like the classic “ring ring pause” cycle. I was very proud of it, but it upset everyone else.

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A friend who had the room next to me when we shared a house would wake up every morning with Nick Cave’s Henry’s Dream album or some Swans. I hated both artists for a very long time after that. We are still friends though.

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I’ve done that once, it felt weird for some reason

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Well, one of them has to wake up somehow

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For the last 10+ years I’ve been waking up to this:

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Currently just vibrate, which actually works well, used to have a recording of birds which was nice. Think I would have to choose a song I hate if going that route!

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No way! That was one of the first singles I designed! Looks shit now I’ve just checked it out again haha. But the company I work at also did the album and that still looks great :slight_smile:

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I wake up to a little tune I recorded. Just a 30 secs noodle of an ipad synth preset. It’s a perfect gentle alarm and it’s somehow less offensive to be woken by something I made. I’d probably hate it if I tried to make it as an alarm.

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I made this one many years ago, and still use it to this day. it’s using the harp from U-he Zebra.

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I made mine as well - have been using the same for quite a few years now. FugueMachine sequencing iGrandPiano on iPad.
Here it is, in case it’s useful for someone :slight_smile:
I trimmed the audio a bit since it was too long… also, it has a fade in, so it takes a moment to catch up (also a good tip for your custom-made alarms, imho :nerd_face: )

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The ultimate goal has to be that you wake up when you want, not when you have to. :wink:

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I prefer waking up gently:

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