Create a playlist

Create a playlist with the system off-air.

1. Use menu File|New or click New to create a new playlist. Alternately you may open an already existing playlist using the File|Open... menu or the toolbar button Open .

2. Insert your tracks using your preferred method from the following:

Easy insertion of tracks.
Click the button on the top toolbar. Highlight the files you want to add by clicking once on the file name. To select multiple files keep the Ctrl key pressed while you click on the file name. Click on 'Open'. The tracks you have selected appear on the right-hand side, at the bottom of the master playlist.
Using the 'drag and drop' method.
Use Windows Explorer or Windows Find feature. Select the files you want to add and drag into the master playlist holding down the left mouse button down.
Using the build-in file explorer.
Select sound files in the file tree view in the lower left corner of the Raduga screen. Then press the 'Return' key on the keyboard to append the selected tracks to the master playlist or drag the selected files into the master playlist using the mouse.

3. Use 'drag and drop' or the blue arrows Bottom Down Top to change the sequence of playlist items as necessary.

Note: It is now possible to add another album like a media file to the current playlist. When this playlist item is due, the current playlist will be replaced by the specified album. So it is wise to set the next playlist as the last item of the previous playlist if you use the normal player mode.
To have more than one album on screen at once, you must open another instance of Raduga.

4. To remove a track from an album or mini playlist, highlight the track, and use menu Edit|Remove or click on Remove in the top toolbar.
NOTE: This does not remove the track from the hard drive.

5. Save the album with an appropriate filename (File|Save As...). Ensure it is saved as type 'Album' (*.alb).

6. When you have created a playlist (or mini playlist), it's total length can be calculated by pressing "L" on the keyboard. The total playing time will be displayed in a dialog box.

Create or edit a playlist (album) while on-air.

Work on the playlist of the currently playing Raduga instance.
Edit the playlist as described in paragraph "Create a playlist (album) with the system off-air". After doing that, place the blue 'highlight' back to the track that is playing (click once on that track).

Note: Raduga thinks that whatever is highlighted in blue on the list is the current one playing. If you are moving a track around your playlist, that track is the highlighted one, even if something else in the list is playing. Take care in these situations to always highlight the actual track that is playing with plenty of time before Raduga plays the next track.

You can compile brand new albums while the system is broadcasting using multiple instances of Raduga.