Raduga

Raduga - Music automation software for radio stations, clubs and shops, ideal for live assist and full automation operation Raduga is a music automation software programme, ideal for radio stations, clubs, pubs, shops etc.

It's extremely easy to use with a straightforward uncomplicated screen display. The display has a carefully thought out colour scheme which is not fatiguing, even after many hours.

Existing users of the Raduga automation programme, aged between 16 and 60+ are delighted at how quickly they can build up a music schedule including jingles, timed events etc. for future broadcasting.

Even people who have never before touched a computer quickly understand how to use the Raduga software and are able to create their own shows.

The Raduga automation software offers many features. These include a large system display, cross fade, scheduled events, live feeds, a sub screen Explorer, in fact Raduga has it all.

Raduga automation software has been compared by a local radio station in London, England, with an automation system costing 15 times more and was found to have a better user interface and nearly as many facilities.

Here are some key features of "Raduga":
General:
32-bit application
Long file names supported
Multiple language support including English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Turkish and Brazilian Portuguese
Radio functions:
Overlapping sound with configurable overlap time
Individual overlap
Auto-fade with configurable overlap time
Logging of all started files
Scheduled events on a per-day, per-hour, per minute, per second basis
Automatic silence detection and correction
Instant access to up to 9 jingles
Mini-Playlists (a Playlist within a Playlist) for organizing ads and news items
Rotations (play one at a time out of a set of sound files)
Random tracks (play one randomly selected sound file from a directory)
Live Satellite capabilities. Schedule live events to fire at a specific time
6 different player modes
Scheduler functions:
Schedule playlists to open at a specific time
Schedule Raduga to start or stop at specific times
Schedule a change of the current jingle set
Schedule another set of scheduled events
Schedule a jingle or voice track at a specified time
Player functions:
DirectX Plug-in support
Play, stop, pause/continue
Fast forward/rewind
Random seek (position bar)
Next/previous track
Manual mode for live assist operation
Intro scan mode (configurable)
Random play
Repeat mode
Auto-shuffle repeat mode
Auto-fading on stop and on overlap
Playlist functions:
Unlimited number of tracks
Create, open, save, schedule playlist files
Send current playlist via e-mail
Cut, copy, paste, remove, remove all tracks
Add tracks with open-file-dialog
Add tracks with drag and drop
Add pause (right click and choose rename to adjust variable length)
Add all tracks of the current audio CD
Shuffle the playlist
Move tracks with tool buttons
Move tracks with keyboard ('U'-up, 'D'-down)
Move tracks with the mouse (drag and drop)
Undo/redo up to 10 actions
Track numbers
Search for playlist items
Total length of playlist
Display file name or full path
User interface:
One-key shortcuts
Toolbars with balloon help and status line texts
Status line with indicator for play time
Big indicators for previous, current playing and next track
Scrollable playlist view icons for different media types
Windows Explorer built in
Event warning system for scheduled upcoming events
System digital clock with seconds (12/24 hour formats by double-clicking clock)
Audio CD support:
Open/close CD drive door
Integrated database (compatible with Windows CD-Player)
Automatic update of the playlist if CD changes
Miscellaneous:
Mixer button
Rename media files
System information (installed device drivers and supported file types)
Ignore-all-errors mode
User defined tools menu (for instant access to program files or folders)
Supported file types:
AVI - Video for Windows
CDA - Audio CD Track
MID, RMI - Standard MIDI File
MP2, MP3 - MPEG Audio - Layer 2, 3
MPG - MPEG Video
WAV - Windows Sound File
WMA - Windows Media Audo



Requirements:
Pentium II class processor with 400 MHz or better
Microsoft Windows compatible sound card
128 MBytes RAM
DirectX 8 or higher


Limitations:
The demo version does not save any personal preferences when you shut down the program.