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-==== Add audio files ====
-Before we can play audio items in the main players A and B, we must add files to the playlist. There are many ways to do this, e.g.:
-  - Drag audio files from Windows Explorer into the playlist
-  - Use the //Insert// button in the main toolbar
-  - Open a playlist file from the menu next to the //Open// button in the main toolbar
-  - Open a directory in the browser area (4), then drag items from the browser into the playlist
-  - ...
-The players are set to Auto Load mode by default, so as soon as you add files to the playlist, the players will load the topmost items automatically:
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-==== ASSIST mode ====
-ASSIST mode, also called Live Assist, is the operation mode where a DJ is present and operating the studio manually. It's called live assist because you will find various features that will assist the DJ in this task, e.g. ramp/intro display etc. To start a player, just click the //Play// button:
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-Do you see the big red numbers? This is the ramp countdown, because the song happened to have cue points set already. You will learn how to do this using the Cue Editor later in this tutorial.
-Wait for the first song to finish, or click the //Fade Out// or //Stop// button, then start player B:
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-Notice that the first song is automatically removed from the playlist and moved to the Recycle Bin browser on the right. This behavior can be adjusted in the config later.
-Starting and stopping the player is usually not something you would do with the mouse in a real studio. Instead, mAirList offers various remote control options. We'll discuss the basics of remote control later in this tutorial.
-==== AUTO mode ====
-By clicking the red AUTO button in the toolbar above the playlist, you engage automation mode. While in automation mode, mAirList will start and stop the players automatically, playing the items in the playlist one by one.
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-You can toggle between AUTO and ASSIST mode at any time by clicking the buttons in the toolbar. Depending on the configuration, mAirList will either use the players A and B in turn, or play all songs through a single player (either player A, or the one that was active by the time you switched into AUTO mode), while still handling fades correctly. The latter mode is very convenient when you use multiple channels on your mixing console, because you do not have to open or close faders when toggling AUTO/ASSIST mode.
-==== Fades and Auto Cue ====
-Unlike primitive "jukebox" software, mAirList does not have a fixed crossfade setting that will fade out all songs x seconds before the end. That's because we believe that in professional radio, every song requires and deserves a distinct fade point. So instead of a fixed crossfade time, mAirList uses the Fade Out (and possibly Start Next) cue markers set for the song in the Cue Editor to determine the point where the next auto item should be started.
-Setting a proper Fade Out point for all songs in your library is an important but also time-consuming task. mAirList's **Auto Cue** feature will help you by making a guess based on the audio level whenever you add a new song to your playlist or database library (also for the Cue In and Cue Out markers that cut off any silence and the beginning and end of the song, respectively). This will lead to a fair result in most cases, but you can still adjust the Fade Out marker manually when required. If you feel that Auto Cue is setting the markers incorrectly all the time, you may also adjust the Auto Cue level thresholds in the config.
 ==== Prelistening (PFL) and the Cue Editor ====