Playback management   Song playback is controlled from the rotation/playlist window. The rotation/playlist window can operate in two modes: rotation and playlist. Rotation allows to manage the singer rotation, and playlist shows the list of songs and singer in order how they will be played. We recommend using rotation mode for hosting karaoke shows.   What is the rotation? To run the show in fair way you need to make sure that one person does not sing more often than the other. To do this Siglos Karaoke Professional places the singer in the queue, and first play one song for each singer before allowing the second round. The order of the singers is displayed in the list on the left of the rotation window.   In rotation mode the window displays two lists -- singers on the left, and songs on the right. When you click on the singer, the list on the right contains all songs added for the selected singer. The number in brackets displays the number of songs for the singer.   Next  column contains estimated time the singer will be on stage.  Last  displays the last time the singer was on stage.  In  column contains the time singer or song was added.  TIP: You may choose which time-related columns should be displayed in  Settings  dialog box.   By default Siglos Karaoke Professional waits for the operator to start the song (songs and singers are added by clicking  Add Singer button ). When the song is ready to be played, the button at the lower left will say  Start  and will display and exclamation mark.   List controls   Both singer list and song list have control buttons next to them. First five buttons ( ) allow to change the position of the selected item (they are for respectively moving the item to the top, moving it upwards, removing from the list, moving down, and moving to the bottom of the list).   Move to next  button   allows to advance the singer or the song in the rotation -- it will position the singer or the song for the next performance.   Disable  button   temporary disables the singer or song. It will not be removed from the rotation, but will be skipped until the singer or song is enabled again. Disabled items are marked as gray on the list.   Add Song  button   opens  Add singer  dialog box with the current singer selected -- it allows to quickly add songs for the selected singer.   Remove empty singers  button   removes from the list all the singers that have no songs assigned (they have [0] next to their names).   Usually you would want to display announcement for your audition -- this is controlled with  Show announcements  option. When it is enabled, Siglos Karaoke Professional will display an information screen with singer's name and the song details.   The look of the announcement screen (background and text styles) can be changed in  KJ  section of  Settings  dialog box . When you are ready to play the song, click  Start . The song will start, and the button text will change to  Go to next . Also  Restart  button will become available. Once the song finishes or you click  Go to next  button, the next song will be loaded and  Start  button will appear again (you may also press F5 key for this).       Proceed automatically  option will cause the program to enter the automatic mode. It will not wait for you to click  Start , but will display the singer announcement for the period of time defined in  KJ  section of  Settings  dialog box, and then will automatically play the song.   Show scrolling message  is a global control for the message displayed at the bottom of the screen announcing the next singer.   If you click  Go To Next  button, Siglos Karaoke Professional will finish the song and will move to the next singer/song, waiting for the operator to click  Start  button. If  'Go to Next' starts the song  option is selected, the song will start immediately, without waiting for  Start .   Wait for songs  is a control that allows to manage singers that have run out of songs. If the singer that is about to sing has no songs in the queue, Siglos Karaoke Professional will pause and will allow you to choose what to do.                             You may choose to skip the singer but keep him/her in the queue, you may remove the singer from the queue, or you may add the song for the singer and allow the singer to sing straight away.   Choosing Don't show this window again option will always skip the singer. You may change it back to displaying the options to choose from in  Settings / KJ Adv. / Always skip empty singers if 'Wait for songs' is selected .     Manage song database  gives access to  song database management , and  Settings  button opens  KJ Settings  dialog box.   Show windows  section allows to show and hide additional program windows.   Fill in playlist  is an additional playlist with music tracks that are played in between karaoke songs   Item details  displays and allows to edit currently selected playlist item (you need to select  Apply  button to accept the changes)   Preview  window displays a copy of the singer's screen (it is useful if you cannot see the screen)   Audio Panel  contains all audio-related controls (volume, tempo, key and lyrics adjustment)                                   Instant Sounds  window allows to program keys to play frequently used sound effects or other music files     Rotation presets  allow to save active rotation for later use and load predefined selection, while  User Presets  button allows to save and load a set of songs for the current singer (you can use this for regular customers).   Quick Songs  and  Quick Singers  allow fast access to songs and singers without the need to open Add Singer window   Remote Queue  ( ) is the command center of the remote access to your show, allowing to browse song list and add requests from remote devices as phones or tablets. This also allows to set up a kiosk mode. See more info in  Remote Access  section. ROTATION PRESETS Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to store predefined rotation and load them without the necessity to add singers and songs one by one. This can be very useful if you run your show in a place that has regular singers singing their favorite songs.   To enter rotation preset management click Presets button in Rotation dialog box.                 The list on the left contains available rotation presets.   To add current preset to this list select Add current button and enter the name of the preset.   To load the saved preset select it on the Saved rotations list ( Preview window will show the rotation) and then click Load button. Current rotation will be removed and saved preset will be loaded in its place.   If you would like to remove one of the items from the list select the item to remove and click Delete button.   INSTANT SOUNDS Instant Sounds window allows you to assign frequently used sounds (like cheers, applause, or introductions) to the panel of 10 keys.   Buttons with digits allow to play back sounds that are assigned to them. If the button does not have sound assigned, clicking it will open dialog box that allows to assign a sound file and define the name for the sound. You may change sound association by clicking the button with CTRL key pressed down.   If you need more that 10 sounds you may create additional sound bank by clicking + button. Each bank contains ten sounds and the number of banks is unlimited.   Vol slider controls the volume of the sound.   Siglos Karaoke Professional comes with 10 predefined sound effects.