Here's the (very) basic concept:

1. Add your media (audio and/or video) folders to TouchTone's Scan Folder List.
2. Have TouchTone scan those folders (and sub-folders) for media files.
3. Find the media file you wish to play using the lists.
4. Add the selected media file to the Queue - which puts it "in line" to play (just like a jukebox).

There are 3 lists in the main window: the Jukebox List, the Track List and the Queue List. The Jukebox List presents an alphabetized list of all the artists (and corresponding albums) that are found in the TAG of your Mp3 files. Once you click on the artist, a list of their songs will be displayed in the Track List. On the other hand, if you wish to find a song that starts with a specific letter, then just click a letter in the Artist List. Once you find the song(s) you want to hear, you can highlight (select) them and add them to the queue.

TouchTone Audio System keeps several internal play lists to give you maximum flexibility for song selection :

1. The Queue:
   This is the only list visible in the main display window (at the bottom). The tracks that you select will be placed "in line" in the queue. Adding a track to the queue does not make it play immediately - the track that is currently playing will finish, then the first song in the queue will be "de-queued" and played. If there are no tracks left in the queue, track selection is passed to the next playlist level.
   
2. The Ultimate Stacker:
   The stacker was designed to be a simple implementation of a CD stacker. You can add Albums & Playlists into it easily so that you can hear the music you want to hear. This makes it easy to listen to your latest music. You can even remove tracks from these "virtual CDs" if you don't want to hear all of them.
   
3. Active Playlists:
   TouchTone can have multiple playlists preloaded or a playlist created "on the fly" and enabled. You can switch between preloaded playlists at any time, which allows plenty of music flexibility.
   
4. The Global List:
   This is the entire list of songs that TouchTone finds in the folders and CD drives scanned.

This is a just a basic overview of how TouchTone works. To learn more about it's impressive features, click here.