Maree, If you're in the dialog for adding files to an audio CD then you need to finish adding and press OK or Finished to return to the main Nero screen. Then you should find various checkboxes and lists. The list is your list of files. Also on that page is a checkbox for normalize and another checkbox for leaving a 2-second gap between tracks. If you don't have those, then you're not in the right dialog. This is the dialog with the properties button after you have selected all the tracks in the list. Takes a bit of groping around but it does work. Sorry I can't be of more help. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Maree Steinway To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 00:36 Subject: [ddots-l] Mystery About CD Compilation Hi guys, Thanks for all your ideas. Dave, I couldn't find the Properties Button nor the 'Normalize All' check box after I selected the tracks from the list. Is this where you would find the "Normalize All" check box? Is there a default setting for sndvol32 or am I completely on the wrong track there? Neville, I am actually quite happily using Nero Version 6 and I use CD Burning Rom as I believe this is more accessible for JAWS users, not Nero Start Smart. With the help of my Dancing Dots friends and a manual written for blind users I am able to do what I can do which is 1. Rip a whole CD. 2. Compile a CD. 3. Add tracks from a CD onto my hard drive. I'm sure you folks know plenty more than this, and Phil, I will have to get set up for skipe if I want to catch up. Cameron, it's good to know that there's another usable alternative to Nero 6 if necessary. Getting back to my "quiet vocals and solos" issue, I also tried a different Audio CD to see if this could possibly make a difference, but I don't think so. Maybe I'm going crazy, like trying to see the difference between dark blue and dark purple which is the only analogy I can think of in this case. you see guys, I'm such a non-tech savvy person. Would the speed of 40x6000kbs make any difference to 32x6000? This is my progress so far. Thanks for your responses. Marée