normalizing...
there's another post on this subject going on now.
some say its useless, but I did it last night for the first time and it was great. Nero, Wav editor.
I had to take my CDR- download it to my computer as a wave file (which was a first too)...then NEro Wave Editor could do its thing, then I burnt a CD...fast and fun.
i'm going to investigate some more to verify it doesn't degrade the sound noticeably.
I'll test with some Store-bought-pro-Cd's.
but what I heard this first time was alright by me, it leveled the volume on two songs I had with different volumes.
it also up'd the volume, so my 25 volume setting was where it used to be 30.
coolest thing was both songs were identical volume and sounded fine in my car stereo (my main listening enviroment).
it appears the better your equipment the more you notice the degradation on everything fhkn thing...seems even your guitar cables can totally destroy your mix (sarcasm).