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Once you have found your songs, you can rearrange their order in a few different ways.
This screen shot shows the "Arrange songs" interface.
To move a song, click on it and then drag it to the new position. You will see a blue underline, which shows where the song will move once the mouse is released.
Alternatively, you may use the up arrow 
or down arrow 
to move the selected song(s) up or down.
Shuffle is a quick way to arrange your tracks into a new random order. To shuffle your tracks, select "Shuffle" from the "CD Session" menu.
You may also press the "Shuffle" button 
on the toolbar.
You can sort by each column header by clicking on it. Here are the columns you can sort by.
Title The title track of the song.
Length The length of the track.
Status Ready, Preparing, Converting To Wav, Burning, Burnt, Missing, etc.
Album - The album for the track.
Artist The artist.
Genre- The style or genre of the track.
Type The file type (WAV or MP3).
Format The bit-rate or sample rate of the track.
Size The size in bytes, KB or MB of the track.
Location The folder and filename.
You can delete a song by clicking the song followed by selecting "Delete" or "Cut" from the "Edit" menu [Ctrl+X].
Alternatively, you can also press the Del button 
or press the [Delete] key to delete a track.
To delete all the songs in your list, select "Remove All Tracks" from the "CD Session" menu.
Alternatively, you can select the toolbar "Clear" button 
to remove all the tracks in the session. You can undo it later if you made a mistake.
Make a mistake? You spent all day looking for a specific song and you just deleted it! No problem! Select "Undo" from the "Edit" menu and your song will re-appear. [Ctrl+Z]
You can then re-do what you just undid by selecting "Redo" from the "Edit" menu. [Ctrl+Y]
If you want to have more than one instance of a particular track, select the track and then select "Copy" from the "Edit" menu [Ctrl+C]. To paste a copy, select "Paste" from the "Edit" menu. [Ctrl+V].
When you paste to an external program, such as a CD label creation package, it will paste the textual track information such as track name, artist and length.
Select a track or song and then click "Rename Track" from the "CD Session" menu or right click the track and select "Rename Track". Change the name in the window that pops up and click "OK". The keyboard shortcut is [Ctrl+R]
(When creating cds with CD-TEXT, the track title will be used for the CD-TEXT track titles.)
Some tracks or songs have a significantly lower volume than other tracks for a variety of reasons. Use this option to adjust the volume so that it sounds more like the other tracks.
WARNING: Use this option sparingly as you may introduce distortion. If all your songs sound low in volume, you should simply turn up your speakers or adjust your Window's volume mixer.
Want to know where that band came up with their name "Grungecake and the Tea Mongrels"?
Right click on the track and select "Information & Links For Track" to bring up extra information and links for the track. Some mp3 files contain extra information such as album, artist and a website. This option links to websites related to the artist or track, including, but not limited to lyrics, cd purchase sites, concert information and other useful tid-bits!
Another way to get this information is to click the "info" column next to the track you are interested in.
Alternatively, you can select "Information & Links For Track" from the "CD Session" menu for the most recently selected track.
This is convenient if you want to open the folder in Windows where the mp3 or song is stored. You might use this if there is a song in your library which you wish to delete or rename.
Right click on a track and then select "Open Containing Folder" from the pop up menu.
Alternatively, you can select "Open Containing Folder" from the "CD Session" menu when the track is selected.
Playing Specific Songs From the Arrange Window
Each track has a playback button 
that will start playback for that track.
The above screen shot shows where the playback button is.
Click here for more on playing songs.
Each track has associated track information such as the track number, the track name, the artist and the track length. You can copy this text into the clipboard in order to use it in other programs such as CD label makers.
To copy the track information of a specific track, click the track to select it. Then select "Copy" from the "Edit" menu [Ctrl+C]. Now go to your favorite program and paste it in by selecting "Paste" from the "Edit" menu [Ctrl+V].
You may also select multiple tracks by holding down the Shift or Control key and clicking the desired tracks. Once you have made your selections, click "Copy" from the "Edit" menu to copy them.
To copy all track information, just select "Copy Track Information To Clipboard" from the "Edit" menu.
