Try this to assemble a CD in the montage …
On the edit page, open the first song/wave file of the CD. Select: File > Export > Create audio montage from active file (I am doing this from memory but I think I always use Shift T … I do it so often it’s auto pilot).
This will automatically ‘convert’ the track into a montage.
In the track control area … left side of the montage … go to the number ‘1’ and click this to bring up a menu. Select ‘add stereo track’.
You now have a montage with 2 stereo tracks … the top one will be the one containing the first clip/song.
This visualisation allows you to easily see and manage crossfades etc.
Now, go to the CD window. If you click the ‘wand’ symbol it will automatically create the initial track markers and introduce a handy offset for the first track.
Drag the next clip/song into the empty second track. You can easily adjust where you want this to start relative to the end of the previous clip/song.
Insert a track marker (I usually use a splice) where you want it to be. You can also add names for each marker. Delete the CD end marker … you can add this in later where you exactly want it to be.
You will notice a centre line between the L & R (blue/red) on each clip. Raising or lowering this line increases/decreases the gain of the clip/song.
There is also a fade handle at the start and end of each clip. This is handy for crossfades etc.
When you are finished assembling the clips/tracks (alternatively above and below each other) insert the CD end marker.
You can substitute clips/songs for existing ones in the montage in a number of ways. EG select the montage and right click: substitute file is one of the dialogue items.
Burn CD and other functions are easily accessed through the CD window.
This is a very, very basic overview. The montage is extremely powerful, but easy at the same time.
By adopting this, it is likely you can do away with actually burning physical CDs. This is because you can have the reference tracks either included in the montage you are assembling or in a different montage. You can easily switch between them and make/decide on adjustments. I expect this will bring incremental efficiencies to your workflow.
FWIW, one of the fantastic things about WL 8 is the way you can customise the screens to suit the specific way you work. This is worth the effort of exploring if you use the program a lot.
Good luck