An optical recording regeneration apparatus with a compensation circuit is provided. In the apparatus, a recording state detection circuit detects the recording state of recorded data and generates state data indicative of the recording state. A modulation control circuit compares the state data with a specified value and generates the comparison results. A drive circuit adjusts the power level and/or the pulse width of the laser beam in accordance with the comparison results. Thus, the power level and/or the pulse width of the laser beam can maintain at an optimum value without being affected by variations in disk recording sensitivity resulting from temperature or other changes over time.