Here's something that's really starting to annoy me... Albums or compilations that are 'mixed', usually with a < 5 second crossfade. When I rip the cd, the tracks almost always start and end very abruptly, instead of fading in/out the way the artist intended.
Really annoying when I've got to worry about fading out a track manually to avoid a jarring end to a track instead of letting it naturally dissipate. Yes, as a dj I should be well equipped to handle this tiny detail... but the music I mostly play (chill/world/psy), and the way I mix (looong, multi-layered) really lends itself to nut just cutting a track off.
I've started to rip some cds as a single track, and then manually cut out tracks with a bit of extra head and tail, then fade them out properly. But that's a pita, and I would much rather just be able to get unmixed versions from the label.
So from now on, when I buy cds (usually from the label directly), I'm going to push to have unmixed versions of the tracks made available to me.
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