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I have a copy of "Dance Music Manual" which probably covers the stuff you need to know about.
When I rip stuff I just do the fades and then Normalize: Remove DC offset, -1dB, Normalize stereo channels independently.
Mastering stuff properly is a much more complex ballgame that I never got into and have since stopped making my own "noise".
hippy
Does anyone have a 'first principles' guide to mastering their mixes? Mine tend to come out nastily over-compressed with the occasional bit of distortion. Example of what I'm talking about:
https://www.mixcloud.com/owlz84/summers-gone/
I think it's because I'm guessing at what combination of compression, limiting and normalisation to apply and to what degree. I use audacity but I guess there are tools that are more designed for this task?