Alright, let's imagine for a second that we are computer music player designers. You know, the guys who make Windows Media Player and iTunes and stuff. Now, let's think about how people want their burned CD's to sound coming out of our players.
People hate continuity. They would much rather hear a song fade out for a few seconds and then sit on an inborn deadspace in the CD, the 2 Second Gap, rather than go straight to the next song.
If you give people space between the media you give them, a whole world of possibilities opens up. You can annoy them, for one. They always like that.
You can also give the buzz from the last glorious song 2 seconds to fade. This is really cool because it can dampen the entire feel of the mix.
A mix should wreck you, one hit after another. It should flow. It shouldn't just be a collection of songs. A mix is more than that. It's a gift from one person to another for a special occasion. A celebration of driving on the open road on a summer day. In order to get rid of this 2 Second Gap, you have to dive through a few menus into "Advanced Properties" and eliminate it. Who's in charge of this? Seriously.
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It's even worse when you rip a CD to your hard drive, and it's got seamlessly-connected tracks that flow really well on the CD, but then when you try to burn a copy of it you get spaces between the tracks. At least with a mix they're supposed to be separate songs.
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