99 rolling stone interview as it relates to the leaks

[Voodoochild]

Maybe the leak was recorded in a tape or it was made to sound like it's from a tape. DAT recordings doesn't sound like the mp3 we have.

[Crashdiet]

Just to clarify, alot of producers/engineers prefer tape to digital for 'warmth'.? I bet alot of the tracks were recorded onto tape and then transfered onto a digital medium.

 i doubt it... i own a recording studio myself. and while the 'warmth' factor was an issue 3 years ago... now a days it makes no difference. the loss of sound from tape to digital is substantial.

I think it would be EXTREMELY unlikely that axl would be using any tape on CD

[michaelvincent]

Yeah I'm guessing that the whole project went Pro Tools years ago. It would certainly account for some of the, shall we say odd transitions in some of the demos. That's the beauty of demoing on Pro Tools though. With a little planning you can record a song and then chop it up and move the parts around or edit in new sections easily. It's not always going to be perfect but for demos it serves as a quick way to move an arrangement around and experiment.

That's what the demos sound like to me.