imsorry, I understood about 60% of that because you mentioned tools I'm unfamiliar with, but suffice to say: You know your stuff!

I've played around with Audacity (a free download) and Garageband. Audacity is a heck of a lot of fun. It has a "Vocals Remover" feature which deletes anything heard in BOTH speakers at the same time, leaving stereo channels of just what is panned far left and just what is panned far right. This is especially interesting to use with old recordings, like The Rolling Stones, because you can drill down pretty far into the mix by muting one of the remaining channels. You might get just harmony vocals, or a few instruments, because of the way things were mixed in the 1960s.

If anyone out there has even a passing interest in mixing (or maybe it should be called un-mixing?), download Audacity and see what you can do. It's a blast.

Can't wait to hear your latest creations, imsorry!

You raise some really interesting points. It makes me think our old friend MSL is behind these leaks.

The guy is an athlete. He engineered the release of "Chicken Dinner" ("Shackler's Revenge") during the 2008 summer Olympics. This time, we got leaks during the 2018 World Cup. I don't think that is just a coincidence.

As you say, what will be telling is if we get an entirely new leak - something we haven't heard, or maybe even never heard of - some time leading up to the 10th anniversary of the release of Chinese Democracy. If so, that could suggest that we have a second benefactor working on behalf of all the fans. If not, we can just tip our hats in the general direction of whatever wrestling ring in which Mister is engaged in combat!

I woke up with "Going Down" playing in my head. Not for the first time, either!

If we get another album, I hope this song is included. It deserves to be heard, and like Izzy or Duff on vocals, the fact it has Tommy singing lead makes GNR feel more like a band, not just Axl's prohject - even if it is 90% his project.

If any leak deserves an official release, it's this one!

Considering Axl's apparent interest in remixes (given what we know of Brain's work), it'd be very cool if he released the multitracks in an official capacity, especially with some of the online DJ services. That would legally expose the multitracks to a whole new audience of remixers, and could result in new fans.

imsorry, when you have time please let us know your process for remixing songs (or do you have a thread about it somewhere?). Do you get rid of sounds using Audacity's "invert" process, or something else? It sounds like you have remixing down to a science!

Years ago someone told me that if you rewire stereo speakers you can get the "invert" sound. I did it and wow, what a revelation. Audacity is a lot easier!