ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[bitter-root]

I found this from @dundosundae's playlist, first result, and wow. What a banger. Takes me back to the good old days of adultswim latenight TV.

[Catela–HEART!(xb32 remix)]

I actually like this better than the original. It's not compressed to almost unintelligibility, and it's both sonically diverse and rhythmically pleasant to listen to.

One thing I would suggest is to control the low end of your reverb a bit more. Low cutting those wets to 250 usually is the trick for me. Sometimes you can get away with a bit less cutting, but with instruments trailing below C3, it can get really ringy.

Are you using a lot of stereo spreading as well? If you're using something more like Infected Mushroom's Wide, I would recommend switching to WideFire. The former can cause phasing issues and a tin-can effect -- where the output sounds farther away from you. I'm hearing a bit of that here on your basses and synths.

I would also take a look at your stereo spectrums on your drops. 1:08 feels more full than the rest of the track and sticks out as such. 1:33 likewise is quite full relative to 1:52. I feel like it should be the other way around.

I hope this is the feedback you're looking for. Tearout and riddim are not my typical expertise. The overall principles of mixing seem to fall along the lines of trap and metal, however, which I do know quite a bit about.

Overall, I would focus on bringing your basses' mid and low mids up a bit. I can clearly hear your sub, but they feel farther away than I'd like. The mid and high mid will help bring them in your face.

xb32Philya responds:

Thanks for your feedback!

[HEART!]

Solid track. Not a MASSIVE fan of the amount of compression here. I feel it takes somewhat away from the feeling of the sub and negatively affects the mix at points, like 2:04, where the top end and low end both suffer. This may have been a transition on your part but due to high compression, I couldn't hear it.

That said, a great composition, solid arrangement, and great sound design!

[-Roadside Drug-]

I don't think that was ordinary meth...

IT WAS SUPER METH

This sounds less like Nebraska, and more like Ohio. But I'm digging it. It has the vibe of happy, moderately psychotic, and desperately manic at the same time.

It's not entirely phonk. Something newer and brighter has emerged. As such I'm not entirely sure how to critique.

One thing I have noticed, is that it is frantically busy, like many of your other pieces. You may try a technique of building an 8 bar hook (just copy the 4 bar and change the 2nd and last bars somewhat), then copypasting and cutting away layers for other sections.

Creeperforce24 responds:

Thanks for the tip! Now! LETS ENJOY THIS NEW PHONKMETH GENRE

[Nexus]

This is gorgeous. I have no items of critique

[Andromeda]

Офигеть. That opening chord sounds so nice. Takes me back about 10 years. I can feel a lot of synthwave and trance influence here, which is nice.

I would say there is about .2-.3 dB too much 16khz-24khz. But other than that, you are working wonders with those $3 headphones. Hats off.

Also, lovely instrumentation, rhythms, and of course drops. Your breaks sound great and are used appropriately as fills. Very satisfying. If this was not already FP'ed, I'd FP it myself!

Also, I just thought of something -- you have already checked all your audio settings, yes? I was shocked to find some years ago, there is a sample rate setting in most Windows computers. If you find settings, sound, all sound devices, properties, you will see a setting called "output settings" and "format". Set it to the highest possible, which for me was 24-bit, 48khz. This made a huge difference in sound quality for me and allowed me to hear those crazy high frequencies for the first time.

Anyway, if you already found that setting, awesome. And great work, btw.

G2961 responds:

Thank you so much, ADR3-N! If I had cool headphones, then maybe my songs would be perfect then, but I'll have to somehow keep surviving with my $3 A4Techs, lol.
Really appreciate your feedback!!!

[CULT CLASSIC (FEAT. AALASTEIR)]

It hurts so good

[AIM - You're going to buy? Right?]

You know, if you had a proper orchestra and not those darn keytar versions in the beginning, this would be a proper orchestral score. And I'm here for it. It sounds like balloon animals when I squint xD

I have to say, the pitch wobbling microtonal you pulled off really sells the piece. This might be the best thing I've ever heard from you, and I generally don't like listening to this kind of music. Nice work

[Queens]

I'm just loving the haphazard weirdness going on here. It indeed reminds me of samurai champloo days