ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shüpphedős a Talay(Dupstep RMX V2)]

I have no idea what's happening. Hurts my ears. A lot, with the screeching. I also have a hard time hearing the percussion over said screeching.

CanCerY responds:

Blabla, make betta noob

[Dr Who - Quaz Remix]

Is this one of those how-to submissions? I have no idea what's happening and can't find where this is from with a bing search.

[8-bit Joyride Sackbot]

Super repetitive. I'm not really sure what's going on? Also, it's fairly quiet.

PuffballYoshi responds:

This was made in Beepbox. Sorry. Thanks for viewing!

[Eazy - YeloJelo / Me]

Would rate 4 if not for "Thank you for trying this demo." That's really annoying and not necessary here since you can easily disable downloads.

[Contender]

Caustic DAW -- heard that one is notoriously problematic to work with. I would turn down the wet signal on your reverb and increase the low cut. It's creating a very muddy texture across virtually all elements of your track. Listen to the cutoff at the end and you can hear all that low frequency mud it's adding over top.

This piece is interesting. Harmonic minor. I'm having a little bit of a hard time hearing a lot of what's going on due to the volume. You might try rendering your projects first with Caustic, if it is your only option, then amplifying them in Audacity, which is free and will not allow you to amplify tracks to the point of clipping without doing so intentionally.

If you do have a computer, Traction DAW is free. I have several free VST recommendations, also, in case that's up your alley.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

YHTFLKC responds:

Thanks for the review yo!! Yea caustic can be a pain to work around sometimes I definitely need to get something more professional but Im just kind of making music as a hobby right now cause some or all of the time my phone is all I have at my disposal lol need to get my PC back asap and start trying other programs maybe get some better headphones or at least stop using my phone speaker for making music when I'm in a hurry, bad call on that one, woops..!

[Author wind - Future]

Intro sounds good... may have too much reverb. Turn down that wet signal and increase low cut. By 0:31 I'm noticing it muddying up your mix on every instrument you've applied it to. 0:56 it seems to happen to that pluck as well.

1:18 drop is simple but gets the job done. I would pull down your fizzy ... saws?

By 1:57 I can hear your reverb on that lead over your stabs. That's not good. It starts sounding like we're in a tin can.

Arrangement wise, this piece is structurally sound but fairly repetitive. I start to lose attention before 2:47. Perhaps factor in a key change or another lead some time at or before this section.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

Authorwind responds:

Thx ;)

[The Last Descent]

Re: deafness, there is a tool called Aumeo that you can use to hear close to what people without hearing loss would perceive. It's expensive but I know hearing impaired producers who use it. There are also spectrum visualizers. It takes skill to learn how to interpret the waveforms, but it can really help, even for the non-hearing impaired. You can also try holding a balloon or bottle in your hands while listening on speakers to get sensory feedback.

I can barely hear your bass over those loud mid stabs at 0:01.

Kick is nice and boomy but seems to have a high click around 300 hz. Big sub on it.

This is interesting -- what sounds good to a partially deaf person is not quite so different as I thought. Your sidechain fizz is just a bit too high for my taste, and I'm not sure why hats were panned all the way to the right -- I would move them about 40% right instead of 100.

I am starting to get a bit of pain in my left ear from that subby kick. May low cut it up to 28 hz. It's also got a long release.

Compositionally, this piece is solid. 2:49 section almost reminds me of Britney Spears - Toxic, haha.

4:23 section is nice and clean sounding. Feel like it's missing some 16k-20k range and a little mid-heavy.

Overall, nice work! Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!