ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[SkyDome - Angry Cat]

Not a bad song, but it's way, waaaaay too loud. Sours my enjoyment of the whole thing.

[SkyDome - Fire Rise]

This isn't DnB, so I moved it to a proper genre.

Overall, the instrumentation doesn't fit the angry mood you were going for, flames rising, etc., but it does sound sinister. I can sense a rather typical EDM structure, which doesn't usually work for songs like these without an overarching solo or something to make each section different. Let's face it, EDM is pretty homogenous.

[Distrion Electro-Light - Rubik [SkyD. Remix]]

Again this song is way too loud. Percussion at least isn't buried, but everything else is -- and distorting.

[Distrion & Electro-Light - Rubik [SkyD. Piano Remake]]

This piece is WAY too loud. Lower the volume of all your tracks before you try to apply compression or anything.

Also, I don't know the song that well, but it sounds like that loop around 1:00 is in the wrong key.

SkyDomeOfficial responds:

ok....? Ill tell you that again, i used my tablet and i made that a while ago... The problem i got now, is that i cant really find a good melody......... help me...... plz.......

[Are We There Yet? (Demo)]

I'm feeling blues more than jazz for some reason. Like some weird in-between. It's a bit swingy.

I'm also not liking that thick low-mid on the keys. Sounds like everything is too close together, really. Some chord inversion may fix those issues -- and maybe paring down the voicing a bit. I know jazz loves to pile on the weird notes, but usually not super thick, if you get my meaning.

Chord progression also felt like it stayed in mostly the same place. Jazz loves to move around to all sorts of new colors. So I would probably classify this as more modern swing/lounge.

Not bad though!

MistyE responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you brought up the low-mid on the keys, I can see why that'd sound worse. In retrospect lounge would definitely be a better descriptor for this than jazz.

[Queen of Hearts (Demo)]

I'm definitely feeling the U2 vibe with those bendy, floaty melodies and the rhythms themselves. Watch that. I'm sure the resemblance will pass a bit with the actual recording, etc.

I felt the rhythm guitar was a bit too repetitive. Some varied rhythms would spice things up a bit. Chord progression also felt a bit too safe. Probably would change some of the chord voicings around too as there are a lot of what sound like parallel fifths. Then again I'm listening on a crappy laptop setup atm. If I return to this later with my proper monitors, I'll send you a PM

MistyE responds:

Ah yeah, chord progressions are something I still have to fully get the hang of. I have the tendency to find one that works and run with it, sometimes for the whole song, which works sometimes but I agree that variation is important. I'll also look into alternate chord voicings today. Thanks for the review!

[Random Stupid Song 01]

This scared me for a second. It wouldn't load so I switched to another tab. Thirty minutes later I thought I was about to star in my very own horror movie, the shining style.

[Knife Blade]

This is super quiet. Compression will help this.

Ends really abruptly.

Also sounds like a collection of loops. The rest of my review could be summed up in exactly what Manx has already said, compression, side-chaining, automation, etc.

[Desert Rider]

Like the sweeping intro. Feels like this track as a whole is practically a chord and harmony study. Good structure. I feel like that bass could be taken down and octave and sound better.

1:26 break is nice, but I was expecting it to go on longer. Sad that it didn't because that was a nice chord. I was happy when you brought it back toward the end. Feels unresolved, though.

Drums are hiding a bit in this mix. Probably has something to do with the overly middy bass being so high and loud.

Not bad.

Congrats on the FP!

sergy147 responds:

Thanks for the constructive criticism, it's my first attempt at making this kind of music so it's all very helpful :)