ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jomekka - Bugatti Enginez feat. Code]

Kick-ass drop ruined by really repetitive rapping. Subject matter is cliche, isn't catching my attention. Musically, I feel like I should dig it, but I don't.

[Jomekka - Eighto]

The synth bass sounds are a bit weird for me, and kinda... jarring. The vocal samples also sound really oddly mixcrafty. Also weird you grabbed a sample from some porno for the drop.

As far as song goes, the broad sound palette is so typical of this genre, it's hard to stand out. I'm in general not very impressed despite a very nice job. Probably is my clue this is not my genre.

It kind of honestly sounds like you ripped this mp3 from sc, or the mix is clipping from over compression. Might check on that.

Either way, foot is tapping against its will, and you've got a nice little groove. I just hate that vocal sample, lol.

[Bossfight Song]

Not my favorite kind of music, but this does sound pretty good. I'd like a little less of a porty, sharp sounding lead, a bit less volume on your chords and lead, somewhat more on your kick. The instruments are burying everything.

Also would like a proper outro. Good work though. You've improved so much!

[Burn (dubstep)]

Decent bass is had. I'm enjoying the presentation, but the vocal chops and samples are too gained up for my liking, and a bit sibilant.

[Ambient step (1:00)]

Oh, I like that bass. Percussion isn't great -- sound palette doesn't totally fit what you've got going on here.

Bass needs to come up more. Hats need to come down somewhat and maybe have some kind of panned delay and 'verb to 'em. As is it sounds very dry in contrast to your bass.

You should expand on this!

[Supersaw House]

I'm a sucker for saws. This is a simple track. My only complaint is the snare.

Well, I take that back. It's super repetitive, even for house. I'm not really feeling a resolution in these big chords you've pulled up, so they kinda end up being noise to me. Kick needs more presence.

Also not liking the dubstep pattern that comes in at 1:11 or so. I'm just guessing at timing since I wasn't looking. That snare there was garbo for house.

Overall, this track has some very nice moments, but that's overshadowed by heavy percussion over thin instrumentation and those non-resolving chords sorta just hanging out there.

A little music theory may go a long way there. I feel like this one is just a bit thrown together -- not to say that it was a waste of 4 hours. Just think you could have used a bit more time on the perc and trying to get those chords to play nice. :)

[Newgrounds TankBuster (2:32)]

Intro sounds like a videogame, so when the kicks came in I was confused for a second.

For some reason, this kinda sounds a little aimless to me with the formant octave bass. Then again I just don't like this trend of the-lead-and-the-bass-are-the-same-note choruses that bled from big room house to other genres of EDM.

That kick is a bit too loud and subby. Sounds boxy on the rest of the beat. Recommend hi-passing out some of the 20-50 hz or using a multiband compressor on it to get a fuller sound. It's lacking any hi mid punch to it, so it kinda feels like headbutting something unintentionally.

Also, your cymbal samples are... really flat and gross sounding, no offense. They sound like stock mixcraft cymbals. I know you used FL and Ableton, ofc.

Imo, hats could use some panning and variation. Snare is laying flat in the mix with too much low end on it, and your fills need panning to stick out.

Cymbals need to come way up in the beginning.

Overall none of your synths sound ugly, but those harmonies need to come up in the mix. Actually, the bass/lead could probably do with coming down a db or two.

It sounds like most of this mix's punch came out of the master channel with hard compression and sausage fattening, just judging by how the kick loses presence later in the track. If you want to compress hard and keep the kick all-in, side-chain a little harder.

I also was disturbed by the abrupt outro and overall felt the track was pretty dry, just sitting right there, flat. Part of that is listening on ATH m40x's, which are flat studio monitors. You might want to invest in a pair. They don't make everything sound hideous, but they reveal a lot of things your average sound system or pair of casual listening headphones plaster bandaids over.

Overall, good work, and a nice creative endeavor. :)

bdog705 responds:

now this is a review and i thank you very much for writing such an in depth one, it helps in many more ways than you think
thanks for the other reviews too, very well structured and worded, thanks!

[Brief sample on shit mic]

I'm not sure why I like it. Sounds moderately insane, but not gonna lie, you've got a nice voice.

[I See People And They Say Hi]

The dankest dank meme. But more terrible. I'm not sure why this has 400+ downloads.

[Week 23 2017 (Acapella)]

I'm hearing these weekly verses and being quite rightly reminded of how sub-par my own lyrical skills are. Nice work :)

Cyberdevil responds:

Well you know what they say about practice. :) I know I have a long way to go too but... one week at a time! Thanks for listening!