ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Panoramic fly vision]

Reminds me of Paragon-X9, although to be fair, DnB back in the day was always a fairly insular sounding genre. I'm surprised this song is rated as low as it is, not to mention that it has so few views. The mix is a bit tinny, and the bass could use more presence, but it's not as if any one particular aspect o the track is buried under another; I also recall this is the era where mastering compression and sausage fattening hadn't infiltrated 99% of music as a whole, so it's not bothering me much. Breakbeats are sweet. I'll be adding it to my favorites. Hashtag A E S T H E T I C.

[The Lost Tapes: Rebirth]

Lost tape, you say? I can easily identify most of these instrument patches, but I have to say, the arrangement, while odd, is more than just the sum of its parts. While seemingly wonky, it retains a cohesive theme -- enough repetition to retain legitimacy without being skull-numbingly boring. It'd probably have better served your piece to have the melody outside of the mallets for such slow lines, though, or at least supported with another instrument. Who knows, maybe even a harmony with a second clarinet.

Overall, not a bad piece. Crazy to think it's been sitting here unmolested in misc for over a year. I'm going to move it to the proper genre.

Ps, come back yo.

[DJ_XBrav Ultimate Shortey]

Sounds like FL Slayer and some generic key presets. I actually like it. Short and sweet. Chord progression leaves a little to be desired though, and the drums are pretty buried in the mix.

[The First]

I'm not really getting a trap vibe from this at all. Can't really hear the bass. Kick kind of sounds like "Shots" mixed with a couple other tracks. That snare is laying there. It's also lacking any backing pads to give those cute runs any feel to them. Makes the whole track feel empty. It feels like being lost in a PVC pipe.

[DJ Cat - Bloodlust]

This song is ridiculously loud and dissonant but seems to have had some effort put into it, at least. Pull those individual instruments down and clap a limiter on it or something.

[SkyDome - Music Nation]

Ahh finally something that's not clipping. This isn't half bad. Kick could come up a little, and so could your snare. It also kind of feels the same throughout.

Also, those claps you're laying down around 1:30 don't lay in with the beat at all really. It sounds like those awkward white people claps in church. Yes, we know the ones.

On a slow beat like this, you're gonna want that relaxed clap on beat 3, or if you're adventurous, on the "and" of 3. Or follow the 3 clap in the next measure by one on 3 and one on the "and" of 4. This is kind of verging on hip-hop territory.

SkyDomeOfficial responds:

I dont know what you mean when you say that my claps at 1:30 doesnt lay in. And I used my tablet so its normal if its not that good... But thanks for the advice!

[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.