ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Xtrullor - Paradigm Shift]

Now that is a hard brick wall!

I appreciate the cinematic elements of your mixes, as usual, and of course your characteristic growls. The super hard compression has robbed you of dynamics, though. Also getting a little pumping here and there where parts that should not be as loud as your growl are coming in and actually sounding louder. Could be compression or just the result of not EQ'ing each individual track to its strengths. This can even be as simple as just cutting the 0-80 Hz out of every instrument but the bass. You'd be surprised what is lurking around in there.

Love ya, brother. Keep doing what you do.

[Groove Heaven]

Ooh funky delayed drums. That's my thing.

Interesting little groove. Gets infectious. Levels could be better, but hey. Realized I was tapping my foot. I actually really like this. Got a good flow for the most part.

[Apocalypse [WIP]]

Ooh, pretty chord. Then more pretty chords. Sounds like a really old videogame vst. I'm not quite hearing the apocalyptic feel, unless that's to come some time later. Interesting lead writing. That's not an overarching melody I'd have thought of.

Ride cymbal sounds good. Drums are buried in those strings and lead.

[LabGroove]

Slow build... I think I heard this one before. Actually, dead sure I have. Is this a duplicate?

[Back On Track - Dance Remix [Geometry Dash]]

Okay, it could just be that I'm sick of hearing this song after spending forever removing stolen versions of it from the AP, but this remix didn't really excite me very much. To be fair the original melody isn't particularly very evocative, and everyone uses this chord progression at least once.

The song itself feels very quickly produced. The piano especially, and the sort of uniform 100% velocity, it feels like. Plus the leads are octaved and never seem to do anything interesting together. Lead is also way too loud for my taste, and this could have used a lot more bass.

Just not a fan favorite for me. No hate pls >.>

PancakePocket responds:

Don’t worry! I like criticism because it makes me a better musician! Thanks for the help!

[Lab Groove]

Gotta say, the beeping is getting me. Maybe a couple dB down and it'd work better. I really like the tone otherwise, and the percussion works very well. A simple, effective theme.

[Strollin']

Interesting melodic idea. Also, I just realized this is from 2012 and not just something like a couple years ago. Good on ya! I'm a sucker for old hipstery noises, too. A good loop, even if I wish the theme were further expanded.

[ActionScene!]

Sounds very Sega Genesis 80's. I'd like just a bit longer releases on your synths. Snare could also use a bit more snap to it. It sounds very laid back and un-action-y. As is, sounds sort of like a sunset drive. The track itself otherwise is quite minimalistic. Not much to critique here other than that it's very, very loud, haha.

cloudnone responds:

Yeah. Shit’s old as hell and I’m way passed the “doing crappy chip tunes” stage nowadays xD

[Not Anymore (Demo)]

Chorus on that guitar is interesting. The slaps are juuuust a bit too loud. Could be EQ'ed out probably, or adjust the mic position farther from the bridge.

Songwriting is good, especially the little runs. Now, execution could be ten times better if you would come out of your shell and sing out. It sounds a bit like you're in a range you're not quite comfortable with judging by the pitch weebling. Don't worry. It happens to the best of us. A little more confidence and I can see greatness in you.

There's also a bit of noise in what sounds like the 17-12khz range. You can probably safely EQ or noise-cancel that out.

Also would like to hear that last note ring out rather than clip off.

I'm also tempted to ask to remix this one. I seriously love that progression.

cloudnone responds:

Hey, feel free to remix it! And if you want to collab drop me a line!

[New song preview!]

Oh, this sounds super olskool. Would love to hear this continued. It's short enough though that I don't really have much to say besides.

I am hearing a bit of a high-pitched whine somewhere up in the 19-22khz range. You can always try to EQ that out with something like Reaper's ReaEQ. Though I realize that may involve some real gymnastics in or outside of LMMS.