ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Monster]

This entire track is meh. Vengeance loops are so overused and cliche, it's ridiculous. Your mixing and handling of the instruments is amateur, and everything is laying on top and cluttering the mix up. At some points of the drop, I'm cringing. There is no wobbling, no grit, and no soul. Study your genre a bit more and what techniques people use with the equipment you have.

[Nofained]

Well, the mixing isn't terrible, and there was no distortion, but I would hardly call one note a song, with just one drum loop of boom-snareclap-boom-snareclap, and a single note, A-natural across a couple octaves and instruments. That doesn't cut it. Get out of your safe space and write a melody!

[Anticlimactic]

Sounds as if it's entirely composed of pitched loops in the same key, which is not cool.

[bullion-first work]

For a first, you bring a lot of interesting chord progressions to the table. Loop is not perfect, and I feel like it's very much unfinished, but you should definitely keep pursuing what you're doing. You have the makings of a stellar producer if what I'm hearing is all original composition. Just work on your mixing and instrumentation, and the rest will come natural.

claycubed responds:

thank you ADR3-N, i haven't been posting here mostly because i forgot this website existed... but in other news i have been hard at work perfecting my craft, and on another note, all those chord progressions aren't mine, they are third party ones. i am pretty embarrassed about this work, not only because its not exactly mine, but also because my new work is much better. I'm glad that you commented on this and hope we can keep in touch!

[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Completely Trash Attempted Dubstep, But I Completely Failed At It.....]

Title is apt. All the clicking, lack of attention to instrumentation, it really leaves a lot to be desired. Also, is nowhere near DnB.

DJ-Geo responds:

It's supposed to be completely terrible

[Stupid Song]

Some cool ambient creepy sounds, but the loop is done poorly, and you really could have done more overall. Mixing leaves a lot to be desired.

BeDezGD responds:

I know it is made poorly. It took me 10 minutes. I just have to take the thing out that ruins the loop.

[Floating]

I'd like to see this fleshed out more. It sounds like an intro to some olskool hiphop. Nice work!

[Rise, Recover]

Absolutely brilliant composition. There were some points I feel the electronic percussion may have been a little superfluous, but it didn't really take away from my enjoyment of the piece. Stunning work.

jakeghost responds:

Thank you so much, stoked you enjoyed it! Appreciate the feedback, I'm looking forward to working on more pieces and really nailing the balance between the piano and percussion. Cheers!

[OskarTopp - Geometry Dash Song]

Simple, predictable chord progression of perfect fifths. It's just not really grabbing my attention and sounds pretty generic. Good enough to tap my foot to, but I really feel rather than dropping to nothing and bringing everything back, you could have plowed to home just as easily. There really was not much progression that I feel made the track stand out at all, and the composition feels like it's sitting in its safe space, complacent.

[Insomnia]

Writing is fine. 808 could be a bit stronger in the mix. Brass has too long of a decay on the reverb and just too much of it in general. It leaves it feeling weaker. Needs to be darker. Snare could use more grit. Flute is so mellow, it just doesn't leave a good taste. I just feel your samples and instrumentation aren't really standing out too much. Work on subtlety and presentation.

carl565 responds:

I guess we are going to have to agree to disagree, but that's always fine with criticism. I agree that the flute is pretty mellow. I feel the snare is just about where it needs to be. If there's anything I'm particularly picky about, it's the snare. This 808 actually kills the subwoofer in my car. I had to tune it down in FL Studio a little bit. Perhaps that's not a good idea to judge by my sub. I could see car audio being funky versus headphones. Overall, I myself am happy with the turnout of the song. I usually compare my songs to other songs I have made in the past, and all I'm concerned about is improving. Thanks for your review!