ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[ADR3-N / 2 / 17 / A200]

@Cyberdevil, actually, it's not on @Aalasteir, it's on me! I ended up house sitting on the days I was supposed to be doing recording in post and TOTALLY FORGOT!

If Aalasteir doesn't mind hastily appending it somewhere inside here with a disclaimer, and you don't mind hearing something I recorded in haste through an AI model of my own voice, it may YET be fixed! Pending a response on that because it's been like 10 minutes since I sent the file *blush*

But anyway, the reason for my 5, aside from the screw up with those questions -- accidents happen! -- it was extremely fun to talk this time around. As before, you came prepared (Aalasteir), and your editing is again very, very natural considering the many side-bars taken and lots that aren't on the record!

BottleTopBillFanclub responds:

You are super nice! I'm very grateful that you have patience with me.

I acknowledge that I could have done a better job of being better prepared, which would have prevented me from missing your questions, @Nebulate @Cyberdevil super sorry!

@ADR3-N I'm grateful for your help. Stay awesome!

[Szad - Hot16 (Czyszy rmx)]

The vocal mix *could* be a little better -- fuller and a bit more present. I don't speak polish yet, but the vocal has that special attraction Russian used to have for me, before I spoke it. Dope beat reminds me of the early 2000s. <3

Czyszy responds:

Unfortunately, I only had a fully mixed .mp3 acapella to work with. Szad himself had become pretty unhinged at some point and after going apeshit with conspiracy theories, he eventually removed all of his social media. Oh, and then he went to jail for kidnapping.

[Nya]

Барабаны в интро такие классные. Мне нравятся.

Кроме баланса в миксе, критики у меня нет. Мне кажется что кик и малый барабан играют громче чем требуется в данном жанре. Советую их уменьшить значительно -- или по крайне мере делать громче пэды/keys (дай мне пожалуйста слово для keys, спс за ранее, просто забыла) чтобы они соответствовали к громкости основных ритмических элементов))

Сайдчейн придумали именно потому что надо было обмануть мозг, чтобы он воспринимал кик громче чем на самом деле есть в треке. Без него, конфликты между бассом и киком заставляют нас либо применить эквалайзер, либо писать линию басс чтобы не звучал он одновременно с киком, либо делать кик невероятно и даже безумно громким. Используя сайдчейн, мы избавимся от этих проблем и можем значительно уменьшить громкость кика, и кстати малого барабана. В этом хитрость сайдчейна, кик тище чем раньше, но звучит он мощнее.

Басс пожалуйста делай погромче. Мониторы у меня гудят на низких частотах, но басс не казался особо заметным.

Но кроме всего этого, трек просто класс!

G2961 responds:

О, спасибо за отзыв! Я очень ценю это!
(да просто можешь писать keys как "клавишные")

Да я чё-то этого всего не слышал, у меня просто ужасные наушники, к сожалению. Большое спасибо за замечание!

[Website Stuff]

Learn to code, they said
It'll be fun, they said

Me, 5 minutes and a nice headache later:
this song

This song reminds me of the Shoes jam from the mid 00's YT glory days, and in a good way.

OPFX responds:

That has to be the best compliment I've ever received.

[Nightfall]

I can't believe I never left a review on this in all these years. I just want to say, it slapped in '03. It slapped in '06, and even today it leaves an impression. My dad had this on a wakeup playlist back in the day, and I remember it very fondly.

[Paradigm (feat Burn7) - Instrumental]

Came here to drop 5. Stayed for arrangement and lyrics. I was hoping to hear them!

I think the mix could use some revisiting to bring out the rhythm guitars on the sides more, perhaps take some verb off those kicks and toms. Essentially carving out space for bass to exist in the center channel relatively unmolested. I wonder if what could be causing some of the flat feel could be monitors or cans which don't translate that sub noise, and at the same time over accentuate highs. There's something called RealPhones I recently learned about which you can grab to effectively mix on headphones, but it's paid.

3:19 where the mix is less condensed, it sounds more ideal -- the compressor is really clamping down on the mix as a result of those thick bass frequencies. Cutting some verb wet and bringing the kick down will help. You can actually use sidechain to make sure the transient cuts through without harming too much of anything, and adjust it for each individual track so that it isn't very noticeable, then trim down the kick to a more manageable for the compressor volume.

Sorry if I'm writing a book and it seems to be all critique! Just know that I have no other negative comments about anything else. I very much enjoyed it!

FarFromSundown responds:

I always love the critic and feedback! I really do need to get better at sidechain for the exact reason you're describing. I just moved and am still trying to figure out the best Cost effective way to do vocals without disrupting my neighbors (now that I have them lol). But this is the first track to get vox on it when I do!
Thanks for the feedback!