ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sonic Unleashed - Cool Edge (Day)]

This is catchy. Just doesn't quite have much punch to it. Melody is laying own in the mix. Drums feel too loud. Wineglass lead isn't quite doing it for me. Your chords are nice, warm, and bright though, which I do enjoy. Good work.

PaulyBFromDa303 responds:

I did have a difficult time leveling out the drums. Probably cause i use two different sets on top of each other. Thought that would solve the whole "punch" problem.

I do see what you mean by the drums being too loud. I just got new headphones and they're actually pretty loud. This oughta help me in the future.

I did make it slower than the original, to allow for extended time and to make it flow a little smoother. Volume balance is hard lol.

Thank you for an honest review

[`idontknowwhattocallthis`]

Interesting. Sounds like you used Voxengo amp simulator on some of those really weird Mixcraft guitar synths and a couple drum loops. I could be wrong.

[Blasterjaxx & Manik - Heart Starts to Beat (Trell13 Remix)]

It's really hard to tell what's going on here; sort of sounds like white noise to me. Well mixed white noise, but white noise nonetheless. I can't really pick anything out of the mix, so cluttered with kicks and other stuff is the mix.

[Strike Strikes Pt.2]

This isn't bad. Could use an overarching melody and a dedicated bass rather than just the single line arp. We get some atmospheric synths later but this doesn't do much for the track. Also, the super high pitched arp at the end is almost ear breaking for me. Overall, it was listenable, but not my preference.

HEYitsTHAToneGUY25 responds:

Thanks I appreciate your critique, and yea melody seems like a good idea, i just didnt want to crowd the mix with too much going on, but i get your point.

And yea sorry about that ending, I tried to give it some kind of ending flare but i guess it didn't work out, but anyway your response is duly noted for a reference of some things i should and shouldn't do.

And Thanks for the Scout, Right on man!

[Thearseri]

Not bad. Simple chord progression. Mixing isn't bad from what I hear. Progresses a little slow for my taste, and a lot of the instruments sound like presets. Crashes are too loud. Rest of the perc could stick out a bit more and be good. There just isn't much differentiating one part of the track from the other, no overarching melody, etc.

TheSecondAxeman responds:

Thanks for the feedback! The instruments weren't presets, however some were derived from them as I'm not incredible at working with certain synths just yet. Cheers!