ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DJ Cat - Pain Is Not A Problem]

I really dislike the sound of your drums, sort of just lumbering, borderline distorted -- snare is overpowering until the drop hits. The pianos with their reverb are bordering cheesy, as are the saws. Your arrangement isn't bad, but it just sort of hits the spot between strange and almost good for me -- the uncanny valley if you will.

DJCat12 responds:

Ok, I will take this comment to help myself :). Thanks Guy!!!

[MrBipolar- 2016 Commercial Demo]

Pretty great, good mixing. Probably could use a bit more high end on your vocals. They feel a bit muffled. That may be your windscreen. It's an amusing listen nonetheless!

mrbipolar responds:

Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Alien Dance Party]

I wouldn't say this is drum and bass, more... I'm not even sure. DnB would be somewhere in the 165-180 BPM and have a different drum beat. I suggest a bit of study. I'm not good at genres myself, but this just sticks out as clearly not belonging in DnB, which could negatively affect your score.

Onto the song itself, it would be 10x better with some cymbals, more prominent percussion, and some transitions. Without them, it just feels like there's no progression.

DeadByTomorrow responds:

spent a long time debating what genre this was, we arn't sure either

[Trap Door]

This is neither dubstep, nor trap, and the lack of mastering made it practically unlistenable. I'm not sure how exactly that works in Caustic specifically, but you should at least be able to lower the volume enough that the output doesn't distort, maybe use a master limiter. I would study some serious tutorials if I were you. Feels absolutely carelessly slapped together.

Stardust-Nation responds:

I appreciate the brazen and honest feedback. I'm studying, yes. I'm still new to this whole shtick, but there doesn't seem to be quite enough time in my schedule to really learn a lot at once. As for the mastering, it's probably the worst part of caustic. I have to do all this tricky business with recording, and I was worried that I might end up screwing it up more. Anyways, it's all about the small steps, I guess.

[Amethyst (Prod. FirePowerX)]

Overall, it's good, but it's lacking something... some kind of punch I feel isn't being packed. It could just be the bass feels like it's just going "yawn, I don't want to be here" and sort of laying on top of the track without meshing with it. I could say the same of the drums.

[Wrath Of The Storm]

Listening to this on my tower speakers, so a bit of a different listening experience for me, but beginning seems interesting. Canned thunder threw me off, but the piano is interesting. I'd have liked if the piano was a bit less synthy, maybe more modulation and velocity would fix that. Chord structure in those strings is clashing a bit with the piano -- perfect fifth movements, sounds like; in that case, I'd recommend some brief study of music theory, chord resolutions. Also, we end up stopping right in the middle of a build to go back to a (catchy) arp once things finally seem to get going -- a beginning leading to a beginning. That threw me off.

I think what really gets me here is the melody is pretty good, but the chord progressions behind it aren't really all that pleasing. The drums and strings almost seem canned. Just not a lot going on there.

I'll give you a good solid 3.5 for a good idea, but the overly synth strings and some careless implementation of that really keeps me from going any higher, especially the arrangement and progression.

[Transilvanian Lolger]

This is pretty good stuff. I'd have liked to hear a full version. Got really invested in hearing more, and then it turned out to be a loop, haha.

EdKempeper responds:

Haha, many thanks for your review ! It was not a serious work, just a desire to submit something fun ! To make a good cover of this classic, I imagine something darker, in an industrial vein...

[Pixel Wave (Redux)]

Pretty good. I like the drum beat. It seems to fit here well. My complaint is it could stand out in the mix more. Maybe you could sidechain that on your pad-ish long tone synths. Pretty good work here. Good drop, but I didn't like the string-ish synth. Sounds like you're using Adonis for that wubby synth.

What this could use is less clutter on the drop, hats slightly lower in the mix, and a bit more crispness, less reverb on some stuff. Just more concise cutoffs. It ends up sounding a bit bloody -- like everything is smearing together at parts, and a lot of the frequencies are very close to one another. There seems to be some clipping sounds toward the end. Watch that.

Other than that, good work. I'm impressed. You keep improving with each song you send me. Keep up the good work.

Finnsfolks responds:

Thx, man. I'll keep this stuff in mind.

[TheFatRat - Jackpot]

I've been listening to the chorus of this song to drown out the sounds of my grandmother chewing in front of me at the bar for over 20 minutes. Thank you. This is catchy enough not to be annoying and loud enough to help me escape at most points.