ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[meet me outside]

Like a fusion of lo-fi hip-hop, ambient, and I'm not sure what else. I wish it were longer. That's the only real drawback of this track to me, beyond perhaps a bit more volume on the bass would make me happy.

[Lagrange Point (NGADM '23 R2)]

I have nothing to say for the writing but good things, and about everything else, not too shabby. I really appreciate the attention to detail in arranging this piece. I think there is a bit much reverb throughout and would like to hear more bass frequencies. The verb is muddying out some of the higher end instruments and melodies, as well as a bit of the perc. If you prefer this verbed out sound, you can gradually increase it throughout, to give more of a sense of movement -- a thin intro to a vast, washed out final chorus. :)

[Somewhere I'll Find You]

The high points for me -- great guitar tone and for the most part articulations, mix is approaching fantastic during most portions, phrasing and variety of phrases within same style.

I would like more bass volume, a bit less reverb in portions -- and compression to dial back on your big drop impacts. They actually swallow up the whole mix. Every point at which you have a big sub or WHAM/WOOMPH transition, the mix gets very cluttered and muddy, and it actually takes away from the gravity of the piece.

Also, I personally didn't like the sax. Would have loved anything else. The articulations are very synthy, and the volume level is not quite there for it to be a solo. Any other synth would do just about.

Beyond that, great work!

BeyondOurEyes responds:

Thanks for the love and feedback! I have some bass drops in there that I think are contributing to the overcompressed impacts so I'll revisit those and try to fix for future, and make some other little tweaks for some more bass.

NO SAX??? :( I like how it sounds personally, though I do agree it would be even better with a more realistic saxophone VSTi versus the basic one I used, so i'm looking into that. The real thing would be even better, but I haven't picked up that instrument / skill yet haha - maybe one day!

[0i00 - Votamelon]

I can definitely hear your knowledge of theory. Simple in terms of orchestration but a lot more complex than what I write these days. Keep it up!

zeroizerozero responds:

Thank you!

[KARABINE]

Tight and crisp sound. I'm listening on my phone so can't say much about mix, but I can say from looking at the waveform you could use to compress the final result/mastering. Otherwise great!

[Caleb Carnell & MAXXJAMEZ - PG3 (Full EP)]

Minus the vocal mix sounding a bit thin and not quite pushed hard enough in terms of compression, saturation in places, this is fantastic. 4:59, those hihats are up pretty high, and the 808 could take up more space in the mix. I think what I might be hearing is a bit of a tinny mic or mix on it. Flows are on point though. I would love to produce to these <3

[walk slow]

I think in terms of mix this could be a lot better -- pump the vocals some more, and perhaps up the dry level before FX (aside from compressor ofc)

The delivery and style of FX though is nice and modern sounding

When the hook hits, the whole beat appears to be distorting, making the vocals hard to make out. Try mixing at a quieter volume and then using compression to reach this level of loudness. It sounds like we are already really loud before hitting the compressor.

Overall though I really like the idgaf vibe of this track

realityreimagined responds:

yea this def not one of my proudest stuff mixing-wise, might do a remix at some point lol i made this track when i didnt have alot of material to work with in my daw and knowledge of mixing but my latest stuff is way better mixing n stuff :) thanks for the review!! <3

[I Went On a Bender For a Week]

Oh the nostalgia. Missing a time I wasn't even alive to experience. Great work

[False Hope]

copied from my PM as I realize I neglected to leave a review and I want to make sure you see this

My feedback concurs mostly with NahuPyrope's with a few exceptions -- I think your builds for the most part are just fine as they are, with the exception of gain staging and I think the pause right before the final drop would be better suited to a B side drop AFTER a repeat of an earlier section for a final chorus.

I would like to be able to hear your vocals more clearly, so that I don't need the lyrics to understand them, and I would like more of them incorporated into other sections. Beyond that, I think the track is pretty freaking great. A bit less high end fizz would completely appease me and my tastes.

veryfakeguest responds:

Many thanks for the review! Seems like I have a habit of making my vocals incoherent, oops. I'll be sure to take note of that and watch the high ends. idk what's gain staging, will have to read on that.lol. I appreciate the feedback!