ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Corazon]

I agree with @Noltrollroll. The accordion is QUITE loud at times, taking away from my enjoyment of what is otherwise a lovely and well mixed piece! Compositionally, this is fantastic. Impressed at the quality of live recorded parts, as well.

[In Humanity We Trust]

This piece is really nostalgic to me. Takes me back to 90s videogames, hi tech dungeons, and wave after wave of low polygon baddies that somehow felt more real than they do now, looking back.

Very interesting piece, made all the more compelling for its minimalism. Wish I could hear that arp uninterrupted for hours.

BlighterProductions responds:

Awesome. Thank you! This track started out as a concept for a melody I had written in F# minor, and I figured this melody would fit greatly at the end of my album, titled “The Cult of Testificate 517”. If you like ambient music like this, you should give it a listen.

Thanks for your review!

[Charming Times]

This track is about as clean as you'll ever see in the world of indie EDM. Happy to see people are still making music like this. Very nostalgic.

[Hit 'Em]

Bring the drum shells up in the mix, and this will slap. At present, it's like what the band sounds like standing beside the guitarists' monitors ;P

Nice guitar tone, prompt idea, and overall theme!

[austice]

Very nice choice of textures throughout. I only wish the foley shshhshshshsh droning were a bit quieter, and there were a tad less reverb. Initially, the instrument balance threw me off. I expected the piano to be a little clear. The combination of the above made the mp3 feel like it was low bit rate, until the very end. So that was a little odd to experience!

[Retrostalgia]

I'm not quite following the story, due to the style of mixing on the vox, but that doesn't make this any less a vibe.

My singular complaints revolve around balance and EQ -- hard to point out due to such hard compression on the master -- I think it's just a bit too brick walled. What's telling is how much more open the mix feels at 2:16 when slowed down and pared down a bit. Your high frequencies and sub bass are washing out on your drops as a result of going too hot into that level of master comp, imo. Maybe some of the blame can also be placed on bit-crush. Sue me -- but as much as I love bit-crush, it's hard to work with!

Paring back some dB on reverb and delay low end, dropping up to a dB off of instruments here and there, and even panning pad layers a bit left and right can help with this perception. The latter, I notice you've done quite a bit of for leads and rhythmic layers. I would make it a bit more extreme.

EQ wise, I want to hear more of your low mids and mids in general. 2:09 and 2:35 are much better balanced. Listen to how that transition opens up, bringing those freqs in. Without them, even though the bass is just as full at 1:38, it just doesn't hit quite as hard!

But that said, I love the style of production. Bringing this project back from the grave was certainly the right decision.

[Zif0o - Jacaranda]

You can remove the silent ending via Audacity prior to submitting ;)

Certainly an interesting piece, particularly the atmosphere from all the guitar textures.

I think the hihats are way too high in the mix though, relative to the kick, bass, and other percussive instruments.

I'd like to hear more panning around from your perc at 2:15. It feels very widenized but not very present in the center as a result. These are phasing issues caused by artificial stereo widening. A plugin like widefire may get around this by only widening harmonics of the signal, opposed to the dry signal.

By all means, keep experimenting in this vein though. Has to be one of the most interesting pieces I've heard from you!

Great work :)

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Very digestible. Bonus points for that scorching solo, plus a masterful blending of multiple styles typically associated with 80s/90s anime and VGM music.

[Rolling SpeakerBeat2 🔈🔊łāžÿ]

The raw square really holds this track together. Just something about it is magic. Nice chord progression and interesting choice of instruments. I like this version better.

BABYHlGHN0TE responds:

Thanks so much ADR3-N! I had some team members work on this as well❤️
But st5ck did like 90% of these songs but I helped with the fading ins and outs, and the sound fx at the end. Al thought you can’t hear the fading ins and outs that much, the ending was all me. Those two sound effects at the end that go Bum! Bum!
This might sound stolen or when you Shazam it you get a result quickly but this is our song and if you need pics to show it’s not stolen, I have some. This is my original song :)

[I heard you like the 2010s ; )]

This actually reminds me of late 90s VGM