ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Walking in the street]

This is the most anxious street walk I've ever seen. I might be cruising the alley, hoping not to get shot LOL

[Hip Hop Late Night Chill]

Doesn't loop perfectly, but for 2004, this is pretty banging.

[poser]

Классный бит. Только хотелось бы, что барабаны громче были, а 808 чуть тище. Найдите плагин KSHMR Essentials Kick. Я всегда использую -- бесплатный плагин, здорово работает чтоб улучшилось звучание барабанов. Также полезны stereo widener, chorus, doubler, не знаю как на русском писать эти вещи.

Можно скачать Smiley VST и soundgoodizer, sausage fattener для мастеринга :)

[Confusion (Space Rock Remix)]

Super authentic sounding olskool acid going on here. It takes quite a while to develop, as is the fashion, though I think I would like just a little more obvious filter play leading into 3:20. 4:15 sample brings the emotional chord progression to an almost tearful point.

Still invested by 5:36. Perhaps a little taming of 20khz plus frequencies through here would do it well. 6:21 build is functioning well and nicely produced.

7:14 that vocoded sample could probably be panned back and forth for a bit more play in the space. Brauer motion if you don't have it is a great plugin for that, great for arpeggiating and quick automated pans

Overall, a good contemporary techno piece, or at least what will have been considered contemporary in a few decades. Makes me miss the 90's. Better days

Lashmush responds:

My next EDM project is "Power of Celtic". Ive failed that one twice on NG so im gonna do it justice and do it right. Shiva Shidapu is 90s psytrance legends (one of which went on to become Infected Mushroom). c:

[Starchase]

Oh this is super nostalgic for me. Reminds me of the old days of listening to trance and checking the portal. My only real critique would be it's a bit hard to hear the clap in the background, but that's not a huge issue. I would just turn the lead and harmony down about .2 dB and perhaps apply a sidechain for when the clap comes in.

[Throwaway Soulmates]

Piece is suitably ominous, lyrics are wistful and perhaps resentful without being overbearing.

I think the cymbals may come in a bit too aggressively, but on bigger sections sound fine, maybe just a few tenths of a dB out of balance.

Occasionally there are flat or sharp moments in the vocals, and the piece is overly reverbed or compressed. I would cut lower frequencies on the verb just to give a bit more clarity. As is it sounds almost like a live recording in a lounge. I have a hard time hearing the bass over that.

Those are just the minuses. On the plus side, the piece holds well together in a very organic and moving way. Dig the bridge!

Here from the favorite track you produced thread :)

[Pax Aeterna]

Writing wise, this piece is nice and dreamy. I personally don't like the pan flute's lazy attacks, which clash to me with the mallet instruments -- and those may be a tad too loud for my taste, along with the strings that seem to be about .2 to .3 dB out of balance, but this would serve wonderfully as menu music or a quiet scene, maybe falling asleep. Dig it

[Ceminox]

Smooth track with great arrangement, a nice laid back feel, and great variation. Production wise it's a bit low mid heavy, and I'd want just a bit more sibilance overall, but beyond that, nice screaming lead solo without being overbearingly complex, and that I think is the strength of this piece. It's pushing, driving, without ever doing TOO much. Pleasure to listen to.

Here from the favorite tracks you produced thread

[Utopia Carnage]

Definitely getting old computer game vibes here. I like when the kick comes in. It's very rhythmically strong. I'd still love to see what you could do with more high end software. I would have jammed to this as an n64 soundtrack

Here from the favorite tracks you produced thread

[Labarum]

Writing that is deceptively simple, a piece that is cohesive in its sense of dread. I think my only gripes would be the limitations of equipment used and synths themselves. It sounds like something that should play in the old Xena games back on PS1