ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[BASCUTI - PSYCHO]

The bit crush in the beginning is a bit extreme for me -- the high frequencies aren't painful but stick out very noticeably.

Writing in the intro is nice

I feel like we've gone from an intro into an intro by 46 seconds

and again at 57. I think wecould have gone straight into the drop at 1:10

Your bass sounds very nice. It reminds me of cyberpunks battle theme

However the entire track is mixed too loudly for me to enjoy. Whatever happened to the master, the levels were too loud going into it, so the track is at clipping values throughout the entire drop. This makes all elements of the track hard to differentiate from each other. The quality suffers as a result.

Beyond that, not bad at all! Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

[Haunted Harpsichord]

Hmm. I think this would sound a lot better with more variety of instruments and quality of instruments, specifically if you are going to emulate real instruments, it's better to find libraries like Spitfire Labs

The writing is not bad, and neither is the phrasing.

I would appreciate in addition to the kick, snares, hihats, crash cymbals, and transition noises.

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[SPURME - 5th Dimension FlowerBoyDeMii Remix]

The high frequencies in the beginning are pretty loud. I would also turn down your reverb on your pad.

Drop is SICK though. Think hihat could also come down

Reverb on everything could come down by 1/4 to 1/2 and the track would sound better under all that compression. It's getting wall of noise level compressed by 1:40. Notice 1:58 is the same loudness profile as the drop and that's not a good sign. You want at least a little break.

2:18 is nice barring the very high frequency. Turn that down somewhat. The rest is NOICE

2:38 sounds muddy but GREAT ideas.

Throughout the rest of the sections, much of my previous critique would be repeated so I'll leave it here. Watch so that you don't have screaming highs, as those are painful to listen to. Hihats, leads, anything screechy.

Beyond that, awesome work.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

[ANGLE]

Ooh, 8 seconds in and already hard.

Percussion writing is nice, doesn't sound like the hihats are too loud which is nice. What is loud is your kick and reverse kick. When the crash and different transitions -- and triangles -- come in, the track as a whole is distorting. This is robbing your track of much craved low end. Luckily you have a mid heavy bass to help it cut.

Look at the waveform. It looks like a sausage casing. I would mix at a much quieter volume, make sure everything is audible, and go from there. The first thing you can do is reduce the reverb on all of your keys and strings, cut the low end off the reverb up to 300 hz to make room for your 808, and make sure they don't sit on top of each other all muddy. You can afford to turn down your kick by a little too probably if you reduce the overall volume. After the levels are good, apply your master/mastering compression/sausage fattener/internet mastering service.

Also, if you're looking for dirty ass 808s, I dropped a sample pack called Adreanaline in my newsposts. There's tons of other free instruments hanging out in there too if you care to see.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC! Really enjoyed your beat <3

[A new Chapter]

Great utilization of music theory in your chord modulations. Superbly and thoughtfully written. By 1:50 I'm waiting for a bit more to be said, wondering if we will see the incorporation of different instruments or lead lines. I think the ideas sold here would be best brought out into a full orchestra or a classic rock ballad. For a solo instrument piece, great work!

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GeminiGemini responds:

Thank you

[Dream]

I think a different bass besides that slap would better serve you for such a busy bass line with notes that close to each other. Or you could try something like Ample Sounds Bass lite and see what happens.

I'm not sure entirely what is happening with those scream samples fighting each other but I like it better when they are used as accents rather than a melody.

The piece itself is weird in an endearing way. I appreciate that about it.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

[Electronic danger]

UwU that opening is noice. Please tell me what that creaking sound is. It's a little too loud but I like it.

39 seconds I'm starting to feel like the intro is going on just a bit too long. 50 seconds, I've accepted it

I like your arrangement but think there is WAY too much reverb and the drums are too far down in the mix.

VERY NICE drum fill writing

I want to hear more bass throughout. The lead at 1:27 is much too loud without it.

Splendid writing.

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idimension responds:

Thanks !
In this mix, i use Hybrid synth to make the riffs, i find theses on the bells and leads presets.

[Midnight Perceptions]

Very calming, sad little chords. I would place this in perhaps ambient.

I don't have a lot of critique as it's quite a simple atmospheric piece. I very much like the touches at 2:17 playing with noise. However it is quite a long time to have a lot of the same elements playing without much in the way of transitions or change. Perhaps some play with other noise samples, transition noises, and varying more so when different instruments come and go will help with that. I think you did the best you could all things considered.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

[[NGUAC] Underground]

Your hihats are REALLY LOUD

I appreciate your writing and ideas throughout. I think it would sound a lot better with less reverb, a bit more variation in what instruments were playing at a time.

I appreciate that you play with half-time throughout.

Reminds me of olskool videogames.

Unfortunately the very loud hihat makes it hard for me to enjoy throughout. You really get a lot of use out of that thing!

The kick is also almost inaudible.

Splendid melody and structure however.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

juanthecrack5 responds:

Thank u for the feedback!, I rlly will try to improve some of that points u mention.

[surreal grove]

Can't make many comments beyond I would appreciate just a bit more variation in the breaks and sections. Other than that, nice work.

Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!