ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ziggurat]

Beautiful composition as usual. Very in tense, and unrelenting. I especially enjoy 1:15 to 1:50.

I have absolutely no problem with the programmed guitar. A bit more polish on the midi quantization and maybe a bit of running through to clean up the lower intervals -- de-mud -- will work wonders.

I have no idea why people insist we PLAY instruments in this age, if we are primarily composers. There is nothing wrong with either-or. I sympathize as an occasional bass player.

I will say the master is pretty quiet and a bit peaky. Might revisit that, and back off the fizz on the amps. It reminds me of my old work, where I would accidentally put the amp after the cab only to notice after I submitted xD

trunotfals responds:

I took most of all this advice and reuploaded for the comp <3

Always great advice firendo

[Taco Body Boat Bitch]

This is so stupid, and I love it. I don't know what it is about this sample that lends itself so much to house -- the demo I'm working on with it is also coincidentally house xD

VariableGR responds:

Ouh shit hahahhaa thanks!
I can't wait to hear it! hahaha 😎😂

[NG's 30th Anniversary Music Collab]

Even having heard some of the individual parts working on this collab, the result and cohesion between parts shocked me! Sad I missed the release (my phone and car broke down at the same time) but glad I could take part!

[So cold]

WILD to hear Aalasteir rapping. Made me smile from ear to ear!

[SHOTS]

Really interesting idea for a beat. I especially like the intro. I think the 808 could use swapping out though for another stronger one. I have a bunch of these in a free sample pack I made. You can download them wholesale from my gumroad or grab them individually off the left hand panel of my profile under "my samples"

[DrumNCrash]

Wasn't sure about this when it got started, but the base of the full drum beat itself sounds cool. I would totally sample it.

LMMS is really hard to mix in and get quality sounds. I would probably recommend exporting your stems and mixing them in another DAW.

FantasistEldrun responds:

Thanks !

I've been using LMMS for years now, however I dont really know any other plateform that I'd be capable to use for the same situations... Do you have suggestions for that ?

[- Space Warrior]

Hip-Hop. Just add an 808, kick and snare, and you have a decent beat starter

[Touch of the Wind]

I'm floored at not having found your music sooner -- this stuff is right up my alley! Loving the breaks and more IDM style production! Thoughtful, lively atmosphere with unintrusive motifs. In general, just real nice

8-BITek responds:

Thanks, I’ve got a few IDMs on Newgrounds

[Yamaha PSR-400-500 Song]

I'm here for that ting-ting-tong agogo, and no one can take that enjoyment away from me. Without removing said agogo.

This got me wondering if the PSR-400 sounds are substantially different from the ones loaded in my girlfriend's keyboard. I was thinking of making a sample pack of the different patches. If they're not too different, though, I may recommend this soundfont and record some interesting modulations instead. (EDIT: I checked and she has a PSR 423, so no wonder the patches sound familiar!)

This composition is a bop btw.

ALSO, I just thought of this since you mentioned Casiocore in your tags. Not long ago I put out a CasioTone 2400 sample pack with some soundfonts. From this track, it sounds like you could make it bang! Check my profile if you're interested in that sort of thing.

8-BITek responds:

The PSR-423 has different sounds and additional filters that weren’t present in the PSR-400. You can listen to the PSR-400 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce6iYByAqxk - completely different sounds.

By the way, speaking of Casio, my first keyboard was the Casio CA-401. To this day, I’m still searching for a soundfont with those sounds. If you happen to come across one, let me know!

[F-777 - Deadlocked (Cover)]

Not sure why this has such a low score. It's a perfectly serviceable chip cover and doesn't sound bad at all!