ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mesosphere]

Lots of really cool ideas here. I think it could be benefited by some study of song structure and more typical production -- YT is wonderful for this. But otherwise it reminds me of olskool videogame soundtracks

LeanYeenMachine responds:

Thanks for the feedback and the follow! I'm going to keep looking into the things you suggested.

[Monster]

Really cool concept for a track, and good writing, however the output audio is distorting really badly. See if you can turn it down some in LMMS, then use another editor like audacity to amplify it if needed. I really like that you used samples of your own voice. Super indie producer thing to do and keeps things interesting.

Tristanlagreato responds:

Thank you! ^_^ Sorry about the volume/distortion, I tend to listen to things on my headphones really quiet, and so I make things high volume so I can hear it. This is actually a kinda old song, believe it or not. My new songs are better, but I haven't posted them here yet, they're only on SoundCloud so far because I'm new to Newgrounds. I decided to post this on here so long after making it was because I thought Newgrounds needed more royalty free music, and also that I wanted to see how well my song would do. Thank you for your feedback! ^_^

[deltatunes - Battle in the Dark]

Really smooth tune, lots of variation and modulation I hear going on in your synths.

Only thing, your drums are hiding. Bring them out by lowering the volume of other instruments and mixing at a quiet output volume level. Then apply mastering compression until you get a suitable volume. Try out some mixing tutorials and see what happens. As far as I'm concerned, that's really the only thing this track lacks.

Great work. Keep it coming!

ItsStephJM responds:

I was worried about the drums being too loud so I may have overcompensated in lowering the volume on them.

In general I like messing with all the soundfonts and VSTs I've accumulated over 5 years, it's why there's a massive variance in the synths!

Thank you for the critique!

[Solar Flare]

That arp is really smooth. You have a lot of cool ideas going on here. I think what would benefit you most is studying song structure and possibly grabbing some free vsts off the internet to experiment with, maybe some music theory. Take some time and watch tutorials on YT, and see if you can get inspired to create something in an organized manner. I believe in you!

[Charlie Chaplin's last speech but w/ bg music]

This sounds like the intro to an awesome album. Only gripes, those strings could be replaced with a more obvious synth instrument so they don't stick out so much. Also your snare could come down and have some reverb or delay.

Look up gated reverb which may help you.

The hihat is turned up far too loud so that it makes it hard for me to hear Charlie and pay attention to him

[Final Words]

Not a bad beat. Just writing this to let you know I've moved it to hip-hop modern genre. Really appreciate your drop. Although I wish you would have stuck with the hip-hop style throughout as opposed to going to a really basic sounding EDM. The chords on the sides during that drop are quite loud, hiding the drums and even sounding louder than your sub.

So it comes out as a hiphop track with a rather long contemporary pop edm bridge. But other than those sections I really like it.

[Color Drunk]

Not a bad little tune, and spicy chords. I think the only thing I could ask for is more variation. That will come from studying song structure -- I know the first thing I thought about that was that I didn't want my work to sound like everyone else's, but having that general idea of direction will allow you to write your fullest sections and build toward them for a more satisfying result :)

[Pixel Plaza]

Right off the bat, this sounds pretty damn cool. I like the chords and arpeggios, lead is smooth, and mixing is inoffensive. I would do something to remove the clicking when the bass comes in.

[Just jammin around]

You could probably cut out that hum by eqing out the particular frequency or applying multiband compression

End result is muddy, bar rock-ish. I do like your lead playing. You've got potential if you start seriously songwriting, find yourself a DAW that can support vsts, a bass and drum set in particular. I have recommendations if you're interested :)

Overall, sounds nice, even given the limitations of software and hardware.

[Chill sad acoustic.]

Coincidentally all my favorite chords. I'd like to see you revisit this with a bit more consistency after having played a while. Last section of single picking fingerstyle grabbed my attention. :)

JimmyBiscuit responds:

I love those chords I play them all the time. Most of this is just improvised and I choked in the middle of it a little if my memory serves me well. I've been playing for almost 2 years and yeah, I need to get a little more consistent with my stuff lol.