ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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 ?

[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!

[Oinks - Brainfuck]

Don't have headphones on to properly appreciate this, but I LOVE the grooves going on here up through 1:39. Whole track is just weird in a good way :)

01NX5 responds:

I think I mixed this track exclusively for headphone, which was a mistake of mine cause I did master this track only in headphones and without speakers, even though this was made on mobile and phone spekaers aren't the greatest, but maybe I shouldn't fully rely mastering on headphones.

But mastering aside, I'm glad you enjoyed the track, it was, for me and my sakes, risky cause I perfer to write more complex tracks whereas the minimal and repetitive approach I had on this track, I like how it came out and I appreciate your comment! :D

[White Knuckle (feat Ilya Mirosh)]

Decided to listen to this in my car. Was not disappointed. Ilya's vocal performance is an advertisement in itself. Very well deserved front page. I would actually back off on the compression on the master just a bit. Or the reverb coming in from the drums and low end. Otherwise sounding great. Like the stuff I used to listen to in middle school, and that's a high compliment! Think Breaking Benjamin and so on

FarFromSundown responds:

Thank you! I take the correlation to Breaking Benjamin as a high compliment. That's moreso what I was going for, so that's really encouraging to hear :D

[Unusual Times Advent Calendar 2024 - Song 2]

Here comes Santa claus?????

RealTin3Sn responds:

OMG you got it! You're first person to guess one of my songs LOL.

[Cut the Line]

Came here to drop 5 from the trailer

ChordC responds:

Appreciate it, mate! Keep on making banger tunes!

[WHAT REMAINS]

I really appreciate the technical talk on this one. I'm a plugin and sample hoarder, so it gives me new ideas for junk to fill my hard drive with ❤️

I would write more on the production and arrangement, but I hate typing on mobile and can't hear properly the finer aspects of mix anyway. But it does sound good on my phone, so that's a plus!

KI1 responds:

Always happy to find someone else who likes to go nerd mode. I'm sure we'll use those samples... one day.

You aren't missing too much this time - although I've been getting into panning a lot lately, trying to get W I D E. Thanks for stopping by again :)

[Just break it.]

This reminds me of 90s breakbeats, videogame music. If that's where you were going, I'd check out the Archive's 90s sample CDs. You'll have a lot of fun with them if you have the patience to sort through the samples.

Nice, simple little theme. Looks unmastered from the peaks, but not bad at all

OPFX responds:

Whoa, Nice find!

[Haunted Triplets (Wip)]

The swinging beats omg <3

Tapestoppa responds:

Thank you! We had the option to either do 6/8 or triplets, I figured triplets would be more bouncy and catchy so we went with it :)