ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Patterns (Orchestral Remix)]

I don't know about you, but an electric piano doesn't belong in a classical setting to me. Neither does an electric bass or rock drums. Sounds better, I suppose, than the original, but it still sounds like literally a midi port of the other song. I assume this is exactly what it is until 2:10, at which point it just becomes ridiculous. Can't really call this classical at all.

The whole song is disjunct. There are no transitions. Sort of just lays there.

LavaRift responds:

I know how bad this is. It is very far in my past, and I didn't know what classical meant.

[{DJ-L} NightBlender]

Doesn't really sound like dubstep at all to me, except your drums, which sound like loops. There really is not much progression going on here, just the same stabs over and over. I would press skip on this.

Also, there isn't much of a drop at all. It just sounds like the same off key melody ported into the bass, which also sounds like a Mixcraft preset.

No offense, just isn't my thing. Definitely would send this one back to the drawing board, at least to fix the phrasing, so it doesn't feel like building up to another build up, to a nothing. Also, where are hats? Crashes?

LavaRift responds:

I know

[{DJ-L} Patterns]

It's interesting, I'll give you that. The drums really aren't doing anything for the mix though, as quiet as they are. I've got to say, I really don't like the electric piano. It just just sounds cliche.

I wouldn't classify this dubstep at all. There's no drop, just some computer noises. I suggest studying your genres more.

LavaRift responds:

Thank you for the feedback.

[Stargenx - The Whale]

The louder you sing, the better it sounds. Otherwise, kind of odd. Your arranging is good, but I would definitely redo your vocals. Could use some finer tuned mixing as well. The instrumental could stick out a bit more and I wouldn't complain.

EDIT 4/16/2024: I don't know what crack I was smoking in 2016. There's a lot of reverb, and that's probably what I was complaining about. And to a degree the vocals sound like they're being performed live on stage vs the studio. You know what I'm talking about. That difference in presence. Anyway, I found you again through @LJCoffee's (the guy who scouted me years ago) scout list. Hope you're well!

Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review! Very understandable!

[Buzz Word]

This shit makes me happy, period. Literally cannot understand why it hasn't blown up more speakers than the plays tell me it has. Could use just a bit more bass, but that's a bit subjective. Otherwise, pretty perfect, and your writing is impeccable. :)

Hikari responds:

Woah, thank you a lot for your review and time! I completely agree with you. I feel like I could have decreased the dynamics in the sub a hair and increased the volume by a solid db. Happyhardcore is a bit out of my norm but it's been a life long dream to make a song in the style. It's kind of funny, when I started making music when I was 12 all I wanted to do was make rave and hardtrance. So this was kind of a throw back to those days. Another interesting point is that I had originally made this melody to show a friend how to sequence, make a chord progression and how to arrange. I liked the melody but I had no idea what to do with the it so I just threw it in the archive. A few months later I got bored and decided to look through my old project files. When I rediscovered "nice melody.flp" I got instantly inspired. Thank you again for your listen!

[A.T.K]

You're definitely a talented writer. Just think you could use some better 808 bass. Keep it up!

SmokeAvery responds:

Thanks man , your absolutely right about the 808.. I'm currently in the middle of two DnB tracks. I'll def backtrack on this

[Urban Kiss]

Sounds like a lot of mixcraft presets and loops to me -- everything vaguely familiar. It's not bad though. I like the snare.

Zodiax responds:

Thanks for your thoughts. No loops were actually used, but we did use a few stock preset instruments that were tweaked a little from VST's such as Sawer and Sytrus. The guitar sample was actually made by us....literally playing the guitar.

It's unfortunate that it sounds like that to you (meaning we failed to do something creative enough to pull away from that stigma) but I'll take that into consideration next time we work with these instruments.

Thanks for the feedback. It's always appreciated.

[Pokemon Audition]

I really feel like your voice is a bit too low for the smaller pokemon. It just sounds off kilter to me, sorry. Usually hear boyish or female voices on those for that crisp non-falsetto sound. Other than that, your Blaziken is strong, and your Oshawott is nice.

BillyBean-VA responds:

Thanks! I have to agree with you, I was basically just giving as many as I could as shot, as the piece I was auditioning for needed specific pokemon.

I appreciate your feedback though, it really helps!

[The Nuvo Resistance]

The vocals are nice, but the instrumental doesn't really feel hip-hop to me at all. It's almost totally out of sync with the acapella at 2:30. I can easily pick out the piano preset -- lot of amateur mistakes going on here that need cleared up. Maybe I'm missing the point.

BurntOutOnlineMedia responds:

I'm glad someone really tried to "look" over my work and see if I'm capturing the right vibe. I have been needing someone to really help me find a sound and stick to it.

[Without You]

Beat is on point, but this probably belongs in olskool sylistically. The mixing of the vocals could use a bit of improvement too. It's not enough to cut noise. Probably want to clamp some chorus, compression, etc. onto it. It sounds really dry. Lyrical composition isn't bad by any means but could use more content. There's a lot of points where it's just the beat, no obvious reason for entry and exit, etc. Also, some of your stresses on the syllables sound unsure, like you're searching for the beat. Keep it up though. The first part of success is the courage to begin.

KeepingOnPoint responds:

Thank you so much for your input! As always I'm working on creating better content.