ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Trillionz (Original Mix)]

Got some serious mixing problems. Are you master limiting this at all?

Also, it doesn't feel like it goes anywhere. Just the same canned transitions, same cymbals at different pitches, and no really melodic progression. It feels like it stays in the same chord. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth with all those frequencies bleeding into one another, sorry.

Khris responds:

not everyone's gonna like what i pump out, but hey, i'll take what you're saying and use it to benefit my next project, i appreciate you taking the time to write an in depth critique of my music.

[Screaming By]

Interesting stuff. It doesn't sound bad. Your perc could use work though, at least in the FX department. Reverb, phasers, flangers, chorus (stereo effect)... I don't think this is trance, though. It may be. It just doesn't sound like a lot I've heard. I like it, though.

Your leads aren't coming out as much as they should in the mix. Do you have a master limiter on the whole mix? Are you sidechaining? I hear some of the characteristic pumping, but I'm not sure.

That midrange bass sound is odd. Sounds like it's just kind of herp derping while the more synthy bass kicks the track along. 2:20 sounds really good. Your squirrelly riffs in the midrange are throwing me off though. Needs more of an edge to the sound. 3:00 is another good bit. The lead isn't characteristic of most trance I hear though. Listen to ATB - Could You Believe, and get a feel for leads like that. Actually, listen to ATB, period. Great inspiration for Trance.

Drewpy responds:

Hey, thanks! I didn't really know where to put this, and I feel like it's more trance than the other categories available. Thanks for the advice and the ATB suggestion!

[Hold On]

The swing felt a little clumsy to me, but you managed to tie back into a gritty, cohesive sound. Great work!

BOULLIE responds:

Yeah I didn't treat the drum loop too closely. I remember the swing growing on me after a bit and I left it where it was.

It's still hella wonky, but I'm glad it's at least enjoyable lol. Look at the newer stuff!! *Nervously bites at nails*

[Block Stompin']

Some good stuff. The string bass stuck out a bit, but I really like the distortion on your drums, and the panning and delays were fantastic. A phrasing problem happened around 1:35, but it could just be because it was easy to get lost in that atmosphere of the softer long notes. Your outro is nice. Wish it could have lasted a little longer or been hinted at somewhere else.

Great work -- and this is just your early stuff. Nice!

BOULLIE responds:

Oh god! Don't look at this stuff!!! lmao

I can't even listen to most of these anymore without feeling a tinge of embarassment, no matter how important they were to my development

[Ode to a Woman]

Sweet and simple. I like it. The chords resolve well. Only could use a little more precise tuning.

larrynachos responds:

The guitar was a VST, so the tuning is fine. I turned off most of the bend humanization so it wouldn't detune.

[~{ Wub and Effection }~]

Not bad, but it was easy to pick out parts of the drop that sounded almost exactly the same. The high, for instance. Sounds like Skrillex made love to some techno. Your drop clashes a bit with the overall chord structure of the track in places.

larrynachos responds:

Yeah, I should have added more to the drops. I had made the drop first, as a project for school, then I finished it without modifying the drop further (which is probably why it sounds so dry).

Thanks for the review!

[Addiction]

Nice work! My headphone cord broke halfway through listening, but what I heard is nice. Your phrasing is great. Now, just need to add some edge to that. Sounds really old school.

HaydeMusic responds:

Thanks, I really hope my song wasn't the reason your headphones broke haha