ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Warpdrive]

Some pretty catchy stuff, but you'll probably get more traction in trance than here. Some pretty sweet sounds around 40, and the low pass play is nice. I feel like you diverged from the mainstay of your chorus around 00:50 to 01:00. Once things got moving again at around 01:30 though, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

The 303 bass feels a little dry in places. Lead around 2:10 is spectacular at its entrance with the shaky tremelo pitch mod.

Overall, it certainly doesn't sound bad, but I feel this is in the wrong genre. Maybe Dance or Trance would be good places to put it. Don't worry about that for now, though. I'm not good at divining genre anyway. I have a couple gripes, however.

-I feel like the cutting of the intro and outro is a bit unnecessary unless it is a consistent theme of the track's melody or accompaniment.
-The pads and basses sound like presets. Nothing wrong with that on its own, but they don't mesh perfectly, and a smooth soundscape is everything.
-Watch your leveling. The mid range between 00:20 and 00:30 was almost painful in my left ear from some frequencies sticking out so much more than others.
-Some parts of the song felt almost copied and pasted, like around 01:02, where the main theme came in.

Pretty catchy tune you've made! Keep it up!

Daru925 responds:

Thank you for the detailled review and useful feedback, especially about EQ
Definitely a lot to improve, listening back to it monthes later^^ Still its one of my favourite track.

I admit i m always lost when choosing a genre for my tracks. I must be stuck in the past where everything was called Techno.
Now I m more like: i will create something and let audiophiles decide what genre it fits best ahah^^
They know better :)
Thanks again!

[Got Home]

I like it. It sounds pensive and maybe a bit sad at times. I can imagine it as surrounding me as I recline in a white, wooden wicker chair, resting my chin on one hand, staring out a window and just thinking. Loops just about flawlessly. I give a 4.5 due to a bit of unsure footing I'm hearing when it comes to the chords, but I think that may just be my ears.

Noisysundae responds:

Uhuh. I gave it a bad arrangement for the chords. It should be better than this. :(

[C.U.R.E. (Concentrated Unmaking Robotic Entity)]

For a moment, I thought my player was freezing, which alarmed me until I realized that was part of the theme. It's not dramatic, so I couldn't dance to it, but it's a good effort. Nice job on the track. It reminds me of 2006 trance on NG. Thank you for the nostalgia. :)

Noisysundae responds:

I'm kinda old-fashioned so I made many old school things. :P
And thank you too. You even went to my profile to check my stuff. :D

[One]

Mixed pretty well, with some cool old conventions like the naked claps and offbeat bass. It's a simple, atmospheric groove that would fit well in a risky platformer, a run and gun, or a laid back set. Amp up the kick and subtract a bit of reverb, pump the bass, and distort that antsy lead, and you'd have a pretty nice club banger. :)

EdKempeper responds:

Thanx for your review !
I tried to do my best with this one. I was influenced by a french DJ and tried to
do the same things with my own means.

[Two]

You've always got the best kicks. I could trip to this. Nice atmosphere.

1:30 threw me off, though. Could just be that it sounds like a rubber band pluck. It didn't mesh too well with the rest of the song until the very end. I can't tell if it's a triangle wave or a ramp or what. Might try a ramp or pulse with a little grit to it. Maybe it's just my ears. Still, I enjoyed the listen. You've got some skills, and it's good to see people cranking out new tunes. :)

EdKempeper responds:

Thank you !
I spent some time on this one too.
The song i'm working on now is very different.
With your advices, i think i need to work on it harder ;)

[Happy gay zombie]

Love that sample, but it sounds more like "melancholy gay zombie" to me. Could use just a tad of a pick me up in tempo if you're going for happy. Subtracting half a star for the abrupt ending. Other than that, great tune. The bass is throbbing in my ears, possibly lending to hearing damage, and it's amazingly catchy. Would liked to have heard more hints of the sample throughout, and possibly more whooshy transitions. Nice work!

EdKempeper responds:

Thank you very much for this review !
I didn't spent much time on this song, so it may explain some of the defaults you pointed out...
Your advices are very clear ! i'll keep it in mind for my next songs !

[Somebody Else - SG]

The perfect fifth vocals on the chorus sound like satan, and sounds like you can hardly carry a tune. Please actually sing your harmony or pitch them by hand when they get out of the chord. You might even want to invest in autotune. Bass also sounds absent.

SergentGetz responds:

Cunt.

[screwing around with ramm]

Jesus, please tune that guitar and fret more solidly. Decent first though.

raving2thegrave responds:

were it not for this review, i probably would have forgotten i uploaded this. and looking back, boy am i ashamed that i did

[V2 Bear Fight]

Great chord progression, and the stringy synths remind me a lot of 007 Goldeneye soundtrack. Could use more hi-hats and cymbals though.

djdizzle01259 responds:

Sure man, I'll work on the cymbals in the future, and thanks for the advice! :p

[Forest of Giants V2]

Sounds great, if not a bit much reverb. Could use just a little more mastering. Overall, pretty solid composition. Gets a favorite and a 5 from me! Now if only it were available for download. Excellent trombone sounds going on, too. Keep it up!

DSykMusic responds:

Thanks for the review!