ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Combustible Friendship, Pt. 2]

Nice

There were a ton of inharmonies in the background that kept annoying me. Pretty cool song there though. Good job!

kevs91 responds:

I think some of the background noise/inharmonies come from two key places in this one:
The guitars I'm using are admittedly poor- the strings are old, they easily fall just a bit out of tune, etc. etc. Plus, I'm just not a good guitar player at all.
Also, I think some of that feel (to my ears anyways) comes with some of the percussion sounds.

Anyway, yeah, definitely a good point. Hopefully with time and practice I'll get better at the mixing process, and maybe even at playing the instruments so that this sort of thing will be much easier to avoid. But I do think at least a little of it comes with the territory when you make noisy music, and it occasionally even adds to the feel of the song. Not, of course, to the extent it's present here, I think.

Thank you very much for the kind words and the review. It's all appreciated, and sorry for the time it took to respond!

[For Your Health]

LOL

The only reason why I gave an 8 is that the clapping got on my nerves a little. Other than that, it's fucking awesome. Good work!

HappyHomicide responds:

Yeah, i just took the edited version from youtube and put metal on it. glad you enjoyed it!

[Back from the Dead]

Needs bass. . . badly

Other than the lack of bass, the song is kick ass. Where'd you find the recordings of the guy that was talking? Back onto the topic of improvement, I'd put more bass into the kick and a little less treble on the who song. Nice rythm guitars by the way.

pitchblak responds:

Thanx alot , yeah, i agree on the kick drum being to low also the song does need bass. I actually got the soundbites from the original black and white Return of the living dead. well, ive got some new equipment now and hope that my quality is gonna be alot better from now on. Also gonna see about adding some bass to my sons as well.Rock on man

[Black Christmas]

Awesome!

Nice minor key =P

I just love Christmas songs like this. I really have nothing that I can think of to say besides that this song is supremely cool and really creepy. I wish my school band would let us play something like this. I like 'weird' music like this, so yeah. Good work!

Keep it up!

HappyHomicide responds:

Thanks man!

[Edge of Faith]

EDIT2021: Just came back to say I still very much enjoy this mix. Since started making my own music and become an audio mod along the way. Wishing you well, wherever your journeys have led, and wherever they may take you in the time to come :)

Very sweet!

This should be number one, definitely. I have absolutely no criticisms. Most amazing song ever. It would probably sound better with a real guitar though. I do like the synth or whatever it is though. It sounds relaxed and chilled and at the same time, it sounds angry and sad.

I like the instruments and vocals also.

What program did you use?

NemesisTheory responds:

Wow, kind words!! I definitely DISAGREE about being #1 though lol XD
and yeah it would definitely be a lot better with a real guitar... guess I'm gonna start saving for one? hahaha

I used FL Studio 8 btw!

[Waving Goodbye]

Good!

I love the piano and string duo, however, I do not like the rips (where you use extremely fast notes) because it sounds like an inharmony in those spots. I like it, but I think it is too short. Also, I didn't really get a sad feeling from this. Was I supposed to or not, because it is confusing me. : /

Also, I read your PM, but I didn't get to respond to it, sorry, I'm using the school's wireless network and even though it doesn't block NG, for somereason, I can't send PM's. I was going to reply though.

Good song =D

JakesFable responds:

Haha thats cool and once I add a guitar to the fast part you want notice crapyness to it. Thanks alot for the review ;)

[Nav- Kirby's Mirror (idnb rmx)]

Good

It needs to be a bit louder. I could barely hear the melody in the background. The drums are a little too loud. I think you did very well with it though. :)

The drums are a bit repetitive though. Distortion would be a good idea to employ on them for a bit of a crispy effect. Classic bass line btw

Nav responds:

Thanks for trying to be helpful, but this song is quite old. I'm a whole lot better now :)

[** \Guitar Challenge - So]

Sweet soloing!

This is a really nice track, but it'd be better with real bass. Good work!

Sonofkirk responds:

Thanks a lot : ). Sorohanro made the backing track so I'm not sure about the bass, but I can assume that the bass wasn't real but it sounds good :P. Thanks a lot for the review :)

[**\ The Sleep Pt II /**]

NICE!

You should make more pieces like this. This is awesome. I really like it. It's metal, but it's also very melodic. Good job, even though I heard a few wrong notes on the part of the rythm guitars and bass (not really noticable once you get into it) and the transition to the piano part was a bit off. Nice drums by the way. I'm hearing some pretty funky (in a good way) rythms here, and some evilness (which is awesome), yet also an overall upbeat feel.

This is a definite download and favorite. :)

Awesome job. This sounds professional, keep it up!

Sonofkirk responds:

Yeah your are the first who notice this, but the bass line is totally fucked up :P. I'm not very good when I have a bass in my hands, the strings are to large lol. Though I don't think that the guitar was off :P.

About the piano part, I hesitated to include it in the song since this part is ternary and the rest of the song is binary :S. Though the chord progression was nice and fitted well the next guitar riff, so I put it.

Thanks for the good review, I appreciate it a lot : ). I guess I'm going to review some of your stuff :P.