ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Beneath Wishes]

This is very good

This definitely sounds like it's a boss battle song, and although I feel it should be a lot heavier, I do like it a lot. For a four day deadline song, it is exceptional. You don't often find something like this made in such a short time. You did a very, very great job on this. The strings sound a bit fake, and some other VST's do as well, but that's probably not going to be noticed by anyone playing a game and trying to beat a boss. It would have been better had it sounded more evil/epic though.

Dimoria responds:

A totally agree. But I think I'm gona make a "final boss" song , that is much more evil and heavier. That's at least what I'm planning to do. I agree with the vst instruments. I would like to have multis that is one instrument that you can use for short strokes long trills vibratoes etc. I think I laid the weight of the song on the guitars. I wanted to make something catchy and that would make the boss fight feel as it had tons of action. I will vote this review as helpfull. Thanks alot. :)

[Bagatelle no. 1 in A minor]

Good

This is a very nice piece for beginners to learn from. Hopefully I can learn to play as well as you do. I play some piano, but I suck at it for the most part. I can't point out any flaws at the moment, but I can say that it is beautiful in its simplicity. It'd make a nice loop for a movie or game. It's two AM here, so I must go to bed. I've stayed up just to listen to this piece and leave my thoughts.

Winterwind-NS responds:

Hey!
I was worried whether people would understand what I was trying to do with this opus. If you ever need sheet music, don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you for gracing me with your lovely reviews.
-Winter

[Adventuring Guitar]

Meh

This is okay, but synth guitars aren't good for songs. They just suck. Trust me, I know. Ditch the synth/midi guitar, and have a decent player record something for you.

The bass is good, and so is the organ and synth brass. They sound cool, but the synth guitars ruined it.

Sorry if I sound like I'm being an ass, but it's 1 AM here and I'm having a bad day. Either I'm not sleeping well or I'm not at all. I don't mean to be an ass about your song.

linkfan23 responds:

I don't mind at all. I actually appreciate what you're telling me. I'll remember that next time. I also was going for more of a retroey(?) feel to the song, thus the synth.

[dj basewave-twisting minds MMM]

It's alright.

I like it... Somewhat.... The synths all sound so out of place, even with nice accompanying instruments used with them. This is cool, but I just didn't feel it. Also, I'm not a big fan of the Fruity Loops Studio series, I prefer something more simple, like Mixcraft 4. It has a library (even if some of the loops suck), and it has features that let you make up rythms with synth instruments in clip form. (ex: you can use a drum kit synth to 'build' the drums you have here) Not saying FL isn't good, but MXC works better for me when I want to make tech, trance or dance.

windu190 responds:

is mixcraft 4 free??

[Mass Effect]

Good!

The beginning sounds pretty scary. I'd say it'd be good for a scary movie. I hear a familiar melody in there from another submission I listened to ages ago. Good work! There are so many transitions, but that makes it more cool. In a few places, the synth and the choir didn't fit. That was around 2:09 to 2:20 seconds into it. This is really cool, keep it up!

AvatarKami responds:

Hey, thanks for the review. I was kind of going for something more ominous in the beginning that transitioned to something light and ethereal. As for the familiar melody, I do have a piano part from this song that is close to one of my other songs, Emotionally Screwed. The only other explanation that I can offer is that the melody that your thinking of might have used some of the same loops as I used here. I hear what you're saying about the choir not matching and I tried to fix that in post production, messing with the levels, but some of it still got through. Thanks for the compliments. Will do.

-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)

[KISS - Drain You]

Okay...

It's a bit awkward thanks to all the flanging on the vocals. It's just a weird song to me... I don't really like it. Better synths would be a nice improvement. ACID Pro isn't exactly the best thing when you want to make a song like this. Sure, it has nice Acid synths, but not much else. Try buying a keyboard or something cause this just isn't your thing in my opinion.

pookicker responds:

Your honesty kills me and I will not deny your opinion. Coming back from your profile, you're half my age and have more talent in the music field than I have and that says a lot so, I respect your word. However, making "music" is only my video game and playing an instrument is something I don't know how to do. If it weren't for my car, I'd probably throw more money into more professional, musical apparatuses and maybe learn to sing. Thanks for listening!

[Winter in Montreal]

Great!

This reminds me of the happiest days of my life. I'd give a ten even if it were'nt this good cause I love flash backs when I'm listening to something. I can't suggest any improvements except for to get a better piano synth and add less reverb or EQ it a little more when it's one of the only instruments playing. Less flanger on the guitar solo would be good. Other than those insignificant flaws, it is a very good song.

Soundshifter responds:

thanks very much. it is an old song, and my producing skills weren't as up to par as they are now. you learn as you go!

[|| FranticMasta ||]

Nice

I like it, but the fast tempo and kick ruined it for me. I was digging everything else, but the kick... It just annoyed the hell out of me. I would have loved it had the kick not been so loud and off tempo. Everything else was fine. That's pretty much all the problems I have with it. This deserves the second spot. ^_^

HouseMasta responds:

sorry that the kick ruined it for you, but i liked the sound of that kick when i put it in. Im glad you enjoyed the song as a whole though :D

~HM~

[(WF1) Fleeting Daybreak]

Cool

Sounds like a sad tech song to me. Could be used for a flash back, like jadog said. I'm putting this in my playlist now so I can play centipede or some other arcade game and listen to this instead of classic 8 bit music. I agree with IronRising on the thing with the background instrument being too prominent for this song. Overall, nice work!

wyldfyre1 responds:

the synth is what you guys were talkin about eh? LOL ok yeah. i'll probably end up changing that up or even adding effects in the long run so its not as bad as is now.