ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[net suffering]

So happy I decided to go on a roll down this tag (and shocked to see a near album dropped in a single day)

I'm shocked that almost a full day has gone by without more reviews, but maybe that's just the state of the portal these days. I keep thinking with each review, no, this track is my favorite, but I think I'll name this one so. I just love the chord progression.

What DAW do you use by chance?

aak3ng responds:

Thank you a lot for your comments, they mean a lot!
I use FL Studio and sometimes Cubase for Mastering, hope this helps you!
Thank you for being here

[Hello, world!]

I was expecting dnb immediately based on the tags (out of curiosity I selected a tag I just submitted to!), but I think you got something going on here lyrically. Would love if you posted those below

The only thing about this mix is it's pretty low and low mid heavy. It's nice that the hihats aren't in your face, but it's a bit hard to hear the drums. I would turn the sub down quite a bit and push the vocals forward more.

Cutting the low reverb wet signal will help significantly, same with any delays. A reverb or delay that will allow you to control these values with a hipass is very helpful for cleanliness of mix. Sidechaining things out of the way of the kick and snare will help too. Flux is a free fake sidechain plugin that I use religiously. I discovered it while searching for what to post onto my monthly free plugin/resource magazine, posted on my blog the 15th of every month.

Besides the bass being pretty loud throughout and overpowering the melodic elements of the track, I really appreciate the writing, especially the hook. You have great songwriting and I encourage you to keep going!

solenlovesyou responds:

tysm for the feedback ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ i adore getting detailed advice and i will be sure to apply ur mixing advice when the song gets remastered for the EP's release!!

as for lyrics, a video is available on my youtube! i just updated my links to include that
thanks so much again!

[Is this justice?]

I gotta know what kind of lead that whistle is. It sounds super versatile. If it's not in fact modeled after an actual instrument, props for making it sound like it is.

I think some things could be done to make this pop

For one, make sure the kick and snare cut through. They're pretty quiet in the mix relative to the lead and side synths -- but I am very thankful the lead is audible.

You could do to cut out a lot of the low end reverb wets and hi-pass those to 250 hz or even higher if the instrument is in the low register. I hear a lot of reverb which is sucking out the power from those chords!

It also sounds like you are using stock drums for the kick and snare which is not bad. They just don't seem to have a lot of character.

Really the only thing that is holding this back is mix. Compositionally it sounds great!

DumbOctopus responds:

That whistle is just whistle preset from FLEX with some effects. Thank you for your comment!
Yeah, mixing is hard for me, but I'm trying to improve!

[Bellscape]

Интересно! Классик рок от тебя совсем не ожидала, но это не классик рок а что-то другое. Может быть поп? Жанр конечно есть -- просто я не очень много знаю о нем, чтобы конкретно назвать. Все равно делает меня немного счастливее, слушав трек исполнен тобою с моими семплами. Обязательно ставлю ссылку в описании на него.

Есть одна вещь -- возможно просто не могу слышать, но на слух кажется что только один семпл для каждого барабана выбрал, тарелки, хэты, малый и басс барабаны итд. Библиотека была предназначена для того, чтобы возможно было скопировать все семплы одного типа из папки через драг энд дроп, чтобы представлялось больше вариантов velocity, артикуляций итд. Но вполне возможно, что я просто плохо слышу.

Рада что пак тебе понравился. Трек и понравился мне! Делаешь треки в невероятном темпе. Не знаю что еще мне сказать, кроме что в том же духе продолжай!

G2961 responds:

Спасибо за отзыв! Да, так и есть, просто я всё-таки делаю электронную музыку в жанре EDM, а тут такое. В следующий раз я буду тщательно использовать FPC в FL Studio, который позволяет загрузить несколько сэмплов для каждого отдельного звука

[zima]

Wow, you're really cranking out tunes. I'm always shocked at your output and the relative quality.

I would watch for clipping on the mix, as I hear some. Otherwise I literally have no complaints. Great synthwave track!

G2961 responds:

Спасибо большое! Да, есть проблемы с миксом, а то есть барабаны, например, приглушаются из-за басса и синтов, но я это исправлю. А так спасибо за отзыв, действительно было неожиданно увидеть твой отзыв :)

[02. Alone]

Coming here because this track deserves more love. An absolute vibe.

No real constructive criticism because I have to do life things, but I just finished your EP and left my reply in the forum. The most I can say is that I would look at the wet signals of your reverbs and probably hipass them to 300 hz or so, and I may remove the little what sounds like vinyl clicks or cracks throughout. If you enjoy that, ignore me about removing them, but think about making them a bit quieter. There's nothing in the high frequencies really to make them fit into a wider canvas, imo, so they should be a bit quieter.

EVLanche responds:

Noted, thank you for your input! I will keep that in mind for the future :D

[night dream]

В основном, трек хорош. Слышу и понимаю сразу, почему ставили на ФП. Ответ на твой вопрос -- что менять. Я бы уменьшила громкость звуков воды -- кажется что это капли воды слева и справа. И тажке будь внимателен, чтобы не очень часто те же самые сэмплы повторять, если они легко узнать. И это все. Думаю что кроме них, все ровно сидит в миксе. Тщательно ты выбрал остальные пресеты, модуляции, параметры сайдчейн итд. Возможно я бы делали мелодии чуть погромче, но было просто класс.

Продолжай!

G2961 responds:

Спасибо большое за отзыв! Хорошо, я постараюсь учесть эти ошибки в дальнейшем.

[Eptic - Propane (Seven Chakras Remix)]

I think this is more midtempo than synthwave, but nailed it. Despite whatever mixing deficiencies -- studying some professional mixing and mastering will help you there - I like this version better. In general I think the 250 hz and below of the bass would do well to be centered, the bass come down just a bit, and snare come up in the mix.

SevenChakras responds:

this was from 3 years ago, a bit late for that type of feedback lmfao

[Evolution of Everything [G2961 Remix]]

ОФИГЕТЬ -- басс такой жирный, прямо в лицо ударит. Думаю что около минутки 1 надо исправить некоторые уровни громкости -- например ревербераций. Они должны падать вниз или немножко сокращать продолжительность, чтобы компрессор правильно звучал. Сжатие довольно жесткое, и думаю что также можешь его уменьшить лишь чуть чуть -- чтобы вторая часть трека сохранила свой динамический контраст.

Но в общем, мне очень понравился трек.

G2961 responds:

Хорошо! Спасибо за расширенный отзыв!
Да я в принципе знал про то, сжатие прямо жёсткое, просто я как-то делал ремикс нехотя и у меня не было идей на продолжение.

[zDk - Codex of Honor {UPD}]

Going to write this review in english -- there are some concepts I would have trouble explaining in Russian.

In general, this is nice, blazing fast DnB. A few things I would adjust -- take wet reverb down somewhat, apply slightly less compression so the track does not appear to be a sausage. In general this will allow for more clarity and the bass to cut through.

Needs a bit more sub/bass, and attention to detail of the phase of the bass -- see that when the kick and snare come in, if there is no sidechain applied, that it does not cause the kick OR the bass to decrease in volume. Deselecting random phase generation/position on oscillator can assist this. Then manually slide the start of the waveform until the problem is no longer present. I'm not sure if that's happening here since the waveform is so fat, but it could be, as I notice just a bit of thinness in the bass.

I actually would like a deeper, lower kick, and a higher pitched, more classic snare. Be careful also that your hihats and other percussion are a bit cleaner. The amount of verb on the track and instruments sharing this frequency range are clouding things up a bit. Great job not having them super sibilant. No ear pain achieved))))

Overall I love the energy of this track. Two thumbs up from me

G2961 responds:

WOW! Thanks for advanced review!