ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[SPIDERTANK]

Love listening to tracks like this. It's like a cross between acid techno, midtempo, and the old, slower jungle era of dnb. Also, it was a complete shock to hear that marching snare in a different context!

I love your synth design. I might turn the bass down a bit actually, as it's blowing out in the mids upon master compression, but otherwise, great. Alternatively, you could pump up the drums a lot harder with something like a clipper. I use Cymatics Diablo for that now, but in the past I used free plugs like KSHMR Essentials Kick. Pancz also works for a NY style compression.

KI1 responds:

Yay thank you, I'm glad my lax approach to genre comes across as somewhat coherent :) I love percussion loops. As someone with a terrible sense of rhythm they really help move me along.

Really great feedback, thank you. Mixing & mastering has always been an absent spot for me which I've only started to care about in recent years (turns out cranking a compressor on the master channel with nothing else don't work too good, who knew?). Thanks for the suggestions, I'll get them on my shopping list.

[SOULKILLER]

Just writing here to say I've been an OG fan, since 2009, and I'm so happy to hear from you again! All these years I'd wondered where you went, where you were. Used to write fairly often.

My how time changes us. I can still hear your style, morphed and changed through the time. I myself am an amen break junkie. It never gets old. My only complaint is the stereo spread on the kick and snare has washed them out a bit, but that's just one of my modern stylistic preferences.

Congrats on the FP!

KI1 responds:

If not - 'THE' OG fan! I think I'll stop being such a baby and actually stick around NG now haha.

Thank you for the very nice review, any of your thoughts are much appreciated. Very true re: stereo spread. I'm still fairly under-practiced using real drum loops and anything with them. In this case I think it was a matter of 'stick on some FL Stereo Shaper, compress the shit out of it and call it a day.'

Thanks! A childhood dream of mine for sure.

Until next time

[ADR3-N / 10 / A200]

As hard as it is to listen to myself talk this was a great experience! I can't believe we had 4 hours of content I assume after cutting. Wow.

The linked lists at the bottom are huge bonus for folks who love to deep dive. Basically perfect autistic/adhd entertainment! I'll have to make time to listen to more of these as they come out!

Aalasteir responds:

The community is better because you are a part of it. You help so much with people's music, questions and various problems, it's great to see when people are thankful. It is tough to deal with when people are being rude, and you deserve a tremendous amount of respect for your passion to care about the well-being of the creative environment that Newgrounds has been building. You make Newgrounds better!

You've been a part of building a positive creative environment for musicians to thrive in and learn about creating music. You are extremely skilled and have an immense amount of knowledge to share. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and your experiences and talking about how you feel. There are a lot of bullshit and challenging scenarios in life that are tough to deal with, you are very strong. You deserve respect.

Thank you so much for being you.

[Jungle run]

Reminds me of olskool electronic music, video games, and DJ sets, especially using the birds as FX risers and downlifters!

flashmakeit responds:

wow, thanks for that high score

[Inktober #25 - The Jungle Drum]

Just wanted to leave my 5 here to support yall friends. And also say this style of flow is exactly what I'd imagine on this beat.

Cyberdevil responds:

Eyy thank you kindly Adrean! :) Still not really proud of my performance with this one, could've done better on all bits but the finale - but next time! Thanks for the support!

[0i00 - Vota In Ze Faer]

Вот действительно звучит как классики моей юности. Я бы поправила велосити нотов левой руки и уменьшила реверберации, но остальное вполне приятно слушать. Особенно нравится аккордовая прогрессия. Мелодия играет безупречно, буквально играючи хахах.

Спс что прислал

zeroizerozero responds:

Вроде поправил. Спасибо)

[0i00 - Separator]

Интересный выбор, виниль сэмпл звук. Но атмосферу без него не могу представить.

Я бы чистила низкие частоты немножко побольше из-за того, что distortion их разрывает по собственной натуре. А еще поменяла бы пианино на более тонкий вариант этого инструмента. Звучит мне как сток ФЛ пианино, со сильным параметром velocity. Если бы пианино звучало хрупким и вялым, то думаю что лучше подходил бы вайбу.

Но остальное мне очень понравилось. Рада что ты достаточно уверен в себе чтобы так экспериментировать!

zeroizerozero responds:

Это уничтоженный звук дождя, и ещё какойто звук улицы)

Учту на будущее, когда ещё буду работать с дисторшином.
С пианино согласен, но лучшего не нашёл. Это и правда стоковое фл пианино

Сомневаюсь что тут дело в уверенности. Будь у меня больше слушателей я бы постыдился такое выкладывать, наверное. Хотя... не знаю.

Спасибо огромное за отзыв!

[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!