ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tем временем в России . . .]

Meanwhile in Russia, hehehe. Interesting meld of genres, and nice overtones in the mids on that bass. I would have preferred something other than the pluck used, or maybe layered it with another plug and panned them out. It's a little mid heavy to me. I initially thought it was a piano. But other than that, lit!

EDIT: I wish they had comment threads on here

If it's the harmonic exciter, you might be able to cut low mids and notch the EQ elsewhere, and turn it down some. I think it would do well with a little thinning out or spreadilizing

LexRodent responds:

Thanks for listening man, glad you like the fusion I went for.
I have noticed I tend to overdo the mids lately, still learning how much harmonic exciter it's too much :D

[VREMYA KHAYPA (ВРЕМЯ ХАЙПА)]

You literally rapped faster than I could read at points, and the flow is absolutely klass. Вот возьми пятерочку. Я с удовольствием бы продуцировала с тобой трек -- такая скорость. Просто невероятно))

Olindel responds:

Thank you very much! We could maybe do something together if you want, just let me know what you have in mind and I'll think about it. ;)

[killedherself x Kid Kamikaze - invincible]

Smooth as shit. Maybe a little overcompressed when I listen to the sides, but a little back off and I think it would retain the charm. Great work!

killedherself responds:

over compressed bass and saws is the vibe ^_~

[+Lucky+]

Really heavy on the treble in your snare and snap. I had to turn down the volume a little. I'd recommend either turning them down some or rolling off a little highs strategically.

This track has a nice vibe. It sounds like you might be clipping in places. If you don't know what that is, look it up. Best practice is to mix quiet, then let mastering FX or a third party online master handle making everything loud.

Your cello is also a bit loud relative to the rest of the track and sounds a bit dry. Chorus, reverb, delay, and panning/tremelo panning are all things you could do to liven it up. Another cello perhaps doubling the same line would also be interesting to hear, and perhaps apply all those effects on a send track for them both. Pocket Blakus is a good free kontakt cello, if you don't have it.

But beyond any technical mumbo jumbo, this is real smooth!

gray1 responds:

I mean you can tell by the peking on the actual wave file on this track that the collapse and the snares are is R peaking and that is due to the blood overdrive that I used all those in 2019 just because I was trying to fucking make everything go over the top and the blow overdrive did that I've since alarms not to fucking do that but you know you love you learn and that's just the way production goes but as far as mastering you know it's better to keep going at it I'm oversized you're cool and all that shit but doing it yourself and learn all that shit to your ears pop is kind of fun too PS I'm using text to speech and I don't feel like correcting any of this

[Great Beyond]

Just a touch more punch and crunch on those drums, maybe a bit less hihat, and this would be a five for me. I think I'd like a little bit less volume on the scratches, or some panning. Maybe some reverb or delay play? The track feels like it wants to be spaced out. Great work!

Casper responds:

Yeah, i was thinking about some reverb and delay on those scratches

[YMER]

You know, I don't even mess with my EQ. I have a pair of Audio Technical m40xs and just make sure to turn the treble down as much as I can remember to. They give such a flat sound I often find myself overrepresenting to compensate for that... and probably hearing damage.

This track is really cool. Enjoying the bass itself. Might do well with a sub or a subtle reese under it -- perhaps even some liquidy chorus.

As for phase and punch, I'm not hearing any phase issues -- but I'm on headphones again.

That gurgling bass accent is really mid heavy, low mids, 250hz or so? I would roll off a little of the speaking range frequencies and maybe even low pass it some. Perhaps you could bring it from right to left in the mix space. Actually I'd like it if you did that with some of your ethnic percussions before that final drop

The bass could use a heavier, grungier amp to match your percussion's grit. Think Korn's Fieldy and his nasty, stringy sound.

Overall, a really smooth listen. I may bring treble down some, but that's personal preference more likely than not. Great work!

Also, what is that bell at 4:33. I've got to have that sound! I'm looking at remixing some more tracks from Age of Mythology, and that's exactly the sound I'm trying to approximate.

EDIT: Congrats on the front page!

PlinkoPlonko responds:

Thanks for the great response!

[{Rooldook} Hyperblink]

Hey! Adrean here. Caught your post in audio advertisements. :)

The sound in the intro is interesting. Actually, everything is. It sounds very spaced out, like a chorus has been put on the entire track. I like that as an effect, but for the whole track is almost sounds like I'm listening from another room. I'm not sure if that's what you're going for.

I wouldn't classify this as any genre I know outside of a mix of dnb and maybe house of some kind. Don't take my word for it though. I never know what genre to put my music in.

I think if you were to make the bass mono up to about 210 hz, this would gel together a little more. And probably use a harder, grittier snare. I have tons of sample packs listed on my latest newspost (am also coming up with a sample pack, PM if you'd like to be on the waiting list)

The end of the track gets really distorted and full, in contrast to the beginning. I thought about turning it down some, and it doesn't feel like it develops much with the very light, dry sounding drums. Maybe look up how to accomplish a gated reverb or add a ping-pong delay for some hits, with some standard transition noises. Your writing is good. The production just needs that extra punch. And to be sure, nothing was overtly offensive sounding at all. Just needs some polish on the mix/master.

Don't worry. If this is your first couple years of serious pieces, and you haven't fallen down the tutorial rabbit hole, you're making good progress. Keep at it, and keep laying down ideas. You may find you want to revisit them later.

Enjoyed the listen!

Rooldook responds:

Thank you for your feedback, I really like and appreciate it. <3

[Inktober #4 - Actualize]

Wow this is wild. I never imagined somebody spitting on this track! It was intended as a score :o

Now that I think about it, the structure makes sense. I think this is a vibe!

Onto the mixing, it's getting better and better with time, whether you know it or not. I might cop something like KSHMR Essentials (Kick, the free version) and see if I can use the width function on those adlibs.

Regardless, if you can get just a little more clarity in that upper mid, your flow believe it or not will almost totally outshine most mixing issues. I still would probably drop or chop a little tighter some of the adlibs. Occasionally they run over each other and get a little muddy.

But overall, this slaps. Glad my junk inspired you to make such impressive flows. Great work!

Cyberdevil responds:

Glad you liked it! I do love spitting particularly on tracks not intended for spitting on. XD

Hmm definitely was an elaborate attempt with this one but I feel like it might've actually been a step back since the first, turned out a bit messy somehow, vocal tone a little blander, which is why I tried messing around with a bit too many layers I think. But maybe that's not really the mixing, just the recording this time. Anyway that'd be awesome if you want to! I'm thinking when Inktober's over and all has calmed down I could give this another run too, but anytime you want to mess around with and potentially greatly improve a mix I'm happy to send over files. :)

Yeaah more clarity seems key. I do agree. Gotta work on that.

Thanks for the feedback again ADR3-N! And your tracks really are dope you know! Addictive just like coke and blow! Though more so empowering and soulful so.

[Inktober #1 - Run]

You know, as much as you say you aren't happy with the vocal quality, despite some muddyness on adlibs, the overall quality is improving by leaps and bounds with each year that goes by. Your flows are becoming more and more refined. I think if you were just a bit more selective with your chopping vocals, pare down the track number just a bit, or perhaps have one lead center vocal that's nice and clean, and apply a chorus, eventually you'll get results. Keep experimenting.

The mid is just a bit heavy on the vocal, making it sound just a little nasal, but it's not overly sibilant from what I can hear on laptop speakers. Try some EQ play and compression -- by the way, check my latest post, some vocal processing freebies are on there.

Glad to see you still at it as always. Keep it up!

Cyberdevil responds:

Hey thank you ADR3-N, good to get an outside perspective on things; hear that I am actually getting somewhere. Yeah I gotta master the chopping, though it felt like the muddiness worked pretty well with the beat in this particular case sometimes, especially towards the end. More so feel I didn't manage the right tone and all, voice strains too quick, but that should get better.

Hmm I totally forgot the EQ advice I picked up last year!!! Thanks for that reminder! I'll check out that post too.

Always. :) Thank ya very much for stopping by for the premiere; dropping all this very useful feedback no less!