ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Not Anymore (Demo)]

Chorus on that guitar is interesting. The slaps are juuuust a bit too loud. Could be EQ'ed out probably, or adjust the mic position farther from the bridge.

Songwriting is good, especially the little runs. Now, execution could be ten times better if you would come out of your shell and sing out. It sounds a bit like you're in a range you're not quite comfortable with judging by the pitch weebling. Don't worry. It happens to the best of us. A little more confidence and I can see greatness in you.

There's also a bit of noise in what sounds like the 17-12khz range. You can probably safely EQ or noise-cancel that out.

Also would like to hear that last note ring out rather than clip off.

I'm also tempted to ask to remix this one. I seriously love that progression.

cloudnone responds:

Hey, feel free to remix it! And if you want to collab drop me a line!

[-To the skies-]

Throw those strings in the lake. Keep the rest. And maybe don't compress the ass off the song while we're at it. Good composition otherwise.

Waterflame responds:

Thanks! But its 8 years old now so personally I think a lot more than the strings and compression would need changing, should I ever revisit this. But I probably never will.

[2081]

I'm a sucker for drop C. Very smooth riffs and a face melting solo. What more can I ask for?

Well, drums are kinda hanging out in the periphery of the mix. Would love a stronger presence with that kick and snare. Beautiful composition otherwise. I'd like to know what sort of structure you usually use.

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for the review! Glad you like how it came out :)

Haven't messed with the drum mix for a bit but you're right, kick/snare could definitely be bigger, will have to look into it!

[Seven Eight]

Very clean EQ on your guitars, but there's no bass in the mix. Can't hear the kick at all. Can't hear the bass at all. Can't hear the toms. So while it's listenable, it's total treble for me.

Metallica1136 responds:

Yeah I mixed it with crappy earbuds. Thanks though

[Electronic Ear Rape]

Alright, but mixing is pretty wack. The drums are buried in the mix. Leads are too loud. Bass is very mid heavy. Arrangement is repetitive.

TheHumanElement01 responds:

You're wack. Go wack your meaty mudflaps off a fucking tree like the flying squirrel looking ass bitch that you are. My shit's super dope. YOLO!

Happy New Year :)

[Etsuka - Angst]

Interesting atmospheric intro, getting gradually louder and more chaotic. It pretty quickly got noisy and almost unintelligible though. Recommend turning down those input and output levels so I can enjoy your noise. 3 stars for the cool intro tho.

etK responds:

Thanks for the review <3

[No Wi-Fi Signal]

Really gritty tone and a good jam. Reminds me of angrily Lion Kinging my laptop or sitting on top of a 5 foot high dresser just to get signal. Drums are really buried and sound over-reverbed though.

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for checking it out! This is from a while ago now so hopefully the mix has improved a bit since then :D

[PancakePocket & BradoSanz - Your Heart]

Clean intro. Mixing on the vocals is pretty good, but it's a little bit too loud and seems to be in the wrong key. Did you take someone else's acapella and work around it? If not for that strange accidental thing going on, I'd give an extra star. Tip, if you have a vocoder software or something similar, you can make whoever you want sing whatever melody you want. I recommend iZotope Vocal Synth.

Also the transition in the middle kinda wigged me out. Very sudden. It eventually resolved nicely, but then there was that strange thing with the vocals. Interestingly, after that, the only notes that really bugged me after were on the words "(begg)ing you," "and true," and "you do." Take that up or down a semitone and it'd be basically fixed.

PancakePocket responds:

BradoSanz gave me the acapella and told me to make a song out of it, so the acapella was made before the music was made. Thanks for the review and tips!

[After Summer Stuff]

Delivery wasn't perfect, and neither was the mixing, but the rhymes were on point. Could probably use a little more FX work on your flows. Hard compression, chorus, delay, etc. There are lots of tutorials out there for that though, and EQ. I won't wax lyrical. Enjoyed it!

Cyberdevil responds:

Thanks for this one too! Actually reviewed this before the original huh, and for some reason I missed this one too... I do like the energy in this one more than in the other, but for sure still room for improvement on many planes. Thanks again!