ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Space Walk]

Sounds as if recorded by a potato. Please, invest in some better equipment or put your mic further away. There are lots of screeching frequencies as well as noise. Now, if you have a DAW, some of this can be EQ'ed out. Was very hard to listen to due to screeching. Other than that, it wouldn't be a bad composition. Really need to lay off the super long releases, as everything is running together. Find some way to run this into your PC.

espsiongold2 responds:

thank you, I always like honesty. i wrote this seven years ago on an old account and everyone was supportive, no critisism at all, so i never improved. i shall now

[Here I Get Nasty]

Half a star for "big ass man juice" and a lot of breathing in. And some people might dig it.

Ardhamon responds:

The fact that it has over 300 plays and 7 downloads scares me hahaha.

I was actually just fucking around haha

[Joystick Junkie]

It's a good song, but it's definitely missing something, and it's quite repetitive. I can compliment your mixing, however. It's just not my cup of tea.

8-bitheroes responds:

Thanks dood

[GreyDay]

Pretty good song. Mixing and panning is where it falls flat, as well as perc and overall leveling. The highs and pads are totally overpowering your atmosphere and drowning out the bass, taking a 4.5 star song down to a 3.5 for me.

Your writing is good, but a lot of your song is buildup, and repeated phrases. You could use a lot more velocity meddling on adjacent notes as well. I see lots of FX and pitch bending, but these should really be afterthoughts once you handle your arrangement. As is, it's a lot of repeated phrases that feel like they go nowhere fast and it feels quite samey. You've got some very imaginative melodies but it takes FOREVER and a day to hear them.

Anyway, minus that, good song, and I enjoyed it. You've got some talent, but remember -- melody comes first. FX comes second. Mixing comes finally.

capsule69 responds:

Thanks so much for such a detailed and critical review.
It's rare that people will give you an honest opinion in fear of hurting feelings along the way.

I feel like I've made progress with my mixes, which is definitely something I've been aware of for sometime.; but I'll look into melody work too.

Cheers

[I Rob People (feat. Sky)]

Hooks were fantastic and varied. Teq, your rhymes were the strongest but delivery and mixing of your lines was weakest (more so volume wise). Beat was overpowering you the most and without lyrics it'd be a bit hard to understand you. I would suggest just a little more compression on your vocals, a couple dB up in the 8-10k range on your lines to make you a bit more crisp -- will say the noise cancellation was so much better, and your recordings are getting there. Always some fine lyricism coming out of you, and I'm never not impressed.

Beat is fire, just needs to come down a little bit. Velocity on the piano could be edited here and there to make it sound more varied and not just SLAM. SLAM. SLAM-SLAM SLAM. You get my point. Rhodes were a nice touch. It does however sound slightly overcompressed.

Sky, your vocal mixing was strong, but rhymes were slightly weaker and at times nonsensical -- after all, they HAVE banned being a bandit, unless you mean Crash Bandicoot. Wait I wasn't supposed to to be talking smack on your track. Aw shoot.

Couldn't resist.

Anyway, with just a bit more precise mixing, this could be some banging olskool shit you'd hear on the radio if you were cool. Right now, it's almost there. 10/10 would listen again tho.

Teqneek responds:

Okay I made one final edit. Cut volume down on the dubs, raised the mains, and made a few minor adjustments here and there. I think it sounds much better now. I got it sounding about as good as I think I can possibly get it to sound at least.

Next solo track I make, I'd love to see what you can do for the vox.

BUT ONNNNNE DAYYY...
ONE DAY, I TELL YOU...
I'm gonna nail it.
NO FLAWS
...Except the song itself will suck

[SMB2 Menu Song Remix]

Responding to review request :)

Much improved mixing from your other projects. Snare could cut a little more through the mix, and that loud lead could come down just a liiittle. Other than that, I really don't have any complaints. Structure is good. Transition is where it was weakest. The notes clashed with the existing song structure. The drop just felt a bit superficial and repetitive, really. Overall however, it was a pretty enjoyable listen. Also, the fade in re-establishing the main drive was noticably louder than the rest of the track. Watch for that. You may even master limit your tracks around a -12dB with the Classic Master Limiter FX in MX7.

Pretty good stuff, just needs some minor hotfixes. Also, where are hats and cymbals?

Finnsfolks responds:

Thanks for the review. Regarding the cymbals and hi-hat, they're there, probably just a bit drowned out though :/ As for transitions, I'm not quite sure of what I can do to improve them. About the "master limiter" thing you were talking about, I WANTED to do that, but I would then in turn not have anything to help transition from the drop back to the verse (which, in this case, was a kick and cymbal).
If you have suggestions for any of these, feel free to let me know.