ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Faith in Freedom]

I sincerely enjoy this. Each piece, although not entirely perfect, transcends itself. It is more than the sum of its parts. Although, 1:56's perc change was a bit abrupt and uncalled for to my ears. However, it became clear later why the semi-sudden change.

I really love your arps. Perhaps not so much your basses and that female lead, although I know samples and vocalists are harder to come by -- experience. Your use of percussion so far has been sonically appropriate, dynamically, rich, and a supplement rather than a crutch to each piece. I'm impressed.

One thing I'd like to know is how you find all these sample libraries and VSTs on your budget, because I'm not far from it, running the same approximate gear, and struggling to accomplish what I desire with the tools I have.

Fantastic piece again. Keep up the great work!

zybor responds:

Thank you very much for your review :)

Some people collect cards, some collect dress, some have cars. But for me I collect sample library and VST. The hobby gradually grows larger over years. To be honest I go broke numerous times for this. Can't afford my food yet I can get a choir library. It's just that 'judgement day' that I decided to invest my poor life into this hobby of music production. That day lasted over a decade haha. Funny thing is that I barely used most of them.

But over time I also learned that I can create many of these sound with the plugin I already have. Which is kind of a bummer because you spend time looking for unique sounds and they're already available. That's where I learned sound design. And why I refuse to get shit like Nexus or UVI. A lot of stuff in here are made from the free stuff I shared on the free VST posts.

Thank you again for the review!

[Sad Hip Hop Test]

Please look at the velocity of your piano notes. They're very harsh. Same with all the other synths. Claps are slightly too loud. This is less modern and more olskool for me. Also, your chords resolve in less than stellar ways. Maybe study some theory for voicing chords so they don't all sound samey.

DJAbzorb responds:

Yeah thank you for your feedback, this track was literally made in like half an hour so I didn't spend much time on making it sound human and more organic. I normally work on projects to more depth usually.

[2017]

Interesting. May not be my thing personally but I can see thought and care put into this. I enjoy the creaking percussion. How do you accomplish this?

yotipo91 responds:

Not too sure about which part you mean but I finely chopped some bits, reversed some, granulized some

[Bomb Sounds - Togoland]

Very interesting but not my genre of choice really. I think I hear a bagpipe.

EthiopianPolice responds:

Thanks for the feedback! There isn't a bagpipe, it's just screaming I fiddled around with in audacity

[Weapon of Drum and Bass Destruction]

Sincerely enjoying the plucky noises and arps. Very edgy, energizing, and fresh. What synths did you use? Absolutely fantastic stuff.

zybor responds:

The crispy synths were from Harmor and Serum. Other softsynths used in here were Sytrus, Zebra 2, Z3ta+ 2, Beatzille, Oatmeal, SIDizer, Eclipsis, Absynth, ANA and Reaktor.

thank you for your review :D!

[Red dream part 2]

Woah. This reminds me of stuff I from the 80's, synth rock, almost, and maybe a bit of older N64 OSTs. Quite a well-mixed, melodic presentation. Enjoyed it thoroughly but wish it was longer. What sort of synths and FX did you use? Particularly that percussion? I like the snare. Wish it were slightly louder in the mix though.

EdKempeper responds:

Hi ! Thank you very much, your review are always constructive !
Yes, I tried to make a track in the eighties vibe.
The kick comes from http://rekkerd.org/disko-unkle-deep-kicks-free-sample-pack/
The snare is called "Born snare", but the link to this sample has been removed...
I can upload it in my dumping grounds if you want.
The other VST are Monopoly by Korg for the bass, Z3ta+2 by cakewalk, Sytrus, Alieno by Acrobatics and M-Phasewav by Tubeohm.