ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jingle Bells(Edgy Brostep Remix)]

Not bad. Side chain is a little harder than necessary at some points, and vocal oneshots need a bit more attention paid to them. Drop is pretty sick, though. Just watch your instrument separation and soundspace.

DemonicNobility responds:

Thanks for your feedback! I'll try doing my ducking automations differently and maybe play with the release times to fix the sidechaining. Also if you're talking about the "what?" and the "ur gay" vocals, those were just little jokes. I will try to keep the mix cleaner and not have so much going on, maybe even some more panning. But again thanks for your feedback!

[Project G-R1D]

For a first track, is fantastic, but mixing could be a lot better, and it sort of feels as if it's aimlessly looking around in an empty shopping mall, trying to figure out where to go.

BitPower responds:

Yep, I agree with you, but I have no idea how to mix xD Gonna have to spend a few hours watching some tutorials xD Anyways, thanks for the review!

[Cup of noodles]

Sounds like someone went to an awesome school. There's a lot of distortion in this mix though. A side effect of being a bit too damn loud at points. Also sounds like college life. Butterscotch!

wunder0 responds:

Thanks! It was awsome indeed. I agree with your statements, was a good learning opportunity.

(All noodles were harmed during the making)

[Monstrous Nightmare (Instrumental)]

There's a little distortion on those bells in the beginning, feels like, and synth cello is almost grating on the ears, but what it lacks in real instrumentation here, it makes up with good composition and mixing. I could do with a little more velocity and modulation on the bass, and perhaps a more realistic amp. You could even change up the bassline to eliminate those straight 8th. Those are what make it sound so synthy. The portamento is great though!

Sounds great! Keep up the good work!

LexRodent responds:

Thanks for reviewing.
I was unsure about the harmonics on the high freqs, looks like I overdid them.
I'll try a different amp on the bass and try to make it go along with the kick so it goes more "swingy" and see how it turns out.

[Headphone Heaven - Evacuate]

Pretty good. Drop could have stood out a bit more in the mix, and intro synth sounded a bit cheesy. Other than that, not overbearing. You just need to learn to work your perc a little harder. The chants were a little too frequent during the drop. They became monotonous.

HeadphoneHeaven responds:

You should try out my song "Toxic" I was just going full heavy with this one but Toxic has more elements to it if you are into heavy stuff

[Tenth Avenue North - Worn | Piano Cover]

Sounded great until the final resolution. The bass movement made what should have been a major chord sound... off. That's my only complaint, though.

Skcy3 responds:

Thanks for the review EDM! Just trying to understand exactly which part, do you mean the three chord rotation at the very end? from 1:32 - end?

[Cold - Callum Stamp [AniLover16 Cover]]

Sounds like you have an ok mic, but your mixing and vocals are subpar. Try for more resonance, more like howling at the moon, less like talking, if that makes sense. If you tame that pitch center, learn to mix vocals better, bring that instrumental down a bit, etc., you'll get there. Also watch for distortion.

AniLover16 responds:

Actually, I'm using my phone.. heheh..
But thanks for the advice.. I'll try to follow them in the cover song.. heheh :D

[Skyfox - Memories]

Sounds like a bunch of loops together. Really could use cleaning on the mix as a whole. Too much reverb, no melody. It just sort of sits there.

SkyfoxCreations responds:

That's how Shadow Rewind works. You create a loop and add on. And there's a melody... Not really sure how you didn't pick it up..

And I placed a reverb over the entire track, so yeah it got pretty chaotic. I appreciate the criticism! Thanks!