ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DJ Cat - Pain Is Not A Problem]

I really dislike the sound of your drums, sort of just lumbering, borderline distorted -- snare is overpowering until the drop hits. The pianos with their reverb are bordering cheesy, as are the saws. Your arrangement isn't bad, but it just sort of hits the spot between strange and almost good for me -- the uncanny valley if you will.

DJCat12 responds:

Ok, I will take this comment to help myself :). Thanks Guy!!!

[MrBipolar- 2016 Commercial Demo]

Pretty great, good mixing. Probably could use a bit more high end on your vocals. They feel a bit muffled. That may be your windscreen. It's an amusing listen nonetheless!

mrbipolar responds:

Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Alien Dance Party]

I wouldn't say this is drum and bass, more... I'm not even sure. DnB would be somewhere in the 165-180 BPM and have a different drum beat. I suggest a bit of study. I'm not good at genres myself, but this just sticks out as clearly not belonging in DnB, which could negatively affect your score.

Onto the song itself, it would be 10x better with some cymbals, more prominent percussion, and some transitions. Without them, it just feels like there's no progression.

DeadByTomorrow responds:

spent a long time debating what genre this was, we arn't sure either

[Trap Door]

This is neither dubstep, nor trap, and the lack of mastering made it practically unlistenable. I'm not sure how exactly that works in Caustic specifically, but you should at least be able to lower the volume enough that the output doesn't distort, maybe use a master limiter. I would study some serious tutorials if I were you. Feels absolutely carelessly slapped together.

Stardust-Nation responds:

I appreciate the brazen and honest feedback. I'm studying, yes. I'm still new to this whole shtick, but there doesn't seem to be quite enough time in my schedule to really learn a lot at once. As for the mastering, it's probably the worst part of caustic. I have to do all this tricky business with recording, and I was worried that I might end up screwing it up more. Anyways, it's all about the small steps, I guess.

[Transilvanian Lolger]

This is pretty good stuff. I'd have liked to hear a full version. Got really invested in hearing more, and then it turned out to be a loop, haha.

EdKempeper responds:

Haha, many thanks for your review ! It was not a serious work, just a desire to submit something fun ! To make a good cover of this classic, I imagine something darker, in an industrial vein...

[Pixel Wave (Redux)]

Pretty good. I like the drum beat. It seems to fit here well. My complaint is it could stand out in the mix more. Maybe you could sidechain that on your pad-ish long tone synths. Pretty good work here. Good drop, but I didn't like the string-ish synth. Sounds like you're using Adonis for that wubby synth.

What this could use is less clutter on the drop, hats slightly lower in the mix, and a bit more crispness, less reverb on some stuff. Just more concise cutoffs. It ends up sounding a bit bloody -- like everything is smearing together at parts, and a lot of the frequencies are very close to one another. There seems to be some clipping sounds toward the end. Watch that.

Other than that, good work. I'm impressed. You keep improving with each song you send me. Keep up the good work.

Finnsfolks responds:

Thx, man. I'll keep this stuff in mind.

[Sixbones]

I can't tell if I'm cold, or if this is giving me goosebumps. I do like the lower range sounds.

NekoMika responds:

It does what it is supposed to do then. ^~^ Supposed to be my idea of what would play against Sixbones from Help_Tale. Rather than a distorted remix of sans and Papyrus themes, it fits better as they are in a lab when they encounter it.

[Distorted Battle]

My ears are not understanding what's supposed to be happening here, and the loop is not quite perfect -- probably due to some issues with the ng player. I'm not really hearing battle. I'm hearing more, stuck in space, hearing the rays of sunlight refracted from the moon.

NekoMika responds:

Yea, clips at the end for some odd reason, and yea, I get that feeling too. With the "battle" part, it was meant to be regarding battling part of yourself you are unsure of.

[Wick3dRabbit & Nekomika - Summer (Original Mix)]

I'm surprised this doesn't have more reviews. It sounds pretty great. My only complaint is the saxophone. I'm spoiled to real instruments, having been around them so long. A little more velocity/creative use of the VST, or maybe even replacing it altogether with a sample, could have been more effective. It's a pretty cohesive mix with a definite theme, without being monotonous. Nice work, both of you!

Wick3dRabbit responds:

Thanks! Actually we used a sample for the saxophone, but maybe it could've been made better. Thanks for the review anyway dude :)

[Free your mind]

Saw in review request thread. First synth threw me off, but it wasn't bad. Piano comes in pretty seamlessly. Trying to sense where this is going. I'd have liked it quite a bit more if I could actually hear the bass a bit more than just sub frequencies at 00:51. It's pretty relaxing but the perc throws me off.

Mixing isn't bad, but the perc sounds like a stock loop.

Phyortek responds:

thanks for the feedback, im still on the fence on whether i should continue work on this piece. Is it done? I dont really know...