ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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!

[Robbie rotten - we are number one (REMIX)]

Decent, but two 808 basses in the same sentence doesn't bode well. You've got a lot of distortion that makes the tail end almost unlistenable.

ninjacreep27 responds:

I defenetly agree. But I'm kinda using sh# t software also my skills are bad :( I want fl studio so bad

[Sonic Unleashed - Cool Edge (Day)]

This is catchy. Just doesn't quite have much punch to it. Melody is laying own in the mix. Drums feel too loud. Wineglass lead isn't quite doing it for me. Your chords are nice, warm, and bright though, which I do enjoy. Good work.

PaulyBFromDa303 responds:

I did have a difficult time leveling out the drums. Probably cause i use two different sets on top of each other. Thought that would solve the whole "punch" problem.

I do see what you mean by the drums being too loud. I just got new headphones and they're actually pretty loud. This oughta help me in the future.

I did make it slower than the original, to allow for extended time and to make it flow a little smoother. Volume balance is hard lol.

Thank you for an honest review

[Strike Strikes Pt.2]

This isn't bad. Could use an overarching melody and a dedicated bass rather than just the single line arp. We get some atmospheric synths later but this doesn't do much for the track. Also, the super high pitched arp at the end is almost ear breaking for me. Overall, it was listenable, but not my preference.

HEYitsTHAToneGUY25 responds:

Thanks I appreciate your critique, and yea melody seems like a good idea, i just didnt want to crowd the mix with too much going on, but i get your point.

And yea sorry about that ending, I tried to give it some kind of ending flare but i guess it didn't work out, but anyway your response is duly noted for a reference of some things i should and shouldn't do.

And Thanks for the Scout, Right on man!