ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Earth Will Consume Your Children]

Probably my favorite here is the strange little panning sounds -- like someone is shaving a stubbly beard, or sharpening a knife. It has that Dead Island music feel to it. Really nice work. Strings could be a bit clearer, but I can't really complain.

zybor responds:

Thank you for your review! :O how did I miss this review???! I'm sorry for it D:

[The Tomb]

This is both soothing and creepy. I need it. Well written. Really enjoying it.

AntonM responds:

Thanks

[Countdown]

Good sound palette, but your drums are way overwhelmed in the mix. Those saws are about 2 Db too loud. Your bass needs to come up a bit. Track is somewhat overcompressed. Drums really need to come up, possibly side-chain -- could use reverb too.

Pretty good writing, but transitions are somewhat weak -- and that piano didn't do much for you after the phrase repeated.

Then we end up with a sort of a-tonal clashing sound coming with the kick, a chorus, and what sounds like a breakdown into the end. Or a bridge almost. I would have just pounded the chorus home here. The change is sort of jarring.

ClockbeatAdelony87 responds:

Thanks for the tips! Im still learning a lot about making music and stuff so this info really helps. Thanks ;)

[Gallop of the Headless Horseman]

Wacky, fun, and spooky. Theremin could use a bit more vibrato, and so could your percussion. It feels like the rest of the instruments are overplaying it at some points. Nice work!

[-HDC- Magic Jam]

Nice beat, Warspawn. Pretty good flows. Delivery could be just a little cleaner, and a little better mixed, but definitely a nice contrast between styles. Qwaint probably would be a favorite around my old college. Mao, probably best flow on this track. A little unsure at some points with T.R.E, but no obvious trip-ups.

[I.A.C.]

Not really my style, but creative, as always. I feel like the 20-50 Hz range is way too up there. Seems to be distorting in my studio headphones just a bit. It's a little unintelligible on my end. I'd like to hear something a little clearer.

Also can hear your fan noise, or something, on your vocal tracks, that could have been cleaned up with EQ. If cleaned up, would be good. Not deserving of such a low score imo.

Also, sorry you ran into the occasional opportunistic, jealous arse. Best to just ignore 'em, eh?

[I Love You]

I think the only thing this could use more of is compression on the vocals. The beat is just a little too loud overtop. Okay, well, moderately too loud. Not so loud I can't hear, but it's still a bit hard to understand what you're saying, not because your diction is bad or the recording quality, but they're just way down under that beat. Compress them hard, bring them up, then do your EQ magic.

You could also chorus any sung stuff really wide and get a nice smooth sound. That's what was missing from your intro, but I honestly would love to hear more like this.

If the vocal volume issue were fixed, this would be the BOMB.

[Need Less To Say- Part 2]

I swear, you're a lyrical genius, Teq. Could still use a little more compression on your vocals, and maybe a bit of panning if you're going for that Pac-style chorused sort of delivery. In the middle it does get a little muddled around "Defender of Butt Cheeks", but otherwise, great. Not a huge fan of the opening, but by the time you start your verse, it's gold. Love to see more word play like this. <3

Teqneek responds:

Sorry for the decade-late response, but thanks for the review man! Also in hindsight, and after years of having this song pop up on shuffle, I super hate the opener I chose to go with on this too.

Another fun fact... is that I started writing songs as Teqneek when I was 17, and was in my 20s when I finally got the chance to record tracks. My first few recording were songs where I threw my name around in them, and thus started my first YouTube channel under the moniker Teqneek.

I started gaining some traction and simultaneously started thinking "I kinda hate my rap name and really wish I could change it, but it's too late now. I'm famous. I have like a hundred YT subscribers. I could've totally changed it and been fine, but back then I thought it would be too risky and kinda reset my "rise to stardom".

So basically I hate the opener to this song AND my rap name.

Damn that story just came out of the blue lol I intended to take about 25 seconds writing this reply 😅.

Anyway cheers homie, hope you're living good out in this 2020s hellscape

[Endless universe]

I'm liking the synths used. Not so much liking the chord progression. Feels very closed position voicing with a lot of the low end conflicting, and the high not resolving cleanly. Try not to octave double everything so much. That's what it sounds like is causing the low end issue. Could easily be a very chill, spacy menu theme.

[Monster Party - Title Theme | 2015]

A little bare bones, as mentioned, but it has that sort of innocent sound to it -- could listen all day. Nice work as always, Bert!

Bertn1991 responds:

Aww, thanks so much for listening. I very much appreciate the thoughtful feedback ^-^