ADR3-N's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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Sounds like a bunch of loops laid on top of one another clumsily. Transitions are off. You had a build up into a build up at one point. Just not my cup of tea. When things would get good, I'd be immediately jarred by clumsy, seemingly careless mixing.

[Geometry Dash Mashup 1]

Really, really bad mashing. The songs are not mixed together in any fashion whatsoever. It's more like a showcase of the songs in order like you'd see on an infomercial. Awful. A true mashup is seamless.

[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

[i hate myself and i want to fuckign die.mp3]

It'd be nice if I could hear your vocals. Other than that, choppy chord swaps. I can't really hear what you're saying, but sounds interesting.

fasterinthecar responds:

want lyrics? n yeah they're choppy asf that's why i like it.

[Alice DJ - Better Off Alone (Confronterz Remix Preview)]

Remix is alright, but your lead has way too much edgy high end on it. Bring that cutoff down some. Otherwise, not bad. Vocals could stand to come up in the mix some.

[Surface by Dimrain47 - GD league Remix]

I'd have given stars for music taste, but that doesn't exactly qualify as effort. I guess I'll give half a star for not outright stealing a song like the other thousands of submissions I've gone through in the past couple days, but this is as much an embarrassment as it is an in-joke for a community that seems to largely not give a shit what damage it does to our site, if we get sued because they try to dupe us into hosting copyrighted content, etc. I'm sure you were going for spam/ear rape though, so par for the course I guess.

[`idontknowwhattocallthis`]

Interesting. Sounds like you used Voxengo amp simulator on some of those really weird Mixcraft guitar synths and a couple drum loops. I could be wrong.

[Blasterjaxx & Manik - Heart Starts to Beat (Trell13 Remix)]

It's really hard to tell what's going on here; sort of sounds like white noise to me. Well mixed white noise, but white noise nonetheless. I can't really pick anything out of the mix, so cluttered with kicks and other stuff is the mix.

[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!

[Thearseri]

Not bad. Simple chord progression. Mixing isn't bad from what I hear. Progresses a little slow for my taste, and a lot of the instruments sound like presets. Crashes are too loud. Rest of the perc could stick out a bit more and be good. There just isn't much differentiating one part of the track from the other, no overarching melody, etc.

TheSecondAxeman responds:

Thanks for the feedback! The instruments weren't presets, however some were derived from them as I'm not incredible at working with certain synths just yet. Cheers!