JamesHeart's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Exaltation Effect]

I LOVE THIS VIBE

well made
The bass is killer .. deep and sinister

[Sunset Chillout]

The breaks call to me

intense and introspective
Its feels like dusk in a cityscape
lots of imagery comes to mind
Love it

ADR3-N responds:

The breaks are actually a hyper chopped and glitched version of some random loop I found laying around on my PC. There's this function in Mixcraft, I don't know if other DAWs have it, that will allow you to time stretch to the tempo you want, then subdivide into parts. I did that in something like 16ths, snipping out what individual hits I wanted, selected all and un-stretched to get the OG quality back, made some glitches and different pitches, then had a OCD copypaste palooza to make some grooves.

The real fun was chopping up my bass and guitars to make those dramatic pauses with the breaks!

Now about that un-stretch -- when chopping a break that way, it's paramount to revert back to original time on the samples, or they will sound super wonky and weak. The reason I stretch them first is so I can easily subdivide without having to manually find each transient and perc hit! Select all and snap back to 100% speed and they're good to go, with the hits spaced out as they would be at the same tempo as my project :)

[ADR3-N / 2 / 17 / A200]

"mo money mo problems"

- ADE3-N 2024
A warning to the wise

Distributers sites are lame for many reasons
and the YouTube algorithm has been messed up since 2016 :(
This place is the best for response and is the bast place for growth as in artist

This is packed with awesome information here for artist and for life
I wish I had ADR3-N's info recall ability

Amazing listen as always

ADR3-N responds:

You wish you had MY recall?!?! That's wild! I felt like I was forgetting what I was talking about mid sentence, every other sentence! I'm glad you found it interesting!

[The Whole of Me and the World (2022, Unfinished)]

I like the vibe of this^^

Reminds me of bands Depeche Mode and Vangard at Infacted Recordings

love this stuff

[In The Portal]

You like DnB don't you ewe

^^

was the only thing i listened to as a teen so i can get behind this 10Fold

[Player 1]

Nostalgically placed in my mind

Kill La Kill moment i see in this
Nice Nice

art is dope too

Coconut head would be pleased

[GlitchBuddy / 13 / A200]

GlitchBuddy sounds like a dude for sure

love his ambition
way cool

[Kib and Bigg: Outside of the Box OST - Kibby Think]

you have a way with how you transition in melody .. construction it way cool

that clap build is good .. i wonder what your image in mind helped you build this

Way cool

octopus58 responds:

Thank you so much!! The transition is what I focused on most in this song so I'm happy you noticed it here :D

I was at first thinking of the scene I was already shown for the animation, but then started thinking about how I want to be on the beach at night so I guess it kinda went that way haha

[Balsam Loop]

the cuts are impassive ^^

some spots of eeriness
Thoughtful
melodies are cool.. i could see a few scenes that this would place nicely in