50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Tale of Sunny Dale]

Well, this isn’t really a song so I can’t review the voice that well (but I do like the voice lol).
As for the background music, I think it does a good job at presenting an atmosphere of tension and suspense, but it unfortunately it never really has a payoff since this is a preview. Nice job!

[Summer Adventure]

Dude I’m genuinely scared, probably a bad title for this song lmao

[Changes]

I just realized this is made by the same guy behind zaphkiel and catalyze. Your songs carried those GD levels lmao

Now for some reason I prefer this song. It’s much more than just a jazzy glitch hop type thing; you’re right about the chord progression, it’s ridiculously good and it flows very well. Go ahead and take my stars for what they’re worth.

[Crossed Horizons]

Are you going to submit a song for NGUAC?

SomeGuyMusic responds:

I didn't even know there was a NGUAC active atm. I will if I can find it!

[New Game+ (Remastered)]

“Ppsa” public public service announcement lmao

[|30| INTERMISSION]

What happened to your overembellished and maniacal descriptions?

I know that you took the piano and removed its bass entirely, but I personally am not a fan of that as it makes it sound tacky and cheap. When it comes to real instruments I like to use other tools like the filter and param eq to cut out the HIGH end, not the low end. Other than that, this song has a really unique atmosphere that does bring the vibes of elevator music in a way, but a dark version of an elevator music song. Nice percussion by the way; despite the beat being rather basic, it works due to the instrument choice and the weirdly complex usage of high hats. Makes it feel like a trap song at some parts. Also it’s a loop so there is no real end. I think this might be your best song yet. Keep it up!

PartyBalloof responds:

Hah I would've had a lot more time to work on the description if my phone didn't decide to be a slow poke and take like 50 minutes to navigate the file system. I wanted to get the track uploaded for NGADM which I kinda decided at the last minute.

Eh, I'll work on the description later.

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In the jungle

[pour]

Wow. The atmosphere is so different here than in many of your other pieces. I love the dissonance and the discordant nature of the song. Also why is this outro so effective? It’s a great song and I love to see you experimenting with other st- wait I have said that before. Keep it up!

trevor8 responds:

haha, thank you! i really appreciate that!

[Massacre at the Carnival]

Well this is a masterpiece. The first truly orchestral experience you’ve made on FL studio (I really am starting to doubt that party in the concert hall was as good as I thought it was at the time). The mixing and just general instrumentation shows great potential for the future. This is the exact atmosphere I was going for in the final movement of Tennessee and you did it much better. The melody is one of your best; I just have a few qualms. First, some instruments here and there are too quiet (this is more of a nitpick to be honest) and also it was too short.
This song is, I would go as far to say, your first true usage of effects such as reverb and panning. All the instruments fit together perfectly in the theme, although I got more of an aftermath vibe than a massacre occurring during the song.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good 1:10 is?! I love the whole chromatic scale thing going on, and it works well as an incredible tension builder. Then the final part comes, and while I think you were going for this to be the actual massacre, I interpret it as the police discovering, one by one (corresponding with each crash), the children who died horrifically at the hands of this monster.
Why do I see it in this way? Because the whole song is somber; it doesn’t go from happy carnival to extremely morbid scene, it just keeps that tone throughout.

Anyways, great job! This is a great precedent to build off of in the future.
Edit: totally forgot to congratulate you on frontpage, this one really deserves it. Glad to see we’ve both gotten front paged!
Anyways, 1:34, the oboe should probably be louder as it has the main melody/harmony with the xylophone type thing. 1:55-2:06, the background instruments are a little quiet compared to the crashes, which is a problem because it can effect the flow of that part of the song.
One thing I forgot to commend was the tempo change at the end, oh how I wish I could do that on FL mobile. The rest is really well done!

Tangerine responds:

Wow, thanks! When looking back, I don't really like party at the concert hall. I don't think I did the melody or music genre justice and it was more of a step for me to get used to the daw. Panning instruments and using other fun effects like that is something I discovered halfway through and I think it really brings depth to the song.

For the volume issues, would you be able to point out which specific parts you were referring to? It's still not too late for me to change anything. I haven't started anything new yet.

[Surface]

Always with the 4 chords… the part in the middle is my favorite though