50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[(Comm) - Blue Energy]

Hey how did you get it to look like that? Also cool song, would be nice if it was a little longer than 57 seconds though

Edit: yeah I didn’t have the new version. No idea how I missed it, but I’m glad I have it now and have chosen the clay theme.

FL-DMD responds:

I’ll be happy to letcha know how ;)

About a month and a half ago? FL studio Mobile v4 released. Any version there and past has introduced an option in the settings to adjust the appearance. It’s such a great addition :o

Haha yeah I wish it was longer too, that’s all it was commissioned for :/

Dud, thanks a ton for the review!!!

[whorl]

Well, this is probably my favorite of yours since indigo depths (I’m not even joking). You’re exploring a new genre here, or at least I think you are, and it clearly fits your overall musical style even better than I would have expected. It’s really good and catchy all the way through, and I love the triplet rhythm at 1:36 as well. I can tell you’re improving after listening to this (last review I think I warned against stagnation, but it seems you’ve overcome that with this song in particular). Keep it up!

trevor8 responds:

thank you so much!

[Party in the Concert Hall]

I never noticed you uploaded this… why?
Alright well this is the largest change I’ve ever seen you make yet. I suppose you’ve been planning this a while, haven’t you? From literally 0:00 it’s just unlike anything you’ve made so far. This is the first time I’ve heard you use sidechain, a heavy kick drum, automation; you’ve learned a lot so quickly. While I regressed from the pc version due to its complexity, you’ve taken on the challenge and made this. It’s not perfect; some instruments are too loud especially the square thing at 1:23. Also is it just me or is it kinda hard to latch on to a main melody? That’s not necessarily a problem, it’s more a personal taste thing. I do tend to have “main themes” in all of my songs, it’s just something I took from my childhood musical endeavors.
In other news, you’ve used reverse snares, making me really want to put this as “modified orchestral dubstep.” Basically orchestral dubstep without the dubstep sounds. You’ll watch these dubstep tutorials and it’s just a lot of work and know-how, and they act like it’s easy to do when it’s really not. I tried this with my most recent song Nevada and ended up just using one of the presets and changing it from there. I really don’t know how to rate this one since there’s not much to compare it to. I know you probably had similar difficulties rating some of my songs like Georgia and New Hampshire, extreme departures from the norm are difficult to rate accurately. For the purposes of the review, I will give you a 4/5. Good job, I hope it will get even better in the future with this new direction!

Tangerine responds:

beannssss

[mount bloodrest (2022 edition)]

Like this is actually cool sounding. I’ll give this a decent score for it being really cool sounding in the beginning, but I will knock it points for not being in time.

Mikas0Pikas0Pog responds:

Yea, the timing is shit.

[crystals]

You’ve retreated to the dark side and betrayed those who trusted you most.
In seriousness, I left a comment on your news post about this.

Mikas0Pikas0Pog responds:

You have forced me to change.
Let me choose what i need. (also beepbox is with customizable instruments btw)

[|29| It Took Long Enough!]

Interesting pattern, you and Tangeroni both went completely silent during January for the most part. January also has to be exam season….
Tax season is here though, so that’s fun. Also it’s just turned Valentine’s Day for me at the time of writing this, so happy Valentine’s Day I guess. This song is interesting, I’m getting serious Lit Fuse vibes at some parts, but I still haven’t touched those god awful templates that they give you. They’ve never been any good in my opinion and honestly, my most recent track is probably just better than it. Anyways the outro was kinda lazy (no offense) but the rest sounded nice.
Edit: the new banner is cool, much better than the old one. And whether or not you make music for a rhythm game really depends on the rhythm game; I am by no means an expert in those types of games, but do have a lot of Geometry Dash experience (although I’m still god awful at it all these years later). Most of the songs in that game have a strong beat and rhythm, as do yours, but they’re often also much more intense and more segmented/structured than your songs. Me personally, I think it could work in some games, but probably not stuff like beat saber or GD.

[Lunar Abyss (Dustified Remix)]

Wow. I can’t believe this is back up, I literally haven’t heard this in years. It’s just as bad as I vaguely remembered. It’s better than the albin3825 remix though so there’s that.

Edit: holy hell, this got 1k listens after I put it back up? That's genuinely insane. World's least deserved view count right here

[No Limits]

I like this song. It sounds nice and it’s mixed really well, but there’s a HUGE issue with it: the drums. If this was literally the very first DnB song, I would endlessly praise and commend the unique drumming pattern. However, apparently being a DnB song means you need to reuse the EXACT SAME PATTERN every single time. I point this out because you did it with your first two songs as well, only with different instruments. In a vacuum, this song is great, but it has been done before many times.

Lenxty responds:

Thank you, 50Steaks, for your comment and advice! :3

[Barrett's Privateers Singalong]

Alright I’ve come down to see what songs are on your account, and after doing some digging, I found out that the same song here is uploaded on all accounts listed as producers. I’m surprised you managed to work with these big names, and the song is really nice too.
I’m going to assume that the main voice is of none other than Tainted himself. Given his experience, of course he did a good job here, and the backup voices were nice as well. I also love the description, nice work.

Ceevro responds:

On this particular one...the main voice be me! Ya boi Ceevro! I had actually expected someone else to jump in and sing it better than I did, but it seems they decided to leave me there. HOWEVER...the master of the harmonies was TaintedLogic, he did the high male parts, and I literally duplicated his parts two octaves lower. What amazes me is how well the ladies harmonized without any part to follow...I know I'm not skilled enough to do that!