50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Arcturus]

I can’t get GD out of my head lmao.

If you’re going to make a 6 minute song, you kinda have to change things up significantly as the piece progresses. I don’t really see that at all here; I was expecting a massive drop with lots of percussion and cool sounds but it just never happened. The main synth you use is cool but can’t carry an entire song like this, unfortunately. Cool musical ideas though!

Lirrezzz responds:

I'll have to disagree, but thank you for the comment and giving your thoughts :)

[Verge of the Void]

NG’s most underrated artist??

I do think this would’ve been better with just ambient voices/choir over some juicy cinematic textures for six minutes (like the intro). I definitely feel like the singing, while fairly decent considering your size (actually REALLY GOOD considering your size), took away from the potential I see in this song that’s just emanating from the poster you have in the description.

PixxlMan responds:

Thank you for your review! I really appreciate your points here. I've got more cinematic stuff coming up, and recently got my hands on a really nice "ambient"ish vocal vst which seems like a nice fit

[walmart photography]

Has a sense of sheer unease throughout the entire thing, giving off a cool vibe. It’s just too simple and has no dynamic contrast to speak of. But it certainly indicates that you can take things so much further. I also think it’s a little long and repetitive for what it is.

galoshe responds:

I made it in beepbox so idk if you can change the dynamics. Also, I should've just kept it to 1 loop since I only wrote 24 bar but had it loop twice while exporting.

[Arcadeus]

It’s simple, but it’s got potential. Work on making your next songs longer and more fleshed out with proper progression and melodic structuring. Also, I’d say try not to end your pieces so abruptly.

RoShamboMusic responds:

What program do I use? I use Beep box. I don't know what other music programs to use, but I want something simple.

[An Elegant Halloween]

You have the opposite problem to many amateur musicians on NG that I see. Usually the issue isn’t musical inspiration or ideas, but the mixing. It seems you have the mixing down pretty good, all things considered. The issue here is that the melody is incredibly repetitive despite being very groovy and there isn’t enough synth variety. But it shows so much potential for an awesome funky take on Halloween spooky music that I’m giving it four and a half stars regardless.

DancarMar responds:

Thanks for your advice, I try to keep my songs from repeating the melody too much, but it always happens to me that I can't make another melody to finish the track and sometimes I repeat the intro, I will try to make more music without the melody being repeated and have more variety :D

[Parasite Butterfly]

I don’t know what you’re talking about in the end of your description or your replies to some reviews, but this sounds awesome. You did an excellent job on this and I’m sad I haven’t discovered you sooner. No complaints and I love the time signature changes and unbridled dissonance; we really need more of that in today’s music.

LD-W responds:

Heya, thanks for listening, glad you like it!

If you do have any technical questions or you'd like any clarifications on anything else mentioned in the description or other comments, feel free to throw me a DM anytime and I'm happy to explain things

[itz - Ｃｏｌｏｒ Ｃｕｂｅ]

You’ve earned yourself a scout. I also think you should download the new sound fonts using the little muse thing if you’re on Mac. It will take your compositions to the next level.

ItzFlorriharzGD responds:

Thank you!

[The Pumpkin King]

I guess we both have really good Halloween tracks lined up right now.

This is phenomenal. Unlike with autumn wind, the discordant choir PERFECTLY fits with the theming. I’m not sure if you’re a nightmare before Christmas fan, but I could also picture a headless horseman type pumpkin king, especially at the very end with the rapid fire dissonant chords. It actually feels like I’m being chased and I have to run for my life. I also love the violin solo and the muffled piano.

I don’t honestly have any major critiques with this. Everything is so well done and incredibly tightly composed. You had a vision and went for it. Gotta love your trumpet soundfont, I think it’s actually better than musescore 4 which is saying a lot.

Now as I was saying, I’ve almost finished my Halloween piece. It started as a simple addition to the my singing monsters remix series I was doing, but it’s morphed into something entirely new. I think you’re going to love it. I want it to release on Halloween itself

Tangerine responds:

Thanks! I used to watch Nightmare Before Christmas a lot as a kid.

Yeah haha, after making autumn wind, I wanted to lean into the spookiness as much as I possibly could. It is probably also what made the climax of this song the most unique out of all of my songs.

Thanks, the trumpet vst I used is the Spitfire Studio Brass solo trumpet. I've also started using spitfire studio woodwinds for the woodwinds because I love their sound.

I can't wait for your track. Are you going to submit it for the spooktacular this year? All you gotta do is add halloween2023 to the tag of the song.

[Autumn Wind]

I thought I reviewed this already, sorry about that.

This is probably one of my favorite tracks from you since the carnival one. The melody here is just so fun to listen to. The main criticism I have with this is the choir: I don’t think it fits the vibe you’re trying to go for. Anything you put the choir in sounds really nice, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t see the thematic connection between the calming winds of fall, orange and red trees dotting the landscape with the rustles of their leaves overhead, walking down a trail as dusk swiftly approaches, illuminating the sky with a purple to orange gradient connects with the battle-driven hardy sound of the choir soundfont you used. That was a REALLY long sentence lol.

But I like the way the song flows. The transition into the final climax, with the swift crescendo, I think fits really well. The outro is cool too. But my absolute favorite part has to be 2:37-2:50. I adore the flute there; this is what I imagined when I think of the scenario above. Overall, great job, although I think there’s a chance you’re using choir a bit too much recently.

Tangerine responds:

It's nice to hear from you 50. I feel like I could have executed the second section of the song better if I built up to it a little bit more. Maybe bringing in the choir earlier or switching the first half of it out with the strings.

The reason why I went so hard with the choir is because I was planning on making this my song for the spooky season, so I planned to make a slightly spookier section. But in hindsight with my actual spooky song, this was sort of not needed.

Honestly, 2:37-2:50 is my favorite part too. Though, I've listened to it so much that the flute sounds flat to me haha.