50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Devil's Note-The Gate]

Scouted. Probably one of the most tragic topics to make a rock song out of, and have you seen a picture of Marshall applewhite? He looks just about as insane as his philosophy.

suburbanhavoc responds:

Wow thanks! I watched all their recruitment material and the "exit" tape before writing this, and yeah, he had the crazy eyes. Hard to believe a guy like that could convince people to follow him, but that's the lesson here I guess.

[windyhill]

Wow I’m here early lol. Really getting 70s synthwave vibes from this. Loving those instruments and the mixing as always is excellent. It is a little slow for my tastes, but that might just be me. This is great music to relax/study to and I could see this getting a good amount of well-deserved attention.

I just realized, you started uploading a song every Friday. While this is good for keeping a sustained viewerbase, a new song once a week is bound to get tiring after a while. I prefer to stick to no set schedule, even if it means I haven’t uploaded for weeks and weeks. Just a suggestion :)
By the way, what software do you use? My guess is FL but it could really be anything…

trevor8 responds:

haha, thank you for your kind and thoughtful words as always! i use "Reason", some of my favorite patches sound like an oberheim or arp. the brass and string patches sound so vaporous and warm.

[The construct]

Takes me right back lmao.

While this is a cool novelty, unfortunately, there’s a reason dubstep moved on from the “yay” sounds: compared to today’s, it sounds significantly worse. Therefore, my favorite part is from 0:00-1:01, really nice atmosphere there. Good job anyways!

Gietler responds:

Thank you!

[They’ll Call It a Tragedy]

Really nice classical piece! Although if I were you I wouldn’t have included the progression in the description. Also I’m not so sure about that outro, it doesn’t feel like it did this 8 minute song justice and I was a little underwhelmed. Actually my favorite part is the “crazy part” at 2:16-3:10. I sort of wish the whole song built up to that to make it even more impactful, as the person seemingly commits suicide, and then the funeral March afterwards as the outro. Either way, great job here!

theweathermanYT responds:

Sorry for being so late to respond to this!! Thank you so much for taking the time to genuinely review this piece of music, it means a lot! Glad you enjoyed!!

[Everything Is Fine...]

This guy is literally the Arnold Schoenberg/Charles Ives of newgrounds

KEZOR responds:

Oh thank you I'm glad you liked it)

[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!

[|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.

[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.