Aalasteir's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Near Infinite Tenderness]

Vry very well done, I love this. You are incredible, strong emotional communication.

BenTibbetts responds:

Thanks very much! I appreciate that.

[Changing Tides]

A really powerful base tonality, I love the part at 2:40

BenTibbetts responds:

Thank you!

[Vibecopter]

Amazingly colorful and cheery! Did they contact you to make the song?

wobwobrob responds:

I did some freelance work for them about 3 years ago, and now I'm a full-time audio designer with them 🥳.
I made this track when the level was created and the need presented itself.

[Not Over ft. Aalasteir & KokoroHatsaru(NGAP20 Collab)]

YOU DID INCREDIBLY AWESOMELY, I am so astonishingly happy I could be on your wonderful song.

TrandafirTeodora responds:

Thank youuuu!
This song wouldn't be the same without your and KokoroHatsaru's vocals!

[NG Audio Portal 20th Anniversary Collab]

EVERYTHING, BY EVERYONE!

X3LL3N responds:

The real definition of "Everyone is here !"

[The Blues for Beginning Experts]

I can imagine this being on The Beatles Revolver album.

LuckyDee responds:

They wish...

[[VA] Snuff Inc.]

You did really well!

LuckyDee responds:

Thanks man - it was a great first try to me

[The Observer (WIP)]

You're doing great!

I would recommend establishing a theme.

You got to put in reference songs in your DAW, recognize the elements you like, and try to build upon them.

mutty99 responds:

This track revolves around "Action" and reminds a bit of Death by Glamour.

At least, thats the direction for now.

[chicken little!! [JUNGLE]]

Really do enjoy the atmosphere and the way that the reverb encapsulates the sounds, it doesn't drown the punch out.

I apologize if I'm asking too many questions but I'm curious.

1. How did you make the intro? Featuring Glitchy static noise.

2. How did you make the drums?

3. How did you do the base?

4. What was your philosophy on structuring your song?

DynamiteGrizzly responds:

That's ok! I love answering questions.

1. The static noise is from the original video I sampled for the voice clips. I put it through some heavy distortion so it'd be more audible. It was kind of an accident cause I was just testing how distortion would sound on the voices but thought the static bit sounded kinda neat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf3gyzMnR1o

2.I have a bunch of old sample packs full of drum loops I like to cut up and play around with.

3.The bassline is a heavily overdriven 909 kick with some added effects and set to loop rapidly, hence the "wobbly" sound in some parts.

4.There wasn't much of one really. I hadn't made any music in months and had been listening to a lot of moody breakcore (Sewerslvt, Tokyopill, Foxxy Dekay, etc.) which put me in the mood to make something like it. It was originally gonna be a more personal track without much theming, but after a point I started trying some different vocal samples to spice it up a bit. I found that old Chicken Little clip and thought, "oh hey this kinda works, and the atmosphere is equal parts demure little chicken girl and anxiety in the back of the head, might as well go for it". Wrapped up the track at like 2am, scribbled up some art for it the next day at work and now it's here.

Thanks for your intrigue. :)