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Deus Ex Main Theme
Ion Storm Lyrics


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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Nigel Everdidge

I know this is old but I'm conisdering learing how to use a tracker and was curious to see that this was pattern-based considering I've always considered this awesome song to be just, well, a song. I always visualize pattern-based music with loops and clips a la FL Studio and Ableton, where each track or instrument would have its own series of patterns.

For example you'd expect in a traditional DAW that the "Dunnn dunna dun dun, dun dunnnnn" (the main sorta melodic riff that you probably think of when this song comes to mind) that plays throughout the song would be just different instances of the same pattern. But in this tracker the same melody seems to play on different instances and patterns?

Example - the first two times that melody runs are at 00:37 and 00:56, the first time the tracker seems to be running pattern 2 playing:3 in order:16 (no idea what that means) whereas the second time it's running pattern 5 playing:5 order: 16.

Okay after watching some more I figured out the order is just the total number of patterns that the song runs through in its entire duration and playing is which one is playing in relation to the total number of patterns, not the actual value of the pattern being played. That value is sitting to the right of the playing/order where it says Pattern: #. So that's why the 00:37 bit can be playing pattern 3 & pattern 2 at the same time.

So all this leaves me wondering why there are 21 total patterns in this song when only a max of 16 could be used in this song? (The playing order only goes to #16?)

I guess I could have youtubed some of this but I have more fun trying to figure things out myself then asking questions. Although I realize a music production forum would be a beter place for answers than the cyberpunk forum lol.



All comments from YouTube:

el yeyo

Alexander brandon is a genius

David Pardy Music

I remember playing with IT in the early 2000s. I was terrible at writing music but it was a lot of fun anyway! And the demo tracks were awesome

Dário Cunha

Man! I had so much fun with Impulse Tracker!! this gives me so much nostalgia...

Nigel Everdidge

I know this is old but I'm conisdering learing how to use a tracker and was curious to see that this was pattern-based considering I've always considered this awesome song to be just, well, a song. I always visualize pattern-based music with loops and clips a la FL Studio and Ableton, where each track or instrument would have its own series of patterns.

For example you'd expect in a traditional DAW that the "Dunnn dunna dun dun, dun dunnnnn" (the main sorta melodic riff that you probably think of when this song comes to mind) that plays throughout the song would be just different instances of the same pattern. But in this tracker the same melody seems to play on different instances and patterns?

Example - the first two times that melody runs are at 00:37 and 00:56, the first time the tracker seems to be running pattern 2 playing:3 in order:16 (no idea what that means) whereas the second time it's running pattern 5 playing:5 order: 16.

Okay after watching some more I figured out the order is just the total number of patterns that the song runs through in its entire duration and playing is which one is playing in relation to the total number of patterns, not the actual value of the pattern being played. That value is sitting to the right of the playing/order where it says Pattern: #. So that's why the 00:37 bit can be playing pattern 3 & pattern 2 at the same time.

So all this leaves me wondering why there are 21 total patterns in this song when only a max of 16 could be used in this song? (The playing order only goes to #16?)

I guess I could have youtubed some of this but I have more fun trying to figure things out myself then asking questions. Although I realize a music production forum would be a beter place for answers than the cyberpunk forum lol.

PROSTO4Tabal

Very impressive. You're talented !

globalSchelmuffsky

wow!
my heart just jumped! thank you!!!!!

MrTwister242

Wait what? Do you really mean the main theme was originally made with Impulse Tracker? I had a lot of fun with IT back in the day, but this comes as a complete surprise.

Chloe Smith

Yes. All the music for Unreal / UT99 / Deus Ex.

etnamA

Impulse Tracker forever

john deere

let's go (alexander) brandon

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