What software is Mr. Oldziey using in this WC3 making of?

Looks like it from the screenshot on this page - https://winworldpc.com/product/cakewalk/3x

The titlebar is hard to make out, but it certainly looks like "Cakewalk Professional - " on it. The player controls look identical. And the "Piano Roll" is unique to that version. The menu bar doesn't look the same but I think it's because it probably changes depending on what you have up.
 
Sorry, no idea on that one! I checked Oldziey's interview in the WC3 guide to confirm it was Cakewalk, you'll have to find a MUSE nerd to figure out that other one :D
 
MUSE-wise... Piano rolls all look very similar. My guess is some ancient version of Logic, Pro Tools, or possibly Cubase. All three are used in pro studio contexts. It's so hard to tell - I can't even tell for sure what OS it is (maybe Mac?) with the video quality plus the old flickering CRT.
 
Muz1234 said:
Around 20:14?

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Hi all. It was indeed Cakewalk, which was only a MIDI sequencer with no audio capabilities. Ironically, I saved all the files from every cue from I wrote for my three WC scores, but they were all in a proprietary format called .wrk. Years later, when I did volume one I had to find a way to convert them all to MIDI files so that I could see what I did instead of having to transcribe all that music by ear. The only software that can open those is Sonar, which is (or was) owned by the company "Cakewalk".
 
Muz1234 said:
Sorry for being out of topic, but what software is this band using around 2:09?

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From an interview with producer and sound engineer Rich Costey on recording Muse's Absolution:
Although the songs were all comped, with each of the band members performing a minimum of passes, Costey was keen to guard against too much editing. He typically treats Pro Tools as if it were a tape machine, not because of a retro mindset but simply in order to enhance the music by way of a more human touch, and he'd therefore utilise as much as possible of a single take before editing in parts only where this was absolutely necessary. The same applied to overdubs — he'd use as much as possible of complete takes, and never once was a performance flown into another section of a song.

"I made that mistake years ago," Costey admits, "and what ends up happening is that the record has a real thin veneer to it, almost like a genetically engineered tomato that looks perfect but has absolutely no flavour."
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Rich Costey and Matthew Bellamy in debate at the desk in Grouse Lodge.
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https://www.soundonsound.com/people/rich-costey-producer

Grouse Lodge's Studio One page mentions a 2019 Mac Pro (but that obviously wasn't used for the 2003 recording)
https://grouselodge.com/studio-one/

The laptop in the video on the table could be a 17" Apple PowerBook G4 similar to this 15" one.
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photo from https://www.vinylencelluloid.nl/2017/04/08/powerbook-g4-titanium-hoofdstuk-2/
 
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