Mute should never deactivate automatically

[PeZsmistic]

As a developer, currently I cannot use mute in Studio, full stop.
It is not implemented correctly; it is using the user-facing mute setting to control the background mute state when the window is not focused. This is completely wrong.

Right now, if I mute Studio and then if I click out into my browser to read documentation or check out a link from Discord, and then click back into the same single instance of Studio, it will unmute itself automatically.

I should not have to disable this setting for mute to work correctly.

The expected behavior is that if the user mutes a Studio instance, it will forever remain muted until the user unmutes it themselves.

See also:

Mute button does not respect losing/regaining focus

The “Mute” button under the Test tab in Studio during Solo or Play mode gets overridden by losing or regaining focus of Studio (differs based on the “Only Play Audio from Window in Focus” setting). If the “Only Play Audio from Window in Focus” is on then the Mute button automatically unmutes when focus is regained to Studio. If the setting is off, sound is unmuted immediately when Studio loses focus. Both behaviors seem to be wrong. Instead, that property should not influence the Mute button. …

[CountLoops]

Thanks for submitting this feature request and sharing your use case. We’re looking into it further as a team.

[CountLoops]

The behavior of the mute button in Studio should now be fixed to respect losing/regaining focus. Please update Studio and try it out. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!