Quick Setup (Mac)

Downloading Muse

• Head over to www.musesessions.co/download and download the correct version of muse for your computer.
• After download, make sure to restart your computer to ensure audio drivers are installed properly.

• Once you open the Muse app, a series of permissions windows will pop-up. Click through the permissions as prompted and click continue.

Hosting or joining a session

• When opening the Muse app, you can either join, host, or schedule a session. To join a session, click the session link provided by the host or copy the session URL after clicking "Join session."

• To host a session, click "Host session."
• Before entering a session, you’ll see an Overview settings page where you can select the talkback microphone, speakers, and camera you want to use.

• Click "Start".

Inviting collaborators

• Once you're in a session, you can invite collaborators by sharing the "Participant Session Link" or typing in their usernames. If the waiting room is enabled, participants will need your approval before they can join.

  

• Once collaborators join your session, you can bring back the Invite Collaborator's window by clicking "Invite" in your main toolbar at the bottom of your screen.

  

• When someone clicks on the session link you've shared, they can click "join session" to join from the Muse app or "join as a guest" to join from the browser. 

• Guests will have limited features, but this is great to have someone quickly join a listening session.

Sharing DAW Audio

• To share audio straight from your DAW to your collaborators, add the muse plugin to the master track of your DAW. 

  

• "Muse Plugin Audio" will automatically pop up in your Muse mixer. You can click on the gear icon to change the audio quality and sample rate.

Sharing Computer Audio

• To share audio straight from your computer, click "Add Music Device" in the Muse Mixer and check “Muse Audio Share" under Computer Audio Audio." This will automatically switch your computer output to "Muse Audio Share."

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Recording:

• Record your collaborators directly into your DAW. Find recording tutorials specific to your DAW here.

Sharing MIDI

• Send MIDI to your collaborators or record their MIDI performances directly into your DAW. MIDI tutorial can be found here.

Screen Share/screen control

• Share your screen by clicking the Share Screen option in the bottom toolbar and selecting which screen you want to share. 

• Sharing your "entire screen" is recommended if you plan to use screen control or if you’re working in a DAW, so your collaborators can see your plugin windows.

• When you start sharing your screen, Muse shows a yellow bar at the top as an indicator. You can move or collapse this toolbar if it’s in the way. To stop sharing, simply click Stop.

  

• To control someone else's screen, click on "Request Screen Control" while they are sharing their screen. Once they accept the request, you can use their computer.
• When collaborating between Windows and Mac, hotkey combinations may differ from what you expect, so you may need to try different shortcuts.

• You can revoke screen control from a collaborator at any point by pressing "stop" next to "remove control" in the yellow bar or pressing CTRL+Shift+G.

Chatbox 

• Drag and drop files to the chat box to share them with you collaborators. You can also drag files straight form the chat box into your DAW.

Muse Mixer

• In the Muse mixer, you have full control over your own and your collaborators’ audio inputs. 

• For your inputs, you can adjust volume with the fader, mute with the microphone icon, add or remove devices, or click on the drop down next to the Mute icon for "Auto Mute" or "Talkback."
• Use the gear icon to add channels, switch between mono and stereo, or change audio quality.

• For your collaborator’s inputs, you can adjust volume with the fader, mute with the microphone icon, solo with the headphones icon, or arm their input for recording with the circle icon.

View options

• The options in the toolbar allows you to customize your view to fit your workflow. The first icon collapses the Main View so the app does not take up your entire screen. 

• You can also use the View dropdown to show or hide videos, inputs, or the sidebar.