Muse Mixer

On the right side of every session, you’ll see the Muse Mixer. This is a list of inputs from you and your collaborators, giving you full control of all audio shared during the session.

Adding and removing inputs:

• Talkback Mic: Your first input is typically your talkback microphone, which you should have selected before joining the session. This is your primary microphone for speaking. Use only one at a time to avoid doubling your voice.  

  

• Click "Add Music device" to add any audio source, device, or instruments, including:
  • Another Microphone or Instrument (e.g. guitar, synth, interface channel)
  • Computer Audio (switches your computer output to Muse Audio Share on Mac, or Cable Output on Windows)
  • DAW Audio (If there is an "ERR" warning icon, add the Muse plugin on your DAW’s master track)
  • MIDI Devices (lets you play your collaborator’s virtual instruments through Muse)

• Remove channels by clicking the "x" next to the input, or add channels via the gear icon > "+" next to channel dropdown > add your channel. 

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Tip: Only add the inputs you need. Each extra device uses bandwidth and increases the chance of network errors.

Mixer Controls

• Volume Fader: Adjust input levels (greyed out if you're using Standard HQ audio quality).

• Mic Icon: Mute your input for yourself and collaborators.

  

• Mute Options (dropdown):

  • Auto Mute: Mutes your mic while you are playing another audio source (e.g. Computer audio, DAW Audio) 

  • Push to Talk: Mutes your mic unless you hold the talkback key (default key: backquote "`". Change in Settings > Audio).

  

• Gear Icon: More device settings such as adding or removing channels, switching between mono/stereo, changing audio quality, sample rate, buffer size.

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Collaborator Controls

Below your own inputs, you can manage your collaborators’ devices. 

Note: When changing someone else's settings, you only change your perception of the audio signal. Just because you mute someone's signal does not mean it is muted for everyone else.

• Volume Fader: Adjust their input volume

• Mic Icon: Mute their input.

• Headphones Icon: Solo their input (mutes every other input in the session)

• Circle Icon: Arm their input for recording. This routes audio to your DAW and saves a file once recording stops. Use the arrow to view the saved file/folder.

Tip: In collapsed mixer view, you can hide all inputs and quickly unmute all devices from a collaborator with one click.