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[Muse Sounds] Let me choose if I want my woodwind instruments to have key clicks or not

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Description

Your idea

Implement a way to enable/disable key clicks of woodwind instruments, they are too loud or undesired in many orchestral contexts

Problem to be solved

Current situation makes key clicks almost always audible, which doesn't sound good or make sense.

Giving us a way to turn them on/off would give Muse Sounds more realism and better results.

Prior art

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Additional context

As woodwind players, we're often "trained" to make as less key noise as possible unless asked otherwise, this makes them inaudible in most orchestral contexts (even solo/piano passages), only making sense for small ensembles like a woodwind quintet (unlikely too but possible).

If we assume every instrument has a mic close to it then sure, they'll be audible most of the time, but for anyone wanting a more "natural" sound they're just annoying.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the Muse Sounds woodwind playback controls and determine where an enable/disable choice belongs. Done means users can choose whether woodwind key clicks are audible and the choice produces the intended sound in orchestral contexts.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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