Hi everyone!
Just published my first workflow as I didn't find any other solutions that addressed my issue. As many of you probably can relate to, I spend hours each day in different videoconferences, and toggling mute on and off is something I do all the time. As I'm a consultant, I need to use a myriad of different apps as different customers prefer different solutions. I'm a keyboard addict, so I like the idea of having a simple hotkey that I can press to mute/unmute when in a meeting.
There are other solutions to this (such as https://mutify.app and https://mizage.com/shush) that I have used in the past and that work nicely, but I have had some issues:
Adding a global shortcut that is both easy to use and that don't crash with other app shortcuts is difficult (I have unmuted by accident 😬 on occation)
In addition, I upgraded my home office with an XLR-mic for better sound, but in such setup, adjusting the microphone volume doesn't work as it's handled by the external soundcard.
I started thinking, and came up with the perfect solution using an alfred workflow. The idea is that when certain apps are in focus, I bind hotkeys to that particular apps mute toggle and pass that on via alfred. So in my case, F15, double-tap Option or Home becomes whatever key combination the videoconferencing app in focus uses for toggling mute. Check it out and feel free to modify or extend it to your needs:
https://github.com/helgeblod/alfred-universalmute
