Audio spectrum with muted audio?

[haley]

Is there a way to show the audio spectrum on a muted track?

I’ve found a workaround by applying the “Mute” audio filter, but it seems weird that muting the audio also disables video output.

[ejmillan]

I did the test and adding the Mute filter does not affect the video output in my project.
It does affect the audio output (the peak, loudness, and waveform meters do not receive a signal), but there is no change in the video output.
This test is with version 21.05.18 on W10.