How do I mute/unmute from different layouts?

So I have a mute toggle button that toggles all music and sounds on/off. I am currently using the set toggle silent function. The problem is when I mute all sounds from one layout, and I unmute(toggle) all sounds on another layout, the music that usually starts on the start of layout doesn't start playing. I can see the logic behind this, but I can't seem to figure out how to get this the way I want it to be. Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated!

Thank you

just make a Global Variable that has the state of the music..then add an Action to OnStartOfLayout that always sets the audio to whatever the state is..

How exactly would the Global Variable correspond with the toggle of the mute button? I don't quite get how to toggle sound other than using the Set silent function.

Edit:

The thing is within my game global variables are often being reset between layouts, so I don't think using global variables would be optimal for this game. It's just a tiny bug that occurs in the game.

Edit 2:

I found out that you can toggle using boolean instance variables, but by using instance variables I guess each separate layout won't be able to grab the instance variable value from another layout?

Instance variables will only be global if you make the object global. Otherwise they will not retain their value between layouts.

You don't need a built in toggle.. just do this:

TO MAKE THE OPPOSITE HAPPEN:

If isMusicOn = "yes" then Set isMusicOn to "no"

else

Set isMusicOn to "yes"

Make sure you are untoggling Silent before you start playing the music.