How do I prevent Windows 10 notification sounds from muting audio?

I listen to Pandora (via Chrome on Windows 10) when working. When I adjust the volume using the popup controller in the system tray, I get a notification sound, presumably to signal the change and also to give me a sample of the new volume. This is fine.

What's not fine is that the background audio is muted for several seconds. I've tried changing the setting in Sounds control panel on the Communications tab; it's set to "Do nothing". This has had no effect.

Is there a way to disable this, so that Windows stops muting my audio when it wants to play a notification sound?

Solution 1:

Seems like it's a Skype issue. Finally, I've found a solution. In your sound settings in Control Panel uncheck the checkbox "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device."

Solution 2:

I think I found a solution. Right click on the sound icon in the taskbar -> Sounds -> Communications tab -> select the last option: "do nothing"