Crash on AudioMixerController::SetFloat when entering the Play Mode

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project “CrashRepro”
2. Open the “SpiritWorldMap” Scene
3. Enter the Play Mode

Expected result: The Editor enters the Play Mode
Actual result: Editor crashes

Reproducible with: 2022.2.19f1, 2022.2.20f1
Not reproducible with: 2022.2.18f1, 2023.1.0b7, 2023.1.0b17
Could not test with: 2020.3.48f1, 2021.3.25f1, 2022.2.a10, 2023.1.0a1 - 2023.1.0b6, 2023.2.0a15 (Packages errors)

Reproducible on: macOS Ventura 13.3.1 (a) (M1 Max), macOS Ventura 13.3.1 (a) (Intel), Windows 10

First few lines of the stack trace:
#0 0x00000101efa3dc in AudioMixerController::SetFloat(char const*, float)
#1 0x00000100763130 in AudioMixer_CUSTOM_SetFloat(ScriptingBackendNativeObjectPtrOpaque*, ScriptingBackendNativeStringPtrOpaque*, float)
{{#2 0x0000033aeee2dc in (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.Audio.AudioMixer:SetFloat (UnityEngine.Audio.AudioMixer,string,single) [

{0x14a56bf40}

+ 0xe4] (0x33aeee1f8 0x33aeee398) [0x14ff42a80 - Unity Child Domain]}}
{{#3 0x0000033aeedfe8 in AudioManager:SetGroupVolume (string,single) [

{0x14b7262b8}

+ 0xc0] [/Users/horatiuroman/Unity/spirit_world_unity_new/Assets/Scripts/Audio/AudioManager.cs :: 146u] (0x33aeedf28 0x33aeee07c) [0x14ff42a80 - Unity Child Domain]}}
{{#4 0x0000033aeeddfc in AudioManager:OnValidate () [

{0x14b726218}

+ 0xb4] [/Users/horatiuroman/Unity/spirit_world_unity_new/Assets/Scripts/Audio/AudioManager.cs :: 120u] (0x33aeedd48 0x33aeedea4) [0x14ff42a80 - Unity Child Domain]}}
{{#5 0x0000032396ac74 in (wrapper runtime-invoke) object:runtime_invoke_void_this_ (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) [

{0x14b60ac90}

+ 0x124] (0x32396ab50 0x32396ae00) [0x14ff42a80 - Unity Child Domain]}}