mouzebeat: every feature, listed
Finds the beat of a music clip, then adds beat markers, cuts B-roll to it, pulses clips, ducks music under dialogue, and snaps cuts. 31 tools, presets, styles, effects and actions in 7 groups. mouzebeat comes with mouzeclick: one plan with everything included, $25 a month.
Analyse and listen 3
- Analyse musicAction
Reads the selected audio clip's sound and finds its tempo, beat grid and bar 1, shown on a waveform.
- ListenAction
Plays the analysed music in the panel with a click on every beat, a higher click on bar 1 (Space).
- WaveformTool
Click sets where Listen starts, double-click a beat to start bars on it; scroll zooms, drag pans, arrows step beats.
Tempo 9
- TapAction
Sets the tempo from your taps along with the beat (T key), fitted to the music within 5 percent.
- ÷2Action
Halves the grid's tempo, refitted to the music.
- ×2Action
Doubles the grid's tempo, refitted to the music.
- AutoAction
Re-analyses and returns to the tempo mouzebeat found, clearing grid nudges and bar 1 changes.
- Grid earlier / laterAction
Moves the whole beat grid 5 ms earlier or later, or one frame with Shift ([ and ] keys).
- Bar 1 a beat earlier / laterAction
Moves where the bars start by one beat either way, changing which beat counts as beat 1.
- Beats in a barPreset
Sets the time signature's beats per bar, from 2 / bar to 7 / bar (default 4 / bar).
- Follow the hitsTool
Moves each beat onto a drum hit within 60 ms of the grid, for live music whose tempo drifts.
- SensitivityTool
Sets how soft a drum hit may be and still count, for Hits markers and Follow the hits (0–100).
Beat markers 4
- Every beat / Every 2 / Every bar / HitsPreset
Chooses which beats get sequence markers: all beats, every other beat, bar starts, or only strong drum hits.
- Bar colour / Beat colourStyle
Picks the marker colour for bar starts and for other beats or hits, e.g. Green, Red, Purple, Blue.
- Add markersAction
Adds named sequence markers on the chosen beats in the music's stretch, replacing mouzebeat's earlier markers there.
- RemoveAction
Removes only mouzebeat's markers from the music's stretch; your own markers stay.
Cut to the beat 5
- Each clip: 1 beat / 2 / 4 / 8Preset
Sets how many beats each clip copy lasts; shorter clips get fewer whole beats.
- From: Music start / PlayheadPreset
Chooses whether the first copy goes at the music clip's start or at the playhead.
- OntoTool
Chooses the video track for the copies: a new track on top or an existing video track.
- Cut selected clipsAction
Lays copies of the selected video clips end to end on the beat from their in points, trimmed; originals stay.
- Undo cutAction
Removes the copies the last Cut selected clips laid down; copies moved or deleted since stay.
Pulse on the beat 5
- Every beat / Every 2 / Bar startsPreset
Chooses which beats get a scale bump: every beat, every other beat, or bar starts.
- Strength / LengthTool
Sets how much bigger the clip gets on each beat (+1 to +30%) and how long it takes back (0.06–0.8 s).
- Ease: Smooth / SharpPreset
Smooth uses Bezier keys that ease in and out; Sharp uses linear keys for a hard kick.
- Pulse selected clipsEffect
Adds Motion Scale keyframes to the selected video clips, a scale bump on each chosen beat.
- RemoveAction
Takes mouzebeat's pulse off the selected clips, restoring their scale as it was.
Auto-duck 3
- Down by / Attack / Release / Hold gaps / VoiceTool
Sets ducking depth (3–30 dB), attack and release times, pauses held down (0–3 s) and voice detection sensitivity.
- Duck under selected dialogueEffect
Adds Volume Level keyframes to the analysed music, lowering it wherever the selected dialogue clips contain speech.
- RemoveAction
Takes mouzebeat's volume keyframes off the music; your own volume keyframes stay.
Snap cuts to the beat 2
- Track / Moves up toTool
Picks the video or audio track whose cuts move and the furthest a cut may move (1–12 frames).
- Snap cutsAction
Rolls each cut between touching clips on the track, inside the music's stretch, onto its nearest beat; linked sound follows.
More in mouzebeat
The panel has no tabs; groups follow its header, Tempo bar and tool cards. Marker colour lists hold 8 colours: Green, Red, Purple, Orange, Yellow, White, Blue, Cyan. Track lists are built from the open sequence's tracks. Listen and Undo cut start disabled and enable after analysis or a cut.