Feature Index

Search by feature name when you want the right manual page.

Use the index to map a feature name to its app surface: transport, timeline, track headers, right dock, bottom editor, or status bar.

Project, transport, save, share, export, tempo, and recording features start from the top bar.

How to Use This Index

Confirm whether a control, command, or workflow is available in Miaou, then open the linked guide for the full workflow.

If you are trying to...	Start with
Learn Miaou from zero	Quick Start, then DAW Basics.
Set up browser audio, recording input, or MIDI	Browser and Device Setup.
Edit regions, notes, chords, markers, or points	Editing Basics and Commands and Shortcuts.
Import, trim, tempo-fit, or slice audio	Audio Regions and Tempo and Follow Project Tempo.
Write MIDI, drums, or computer-keyboard parts	MIDI Editor and Drum Kits and Beatmaking.
Analyze chords or generate editable MIDI	Analyze and Generate, Chords and Scales, and Markers and Sections.
Record, loop record, or choose takes	Recording and Takes and Comping.
Mix, route, automate, or understand exports	Mix and Automate, Signal Flow and Export Paths, and Effect Reference.
Save, share, collaborate, or recover work	Save, Share, and Export, Projects and Storage, and Collaboration.
Diagnose a symptom	Troubleshooting.

If a feature appears here but the workflow is unclear, follow the linked guide page first. If you cannot find a feature here or in the guide pages, start from the closest documented workflow or use Actions search.

What Counts as a Feature Here

Feature entries cover visible app controls, documented commands, shortcuts, and behavior preserved by save/load/export.

If you need...	Use this index for...
A quick yes/no check	Search this page for the feature name or related term.
The actual workflow	Open the linked guide page and follow its task steps.
Quality boundaries or browser caveats	Use Practical Limits.
A plain-language definition	Use the Glossary.
A symptom such as silence or bad export	Use Troubleshooting before changing music.

Feature Group Map

Group	Includes
Project	Drafts, saved projects, versions, history, project links, status, and project actions.
Timeline	Ruler, playhead, regions, trim, loop, audio analysis, markers, and automation rows.
Tracks and Routing	Track types, headers, reorder, duplicate, mute/solo, monitoring, meters, sends, and output routing.
Recording	Audio/MIDI record target, count-in, metronome, loop takes, comp choices, and meters.
MIDI	Piano Roll, drum lanes, computer keyboard, Web MIDI, import/export, chords, and generation.
Instruments	Instrument panel, previews, sampler controls, custom samples, kits, and persistence.
Effects	Master Effects, Track Effects, effect types, sidechain, tempo sync, limiter, and compact visuals.
Automation	Track Effect and Master Effects lanes, points, interpolation, copy/paste, nudge, and mute.
Import and Export	Audio/MIDI import, tempo policies, project media restore, ZIP export, mix, stems, and MIDI export.
Collaboration	Shared projects, edit sync, uploaded media sync, presence, remote playheads, and locks.
Navigation	Context menus, Actions search, bottom modes, footer controls, right dock, and undo/redo.

Project

• Clean silent draft.
• Empty audio/MIDI tracks, an empty Reverb Bus routing track, Master track, and empty Chord Track on first open.
• Local unsaved draft state.
• Save project.
• Unlock project.
• Save version.
• History.
• Top-bar Save, Share, Export, and History controls.
• Actions search opened with Cmd+K.
• Save dialog with title and password validation.
• Unlock panel over locked projects.
• Project title editing.
• Project password validation.
• Open read-only history version.
• Restore history version.
• Fork history version as a new editable project.
• Copy project link.
• Export ZIP.
• Export, save, sync, history, selection, and MIDI status messages in stable status surfaces.
• 12-hour unlocked browser session.
• Password-protected project link access.
• Project media restore after unlock.
• Saved project structure for tracks, regions, clips, media references, chords, markers, automation, effects, routing, transport loop, takes, and versions.

Timeline

• Playhead.
• Time/bars ruler.
• Ruler context menu.
• Transport loop range/brace for repeated playback.
• Stable top-bar BPM text editing with blur/Enter commit and explicit stepper nudges.
• Horizontal timeline scrolling.
• Arrangement overview/minimap.
• Follow playhead.
• Fit timeline.
• Zoom in/out.
• Footer Grid control with Off, Bar, Beat, straight, and triplet values.
• Absolute and relative snap mode.
• Region selection.
• Multi-region marquee selection.
• Edge auto-scroll while marquee selecting.
• Region dragging in time.
• Drag and keyboard region moving between compatible tracks.
• Single-region and multi-region right-edge trimming.
• Region splitting.
• Audio transient slicing.
• Audio Set downbeat from the playhead for non-destructive source-start correction.
• Region duplication.
• Region deletion.
• Region loop handle.
• Audio fades.
• Clip gain.
• Exact clip gain and fade value fields with stable text editing.
• Audio Follow project tempo.
• Audio Source BPM region control.
• Detected, half-time, and double-time Source BPM choices for analyzed audio.
• Stable Source BPM text editing with blur/Enter commit.
• Audio Stretch mode choices: Default, Beats, Tones, and Tape.
• Audio tempo marker controls: add at playhead, detect from transients, edit beat/source fields, drag marker ticks, quantize detected hits to grid, extract groove, clear, and remove.
• Dedicated Audio Regions guide for audio-region trim, fades, clip gain, tempo tools, transient slicing, custom sampling, media restore, and export checks.
• Tempo-following audio Trim Start keeps marker anchors coherent with the new region start.
• Selected audio regions show detected transient ticks as passive timing guides.
• Dedicated Tempo and Follow Project Tempo guide.
• Takes.
• Waveform drawing.
• Waveform transient analysis.
• Audio tempo estimation from transients.
• Audio key estimation from tonal waveform analysis.
• One-chord audio-to-Chord-Track sketching for short tonal regions.
• MIDI region note preview.
• Markers.
• Single, toggle, range, and select-all marker selection.
• Marker drag, Option-drag duplicate preview, copy/cut/paste, duplicate, nudge, and delete for selected markers.
• Dedicated Markers and Sections guide for marker editing, section actions, duplicate section, fills, and section regeneration.
• Remote playheads.
• Automation lane.

Tracks and Routing

• Audio tracks.
• MIDI tracks.
• Bus tracks.
• Master track.
• Add audio/MIDI/bus track.
• Duplicate non-master tracks with or without regions.
• Delete non-master tracks.
• Rename tracks.
• Drag, context-menu, and keyboard track reordering with Master fixed at the bottom.
• Track-head volume faders.
• Track-head pan/balance controls.
• Master output mute, volume, and balance.
• Master solo hidden.
• Mute.
• Solo.
• Bus solo auditions soloed bus returns.
• Record arm.
• Input monitoring.
• Track meters.
• Output routing.
• Sends to bus tracks.

Recording

• Single input recording.
• Audio/MIDI recording target preflight.
• MIDI-only recording into selected or newly created MIDI regions.
• Mono and stereo project audio support.
• Record arm.
• Count-in.
• Metronome.
• Live playhead during recording.
• Live recording region drawing.
• Recording processing state.
• Recording takes.
• Transport-loop audio recording that creates separate takes per pass.
• Compact take lane rename, mute, remove, and active Comp selection.
• Active take selection in the Selection inspector.
• Simple split-region comping with per-slice active take choices.
• Undo/redo, save/load, and export support for active take choices.
• Input, track, and master meters.

MIDI

• Web MIDI connection.
• MIDI input list.
• Computer keyboard note input.
• Computer keyboard octave controls.
• On-screen computer keyboard map with pressed-note feedback.
• Chord-aware computer-keyboard mode for melodic MIDI tracks.
• Instrument-aware melodic keyboard and drum-pad keyboard layouts.
• Dedicated Drum Kits and Beatmaking guide for named lanes, pads, paint-drag hits, imported drum MIDI, kit choices, and transition FX.
• Instrument keyboard.
• Project key/scale controls.
• Scale-aware piano roll highlighting.
• Snap-to-scale note drawing.
• Fit notes to scale.
• Chord guide in the piano-roll ruler.
• Fit notes to chord tones.
• Per-MIDI-region Follow Chord Track playback/export transform.
• Chord lane.
• Add chord at playhead.
• Add chord at lane position.
• Single, toggle, range, and select-all chord block selection.
• Chord block group move, Option-drag duplicate preview, and two-edge trim.
• Direct chord-symbol editing.
• Chord preview.
• Slash-bass chord labels and bass generation.
• Diatonic chord palette.
• Progression presets.
• Chord clipboard, duplicate, nudge, and delete for selected chord blocks.
• Chord-to-MIDI generation, including block chords, pads, arpeggios, basslines, drum parts, and lead phrases.
• Chord pad generation.
• Chord arpeggio generation.
• Chord bass generation.
• Chord drum generation on kit-backed drum tracks.
• Close, open, and spread chord MIDI voicing choices.
• Main, Variation, and Fill chord MIDI generation choices.
• MIDI-to-chord-lane analysis.
• MIDI chord-analysis source region/grid details.
• Audio chord estimate to editable Chord Track block.
• Audio chord-analysis source media/region details.
• Analysis confidence and review badges on MIDI-created chords.
• Previous/next analyzed-chord review navigation.
• Build arrangement from chord lane.
• Marker-scoped chord generation for sections.
• Regenerate generated MIDI for a selected marker section.
• New generated MIDI takes for a selected marker section.
• Final-bar Build fill generation for transitions.
• Section-aware chord-generated MIDI source details.
• Arrangement styles for Song, Dance, Ambient, and Cinematic sketches.
• Editable kit-backed drum arrangement layer with Kick, Snare, and Hat notes.
• Chord-generated MIDI source disclosure.
• Regenerate MIDI from source chords.
• New variation/fill from a chord-generated MIDI source.
• Regenerate generated MIDI regions that depend on a selected chord.
• MIDI region creation.
• Standard MIDI File import.
• MIDI import tempo policy: Keep project tempo, Use file tempo, and Original timing.
• Imported MIDI tempo-map policy documentation.
• Standard MIDI File export.
• Piano roll.
• Draw tool.
• Drum-lane paint-drag for repeated drum hits.
• Drum-kit lane view with named kit-piece rows.
• Drum pad mapping for loaded kit instruments.
• Select tool.
• Note selection.
• Note moving.
• Note trimming.
• Note deletion.
• Note duplication.
• In-note velocity handles.
• Multi-note relative velocity editing.
• Selection inspector note controls.
• Quantize with Grid, Amount, and Swing, including Beat and triplet grid values.
• Humanize.
• Humanize groove command.
• Apply extracted audio groove to MIDI notes.
• Strum.
• Triad generation.
• Seventh-chord generation.
• Arpeggio generation.
• Chord-tone fitting.
• Scale fitting.
• Transpose.
• Nudge.
• MIDI controller and performance data preservation, including sustain and attack controller events.
• MIDI program change, pitch bend, pressure, key signature, tempo, time-signature, and text event preservation.
• Imported MIDI tempo-map playback/render timing.
• General MIDI program and instrument-name mapping to nearest built-in instruments on import.
• General MIDI drum-kit import into one kit-backed track with named drum lanes.

Instruments

• Built-in instrument catalog.
• Instrument search.
• Instrument family filter.
• Instrument preview.
• Instrument loading.
• Custom imported sample loading.
• Custom sample root note.
• Custom sample gain.
• Fine tune.
• Sample start/end.
• ADSR envelope.
• Flexible region loop duration with partial final repeats.
• Reverse.
• Drum pads.
• Built-in instrument persistence in project versions.
• Drum-kit maps for named lanes, pads, and exact-kit-piece preview.

Effects

• Detailed effect manual: Effect Reference.
• Master output chain.
• Master output final mute, volume, and balance after Master Effects.
• Master Meter peak, RMS, stereo-correlation, momentary/short-term/integrated LUFS-style loudness, and spectrum analyzer display.
• Master Utility gain, width, balance, mono, phase invert, and left/right swap.
• Master Parametric EQ with four bands, band type, frequency, gain, Q, and analyzer overlay.
• Master Dynamic EQ with frequency, Q, threshold, ratio, range, attack/release, and mix.
• Master De-esser frequency, threshold, amount, release, and mix.
• Master Amp / Cab drive, tone stack, cabinet, mix, and output trim.
• Master Pedal Overdrive/Distortion/Fuzz modes with drive, tone, bias, mix, and output.
• Master Shifter frequency/ring modes with frequency, spread, drive, and mix.
• Master Resonator Harmonic/Chord/Metal modes with frequency, decay, tone, width, and mix.
• Master Vocoder with synth/noise/hybrid carrier, bands, formant, tone, release, mix, and output.
• Master Reverb Room/Hall/Plate style, pre-delay, decay, damping, and width.
• Master limiter/maximizer input drive, ceiling, soft knee, and release.
• Track Effects for audio/MIDI tracks.
• Ordered serial Track Effect chains.
• Duplicate Track Effects of the same type.
• Track Effect bypass without losing settings or automation identity.
• Meter.
• Utility.
• Parametric EQ.
• EQ.
• Gate.
• Transient shaper.
• Compressor.
• Compressor sidechain source for ducking.
• Silent sidechain key tracks routed to None.
• Multiband Dynamics with low/mid/high compression.
• De-esser.
• Dynamic EQ.
• Saturation.
• Amp / Cab.
• Pedal.
• Clipper.
• Bitcrusher.
• Shifter.
• Resonator.
• Vocoder.
• Chorus.
• Flanger.
• Phaser.
• Tremolo.
• Auto-pan.
• Auto-filter.
• Tempo-synced chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, auto-pan, and auto-filter divisions.
• Delay.
• Tempo-synced delay divisions.
• Reverb style, pre-delay, decay, damping, width, and mix.
• Room/convolution reverb.
• Pitch shifter.
• Limiter/maximizer.
• Compact effect visuals.

Automation

• Contextual Track Effect and Master Effects automation lane.
• Add automation point.
• Multi-select automation points.
• Drag selected automation point groups.
• Option-drag automation point duplicate preview.
• Copy/cut/paste automation points.
• Duplicate automation points.
• Nudge automation point timing by the active grid.
• Nudge automation point values.
• Delete automation points.
• Enable/disable automation.
• Linear interpolation.
• Stepped interpolation.
• Track effect parameter automation.
• Master effect parameter automation.

Import and Export

• Audio import.
• Audio import tempo policy: Keep original, Follow project tempo, and Set project tempo from sample.
• Audio import start policy: Keep file start and Trim to first hit.
• MIDI file import.
• MIDI import tempo policy: Keep project tempo, Use file tempo, and Original timing.
• MIDI file export.
• Audio placement.
• Drag audio to timeline.
• Use selected audio regions as custom samples.
• Slice selected audio regions at detected transients.
• Set project tempo from detected audio-region tempo.
• Time-stretch tempo-following audio regions in realtime preview and export.
• Set project key from detected audio-region key.
• Project audio restore.
• Export ZIP creation.
• Full mix WAV.
• Per-track stem WAVs when project size allows.
• Project data and referenced source media in export ZIP.
• Download ZIP.

Collaboration

• Live shared-project connection.
• Live collaborative project session.
• Project data sync.
• Uploaded recording/import media sync.
• Fine-grained edit sync.
• Remote presence.
• Remote playheads.
• Temporary locks for active edits.
• Recording/renaming/editing lock awareness.

Navigation

• Context menus for object-specific commands.
• Actions search for keyboard command lookup.
• Keyboard navigation in Actions search.
• Bottom bar mode selector.
• Footer grid/snap controls.
• Footer follow-playhead and fit-timeline controls.
• Right dock surfaces: Inspector, Instrument, and Markers.
• Inspector tabs: Selection, Mix, Master, and Instrument.
• Global undo/redo.

Related Pages

• Manual Home organizes features by user workflow.
• Practical Limits explains browser and workflow boundaries behind the feature list.
• Workspace Tour shows where the main feature groups live in the app.