Conduction 2

Conducting music

Conduction 2 is a PC music game about conducting an orchestra. You use the mouse as a baton: your strokes set the tempo, while the size, speed, and shape of your gestures affect volume, accents, held notes, and the stretch of a phrase. There’s no fixed tempo to chase. You can take “The Blue Danube” slowly or push through the “Can-Can” at speed, and the orchestra follows your lead.

Holding still makes the orchestra hold a note until you cut them off. Big gestures bring the sound up; small ones lower it. A fast, sharp stroke adds an accent, and you can stretch a phrase before settling back into time.