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orchestral, spun aluminum Egyptian sombaty goat skin Turkish darbuka regional Egyptian sombaty canonical mid east darbuka, alder pyramid pure nickel bass British mid 60s era electric bass, arundo donax cane canonical Persian nine segment mevlevi Sufi konya tradition Turkish ney continuous-airflow legato ney, pre muffled edge muffled brushes-and-sticks drum kit. istanbul recording canon 1955-present mid tier istanbul makam kilic ali pasha studio. large-diaphragm condenser, transformer-coupled solid-state pre, colored vintage console, vari-mu.", "recipe_chars": 990, "score": 367.448, "config": { "traditions": [ "arabesk", "khaleeji_iraqi", "uzbek_traditional" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": 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