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alder electric bass, pre muffled edge muffled brushes-and-sticks drum kit, kanun tortoiseshell traditional kanun. 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, passive program EQ. vinyl master cut tape echo spring reverb germanium fuzz wah / envelope filter.", "recipe_chars": 797, "score": 258.785, "config": { "traditions": [ "arabesk_turkish", "iraqi_maqam", "malhun_maghrebi" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "extended_whistle_register", "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": "persian_dastgah_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_tahrir_tekye_chain", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_opera", "voice_speech_song": "voice_recitative_free_rhythm", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_persian_tahrir", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_turkish_makam_53_comma", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_vocoder_8_band", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1970s_thirds_fifths_octaves" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 7.43, "voice_quality": 9.100000000000001, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 8.2875, "voice_articulation": 3.2500000000000004, "voice_microtone": 38.2525, "voice_tradition": 16.055, "voice_mechanism_compound": 11.745000000000001, "voice_estill_quality": 7.73, "voice_speech_song": 5.585000000000001, "voice_ensemble_config": 4.485000000000001, "voice_ornament_system": 14.175, "voice_pitch_organization": 18.29, "voice_processing_chain": 3.1950000000000003, "voice_multitrack_stack": 3.335000000000001 } }, { "id": "oud", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom", "oud_school": "oud_arab_classic", "oud_strings": "oud_eleven", "oud_pick": "risha_eagle_feather", "oud_body_wood": "oud_rosewood_body", "oud_soundboard_wood": "oud_spruce_face", "oud_string_material": "oud_la_bella_nylon" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 4.965, "oud_school": 4.095, "oud_strings": 2.535, "oud_pick": 1.95, "oud_body_wood": 9.099999999999998, "oud_soundboard_wood": 0.65, "oud_string_material": 7.569999999999999 } }, { "id": "qanun", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom", "qanun_strings": "qanun_arab_72", "qanun_levers": "mandal_brass", "qanun_pick": "qanun_finger_picks", "qanun_body_wood": "qanun_maple_body", "qanun_bridge_skin": "qanun_goat_skin_bridge", "qanun_string_material": "qanun_fluorocarbon" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 4.965, "qanun_strings": 2.535, "qanun_levers": -1.26, "qanun_pick": 2.535, "qanun_body_wood": 8.219999999999999, 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