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castagnari Italian premium folk music straight accordion, lyon twisted plain Baroque setup lighter bass bar no endpin double bass, rhythm bones. wooden barn. passive ribbon, tube pre, German tube console, vari-mu, Pultec passive program EQ. tape 15ips.", "recipe_chars": 692, "score": 370.651, "config": { "traditions": [ "bush_ballad", "arkansas_country", "franco_country" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "oscillating_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "japanese_min_yo_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_nasal_twang", "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony", "voice_ornament_system": 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