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spruce European alpine violin orchestral, low mid rich spectrum traditional gut gut string celtic harp, legato pump organ harmonium, grenadilla African blackwood traditional continuous-airflow legato clarinet. hexham head studio pa chamber folk. tube condenser, 500-series boutique pre, brick-wall limiter, dynamic EQ. 24-bit digital plate reverb digital delay pitch shifter.", "recipe_chars": 833, "score": 344.98, "config": { "traditions": [ "chamber_folk", "salon_music", "classical_era" ], "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": "scottish_gaelic_taladh_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_tahrir_tekye_chain", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_opera", "voice_speech_song": 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