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FET condenser, transformer-coupled solid-state pre, soundcraft TS24 / 3200, dbx 160 VCA, graphic EQ. cassette spring reverb digital delay.", "recipe_chars": 643, "score": 248.045, "config": { "traditions": [ "desi_pop", "mappila_paattu", "naat_south_asian" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "extended_whistle_register", "voice_quality": "praise_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "delayed_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "modern_pop_vocal_training", "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": "voice_ornament_quranic_tajwid", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_carnatic_22_shruti", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_vocoder_8_band", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 14.29225, "voice_quality": 12.524249999999999, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 1.56, "voice_articulation": 20.085, "voice_microtone": 25.674999999999997, "voice_tradition": 15.3925, "voice_mechanism_compound": 3.3799999999999994, "voice_estill_quality": 2.2749999999999995, "voice_speech_song": 27.819999999999997, "voice_ensemble_config": 21.775, "voice_ornament_system": 7.45, "voice_pitch_organization": 4.20775, "voice_processing_chain": 4.49275, "voice_multitrack_stack": 6.630000000000001 } }, { "id": "dhol", "slots": { "dhol_form": "dhol_punjabi", "dhol_repertoire": "dhol_bhangra_chaal", "dhol_shell": "dhol_mango" }, "scores": { "dhol_form": 26.845000000000006, "dhol_repertoire": 7.3797500000000005, "dhol_shell": -0.05 } }, { "id": "dholak", "slots": { "dholak_use": "dholak_classical", "dholak_construction": "dholak_large", "dholak_head": "dholak_synthetic_head", "dholak_tensioning": "dholak_bolt_tuned" }, "scores": { "dholak_use": 0.845, "dholak_construction": 1.95, "dholak_head": 0.7215, "dholak_tensioning": 0.7215 } }, { "id": "tumbi", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_ornamented_melodic", "tumbi_construction": "tumbi_synthetic", "tumbi_context": "tumbi_fusion", "tumbi_string": "tumbi_steel_modern" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 3.9327500000000004, "tumbi_construction": 0.90675, "tumbi_context": 0.65, "tumbi_string": 2.535 } }, { "id": "harmonium_indian", "slots": { "free_reed_technique": "free_reed_folk_first_position", "harmonium_action": "harmonium_hand_pump", "harmonium_voicing": "harmonium_male", "harmonium_use": "harmonium_kirtan" }, "scores": { "free_reed_technique": 0.6499999999999999, "harmonium_action": 1.04, "harmonium_voicing": 0.39, "harmonium_use": 2.21 } }, { "id": "analog_poly_synth", "slots": { "electronic_technique": "electronic_lead_line", "poly_archetypes": "oberheim_obxa", "poly_voices": "poly_8_voice", "poly_maker_lineage": "poly_sequential_smith" }, "scores": { "electronic_technique": 13.559249999999999, "poly_archetypes": 0.5759999999999998, "poly_voices": 0.19274999999999998, "poly_maker_lineage": 0.78 } }, { "id": "electric_bass", "slots": { "amp_make": "amp_british_orange", "body_wood": "mahogany_b", "pickup_config": "soapbar", "string_type": "roundwound_s", "scale_length_b": "extra_long_b", "fretted_or_not": "fretless", "bass_technique": "sub_bass_synth_blend" }, "scores": { "amp_make": 0.13000000000000003, "body_wood": 0.2895, "pickup_config": 0.7215, "string_type": 0.7215, "scale_length_b": 0.8115000000000001, "fretted_or_not": 0.65, "bass_technique": 1.25 } }, { "id": "multitrack_vocal_stack", "slots": { "multitrack_stack_density": "multitrack_density_3_part_third_fifth", "multitrack_stack_era_aesthetic": "multitrack_era_late_1980s_reverb_bus", "multitrack_stack_processing": "multitrack_processing_chorus_thickened" }, "scores": { "multitrack_stack_density": 0.26925, "multitrack_stack_era_aesthetic": 5.162000000000001, "multitrack_stack_processing": 0.195 } } ], "room": "mumbai_bombay_filmi_studio", "archetype": "arch_tseries_cassette_devotional", "inline_chain": { "mic": "condenser_ldc", "pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "console": "console_british_inline_80s", "comp": "comp_dbx_160_vca", "eq": null, "amp": null, "medium": "cassette_medium" }, "tuning": "twelve_tet", "aesthetic": null, "arrangement": null, "fx_extras": [] }, "source": { "tuning": "twelve_tet", "room": "mumbai_bombay_filmi_studio", "chain_mic": "condenser_ldc", "chain_pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "chain_comp": "comp_dbx_160_vca", "chain_medium": "cassette_medium", "chain_console": "console_british_inline_80s" } }