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mizmar, padauk Egyptian Syrian premium Lebanese cedar eastern Mediterranean drone like oud, alder pyramid pure nickel bass British mid 60s era electric bass, roland jupiter lineage canonical jupiter 8 1981 osaka lead analog poly synth, drum machine analog. stone plaster medina room. shure SM58, console-strip pre, colored vintage console, graphic EQ. cassette spring reverb.", "recipe_chars": 926, "score": 283.98, "config": { "traditions": [ "egyptian_pop", "dabke", "rumeli_turkuleri" ], "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": "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_arab_maqam_mawwal", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_arab_24_quartertone", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_vocoder_8_band", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 15.529999999999998, "voice_quality": 6.76, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 2.34, "voice_articulation": 20.084999999999997, "voice_microtone": 42.835, "voice_tradition": 15.214999999999998, "voice_mechanism_compound": 2.6, "voice_estill_quality": 3.2500000000000004, "voice_speech_song": 24.049999999999997, "voice_ensemble_config": 20.799999999999997, "voice_ornament_system": 6.94, "voice_pitch_organization": 7.225, "voice_processing_chain": 3.7749999999999995, "voice_multitrack_stack": 2.7950000000000004 } }, { "id": "darbuka", "slots": { "percussion_technique": 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