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akonting, call-and-response xalam. bamako griot jeli compound. tube condenser, 500-series boutique pre, brick-wall limiter, dynamic EQ. 24-bit digital plate reverb digital delay pitch shifter.", "recipe_chars": 714, "score": 387.898, "config": { "traditions": [ "mande_griot", "congolese_rumba", "rumba_congolaise" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "griot_voice", "slots": { "griot_origin": "griot_wolof", "griot_voice_context": "griot_voice_stage" }, "scores": { "griot_origin": 3.3799999999999994, "griot_voice_context": 1.54 } }, { "id": "kora", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_call_and_response", "kora_strings": "kora_21_traditional", "kora_resonator": "kora_calabash_full", "kora_strings_mat": "kora_fishing_line", "kora_top_skin": "kora_cowhide_canonical", "kora_neck_wood": "kora_hardwood_local", "kora_lineage": "kora_diabate_lineage" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 30.355000000000008, "kora_strings": 2.9349999999999996, "kora_resonator": 0.78, 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