{
  "id": "merengue_urbano",
  "name": "Merengue urbano",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Electronic-and-rap-influenced Dominican merengue variant emerging in 1990s-2000s. Synthesis of traditional merengue rhythmic pulse with hip-hop production and reggaeton harmonic-rhythmic vocabulary. Drum-machine-and-sampler production, faster 2/4 tempo than traditional merengue, simpler chord-progressions, explicit MC-rapped vocal sections alongside sung verse-and-chorus. Omega \"El Fuerte\" and El Cata anchored the 2000s commercial sound.",
  "recipe": "classic Caribbean mid-1990s merengue urbano, functional Song, tropical song branch, reggaeton MC rhythm cubatón. extended whistle, rap, breath pulsed, interlocked note trading. TR-808, sub bass analog synth, la bella flats Detroit soul bass canon electric bass. Dominican canon 1970-1995 mid tier dominican capital studio 80s. shure SM58, transformerless solid-state pre, pumping sidechain, parametric EQ. lossy MP3 autotune digital delay.",
  "recipe_chars": 439,
  "score": 147.442,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "merengue_urbano",
      "reggaeton",
      "cubaton"
    ],
    "instruments": [
      {
        "id": "voice",
        "slots": {
          "voice_register": "extended_whistle_register",
          "voice_quality": "rap_voice",
          "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral",
          "voice_effort": "effort_moderate",
          "voice_vibrato": "diaphragm_vibrato",
          "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice",
          "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected",
          "voice_tradition": "beatboxing_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": "voice_ornament_connemara_unaccompanied",
          "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_drone_overtone_harmonic_series",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_retune_0ms_hard_correction",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_2000s_elastic_pitch_edited"
        },
        "scores": {
          "voice_register": 2.0475,
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          "voice_vocal_tract": 0,
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          "voice_mechanism_compound": 6.044999999999999,
          "voice_estill_quality": 4.16,
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          "voice_ensemble_config": 15.144999999999992,
          "voice_ornament_system": 3.7050000000000014,
          "voice_pitch_organization": 1.24,
          "voice_processing_chain": 5.345000000000001,
          "voice_multitrack_stack": 8.725
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "drum_machine_808",
        "slots": {
          "tr808_voice": "tr808_kick_long",
          "drum_machine_808_context": "drum_machine_808_rb",
          "tr808_production_origin": "tr808_tr_8s_modern"
        },
        "scores": {
          "tr808_voice": 4.575,
          "drum_machine_808_context": 4.965,
          "tr808_production_origin": 0.255
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "analog_synth",
        "slots": {
          "electronic_technique": "electronic_bass_sub",
          "oscillator": "sine_osc",
          "filter_topology": "transistor_ladder",
          "envelope": "gated_env",
          "modulation": "no_mod"
        },
        "scores": {
          "electronic_technique": 4.9,
          "oscillator": 2.145,
          "filter_topology": 1.4949999999999999,
          "envelope": 2.8399999999999994,
          "modulation": 0.45499999999999996
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "electric_bass",
        "slots": {
          "amp_make": "amp_american_ampeg_b15",
          "body_wood": "alder_b",
          "pickup_config": "soapbar",
          "string_type": "la_bella_flats_motown",
          "scale_length_b": "short_scale_b",
          "fretted_or_not": "fretless",
          "bass_technique": "sub_bass_synth_blend"
        },
        "scores": {
          "amp_make": 1.4299999999999995,
          "body_wood": 0,
          "pickup_config": 0.195,
          "string_type": 1.3649999999999998,
          "scale_length_b": 0.195,
          "fretted_or_not": 0.045,
          "bass_technique": 0.78
        }
      }
    ],
    "room": "dominican_capital_studio_80s",
    "archetype": "arch_san_juan_reggaeton_mixtape",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "condenser_fet",
      "pre": "pre_avalon_v737",
      "console": "console_in_the_box",
      "comp": "comp_distressor_modern",
      "eq": "eq_massenburg_mastering",
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "digital_high"
    },
    "tuning": "merengue_2_4_perico_ripiao",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "merengue_2_4_perico_ripiao",
    "room": "dominican_capital_studio_80s",
    "parts": {
      "body_wood": "alder_b",
      "pickup_config": "soapbar",
      "string_type": "coated_nano_bass",
      "scale_length_b": "long_scale_b",
      "fretted_or_not": "fretted",
      "bass_technique": "sub_bass_synth_blend",
      "voice_register": "mix_voice",
      "voice_quality": "chest_mix_belt_voice",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_syllabic_singing",
      "voice_tradition": "modern_pop_vocal_training",
      "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_equal_tempered_12",
      "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
      "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_accompanied",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead",
      "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice",
      "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_none",
      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech",
      "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato",
      "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source",
      "tr808_voice": "tr808_kick_long",
      "drum_machine_808_context": "drum_machine_808_trap",
      "tr808_production_origin": "tr808_roland_osaka_canonical",
      "electronic_technique": "electronic_pad_drone"
    },
    "chain_mic": "condenser_fet",
    "chain_pre": "pre_avalon_v737",
    "chain_comp": "comp_distressor_modern",
    "chain_eq": "eq_massenburg_mastering",
    "chain_medium": "digital_high",
    "chain_console": "console_in_the_box"
  }
}