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Kingston channel one defining 1972-1985 indie-commercial kingston channel one maxfield avenue. dynamic moving-coil, tube pre, colored vintage console, optical compressor, Pultec passive program EQ. tape 15ips echo spring reverb.", "recipe_chars": 783, "score": 256.725, "config": { "traditions": [ "old_school_dancehall", "trip_hop", "dubtronica" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "vocal_fry", "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "diaphragm_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "scottish_gaelic_taladh_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_opera", "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_none", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_meantone_quarter_comma", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_vocoder_8_band", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 1.4300000000000002, "voice_quality": 11.309999999999992, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 1.3, "voice_articulation": 18.589999999999996, "voice_microtone": 19.889999999999993, "voice_tradition": 7.995000000000001, "voice_mechanism_compound": 4.029999999999999, "voice_estill_quality": 4.485, "voice_speech_song": 18.784999999999997, "voice_ensemble_config": 19.304999999999993, "voice_ornament_system": 6.565000000000001, "voice_pitch_organization": 2.5350000000000006, "voice_processing_chain": 8.875, "voice_multitrack_stack": 8.945 } }, { "id": "electric_bass", "slots": { "amp_make": "amp_american_ampeg_b15", "body_wood": "alder_b", "pickup_config": "humbucker_mm", "string_type": "pyramid_pure_nickel", "scale_length_b": "short_scale_b", "fretted_or_not": "fretted", "bass_technique": "thumb_muted" }, "scores": { "amp_make": 10.27, "body_wood": 1.4949999999999999, "pickup_config": 0.845, "string_type": 10.399999999999999, "scale_length_b": 0.65, "fretted_or_not": 0, "bass_technique": 17.65 } }, { "id": "drum_kit", "slots": { "drum_technique": "brushes_and_sticks", "drumhead": "kevlar_drumhead", "drum_kit_kick_pedal": "dk_kick_single_felt" }, "scores": { "drum_technique": 18.654999999999998, "drumhead": 1.295, "drum_kit_kick_pedal": 0 } }, { "id": "electric_guitar_single_coil", "slots": { "electric_technique": "electric_clean_strummed", "amp_make": "amp_american_fender_champ", "body_wood": "mahogany", "neck_wood": "roasted_maple", "fretboard": "maple_fb", "pickup_magnet": "alnico_2", "string_material": "nickel_plated", "string_gauge": "g_12", "bridge": "hardtail", "scale_length": "scale_baritone", "finish": "nitro", "string_tuning": "drop_d" }, "scores": { "electric_technique": 3.144999999999999, "amp_make": 1.2399999999999998, "body_wood": 0.65, "neck_wood": 1.345, "fretboard": 0.845, "pickup_magnet": 0.045, "string_material": 0.3, "string_gauge": 2.08, "bridge": 0.045, "scale_length": 0.845, "finish": 0, "string_tuning": 0.65 } }, { "id": "tonewheel_organ", "slots": { "keyboard_technique": "keyboard_block_chord_pop", "drawbar_setting": "gospel_drawbars", "rotary_speed": "slow_chorale", "percussion_setting": "percussion_off", "tonewheel_model": "tonewheel_hammond_a100", "leslie_cabinet_model": "leslie_760_solid_state" }, "scores": { "keyboard_technique": 0.52, "drawbar_setting": 0.78, "rotary_speed": 0.45499999999999996, "percussion_setting": 0.845, "tonewheel_model": 11.959999999999999, "leslie_cabinet_model": 0 } }, { "id": "melodica", "slots": { "keyboard_technique": "keyboard_block_chord_pop", "melodica_use": "melodica_dub", "melodica_pitch": "melodica_alto", "melodica_maker_school": "melodica_hohner_canonical" }, "scores": { "keyboard_technique": 0.52, "melodica_use": 13.275, "melodica_pitch": 0.195, "melodica_maker_school": 18.994999999999997 } }, { "id": "turntable", "slots": { "electronic_technique": "electronic_sample_chopped", "turntable_technique": "turntable_backspin" }, "scores": { "electronic_technique": 2.535, "turntable_technique": 1.68 } } ], "room": "kingston_channel_one_maxfield_avenue", "archetype": "arch_kingston_dub_console", "inline_chain": { "mic": "mic_sm58_dynamic_shure", "pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "console": "colored", "comp": "comp_dbx_160_vca", "eq": null, "amp": null, "medium": "tape_15ips" }, "tuning": "caribbean_jamaican_riddim_one_drop_and_steppers", "aesthetic": null, "arrangement": null, "fx_extras": [] }, "source": { "tuning": "caribbean_jamaican_riddim_one_drop_and_steppers", "room": "kingston_channel_one_maxfield_avenue", "chain_mic": "mic_sm58_dynamic_shure", "chain_pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "chain_comp": "comp_dbx_160_vca", "chain_medium": "tape_15ips", "chain_console": "colored" } }