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spruce val di fiemme hard rock maple acer saccharum violin orchestral, silver wound lamb gut core Italian alpine spruce val di fiemme hard rock maple cello, concert harp, Japanese factory birch laminated maple laminated Asian spruce hokkaido source grand piano, mallets timpani, continuous-airflow legato french horn, sustained pad string machine, pre muffled edge muffled brushes-and-sticks drum kit. shoebox concert hall. decca tree, German V72 tube pre, Emi redd.51. tape 15ips.", "recipe_chars": 900, "score": 499.023, "config": { "traditions": [ "operatic_pop", "popera", "yacht_rock" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "crooner_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice", "voice_tradition": "modern_pop_vocal_training", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed", 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