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Neumann U47, German V72 tube pre, German tube console, Telefunken u73b broadcast comp. tape 15ips hall reverb.", "recipe_chars": 839, "score": 323.082, "config": { "traditions": [ "qanun_taqsim", "ghazal", "tar_persian_classical" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "kanun", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_drone_modal", "kanun_school": "kanun_turkish", "kanun_articulation": "kanun_tortoiseshell_pick" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 7.1825, "kanun_school": 5.335, "kanun_articulation": 2.385 } }, { "id": "qanun", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_drone_modal", "qanun_strings": "qanun_arab_72", "qanun_levers": "mandal_brass", "qanun_pick": "qanun_finger_picks", "qanun_body_wood": "qanun_rosewood_body", "qanun_bridge_skin": "qanun_goat_skin_bridge", "qanun_string_material": "qanun_fluorocarbon" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 7.1825, "qanun_strings": 3.705, "qanun_levers": -0.38499999999999995, "qanun_pick": 4.745, "qanun_body_wood": 6.175, "qanun_bridge_skin": 0.195, "qanun_string_material": 0 } }, { "id": "oud", "slots": { "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_drone_modal", "oud_school": "oud_arab_classic", "oud_strings": "oud_eleven", "oud_pick": "risha_eagle_feather", "oud_body_wood": "oud_walnut_body", "oud_soundboard_wood": "oud_lebanese_cedar_face", "oud_string_material": "oud_pyramid_nylon" }, "scores": { "plucked_traditional_technique": 7.1825, "oud_school": 3.7600000000000002, "oud_strings": 3.705, "oud_pick": 2.005714285714286, "oud_body_wood": 1.69, "oud_soundboard_wood": 1.885, "oud_string_material": 5.395 } }, { "id": "ney", "slots": { "wind_articulation": "wind_continuous_legato", "ney_use": "ney_persian_classical", "ney_pitch": "ney_kerdaniye", "ney_body_material": "ney_arundo_canonical", "ney_lineage": "ney_hassan_kassai" }, "scores": { "wind_articulation": 7.165000000000001, "ney_use": 2.145, "ney_pitch": 3.705, "ney_body_material": 4.874999999999999, "ney_lineage": 11.895 } }, { "id": "riq", "slots": { "riq_size": "riq_medium", "riq_context": "riq_takht", "riq_shell_wood": "riq_rosewood_inlaid", "riq_head_material": "riq_fish_skin_canonical", "riq_jingles": "riq_brass_jingles" }, "scores": { "riq_size": 5.3950000000000005, "riq_context": 0.39, "riq_shell_wood": 1.625, "riq_head_material": 0.39, "riq_jingles": 2.535 } }, { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "vocal_fry", "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": "persian_dastgah_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_tahrir_tekye_chain", "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_persian_tahrir", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_persian_dastgah", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_melodyne_microtuned", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_mid_1960s_double_tracking_era" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 2.145, "voice_quality": 15.144999999999992, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 11.342500000000001, "voice_articulation": 19.759999999999998, "voice_microtone": 30.712499999999995, "voice_tradition": 25.1875, "voice_mechanism_compound": 18.764999999999997, "voice_estill_quality": 9.981428571428571, "voice_speech_song": 19.759999999999994, "voice_ensemble_config": 16.704999999999995, "voice_ornament_system": 20.56392857142857, "voice_pitch_organization": 22.57392857142857, "voice_processing_chain": 6.434999999999999, "voice_multitrack_stack": 2.7300000000000004 } } ], "room": "cairo_studio_misr_umm_kulthum_era", "archetype": "arch_arab_east_state_radio", "inline_chain": { "mic": "condenser_sdc", "pre": "pre_tube_german_v72", "console": "colored", "comp": null, "eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "amp": null, "medium": "tape_15ips" }, "tuning": "maqam_24edo", "aesthetic": null, "arrangement": null, "fx_extras": [] }, "source": { "tuning": "maqam_24edo", "room": "cairo_studio_misr_umm_kulthum_era", "chain_mic": "condenser_sdc", "chain_pre": "pre_tube_german_v72", "chain_eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "chain_medium": "tape_15ips", "chain_console": "colored" } }