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Fender blackface amp American 60s amp spring reverb bright basswood arpeggiated humbucker electric guitar, ampeg b15 amp American 60s bass amp flip top character ernie ball slinky electric bass, pre muffled edge muffled brushes-and-sticks drum kit. regional commercial 1985-2005 mid-major pacnw commercial indie. large-diaphragm condenser, Neve 1073 inductor pre, SSL inline console, dbx 160 VCA, SSL surgical EQ. Studer 30ips tape plate reverb digital delay.", "recipe_chars": 730, "score": 163.219, "config": { "traditions": [ "sadcore", "interior_confessional_60s", "greenwich_village_confessional" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "incomplete_closure_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "terminal_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "japanese_min_yo_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_jingju_role", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_meantone_quarter_comma", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_melodyne_microtuned", "voice_multitrack_stack": 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"amp_american_fender_blackface", "chain_amp_bass": "amp_american_ampeg_b15" } }