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oversize maple tension resonator European spruce grand piano, thomastik infeld low tension jazz warm walking fingerstyle electric bass, mule hide canonical Cuban son premium oak staved canonical Cuban open slap hand drum bongos, cedrillo canonical veracruz strummed requinto jarocho. mexico city RCA victor mexicana 1930-1965 mid tier mexico bolero xochimilco studio. large-diaphragm condenser, tube pre, colored vintage console, vari-mu, Pultec passive program EQ. tape 15ips.", "recipe_chars": 759, "score": 194.568, "config": { "traditions": [ "tropical_bolero", "nuevo_folklore_argentino", "milonga" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "delayed_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "scottish_gaelic_taladh_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": 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