Steven Tyler

In the live performance of "Dream On" at Monsters of Rock 2013, Steven Tyler plays a white Yamaha Grand Piano, as seen in the video by Washington Cruz.

Jack Douglas, engineer for many of Aerosmith's most successful albums, has also mentioned that he often combined close and ambient mics for Steven Tyler's vocals. Unusually, though, he used a Shure SM57 dynamic up close and a heavily compressed Sennheiser shotgun mic about five feet away. The SM57 not only captured part of the final sound, but was also useful for giving Tyler something to focus on, keeping his position fairly consistent relative to the shotgun mic. For similar reasons, some engineers who only record a single vocal mic will still use a second mic as a prop to keep the vocalist rooted in the main mic's sweet spot, particularly where no pop shield is being used.

Used for "most" of the vocals on Music from Another Dimension!, as stated by engineer Warren Huart in this August 1, 2012 Mix article archived on the Endless Analog website.

Most of Steven Tyler’s keeper vocals were cut at Swing House with a Neumann U 48 that Huart had used previously on The Fray, James Blunt, Adele and others.

He plays a Blues Harp (old version, not Modular System) in Aerosmith's ''Pink'' video

Listed under Tyler on the official Echopark artist page.

Guitars:

Clarence custom.

Steven uses his harmonica microphone in 3:20 approx.

Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith, has a "Steven Tyler Signature Series" diatonic harmonica by Hohner, as noted on Wikipedia.

In this 90s Gap ad, Steven is seen blowing harp into his Shaker Dynamic microphone.

Used for the vocals on Music from Another Dimension!, as stated by engineer Warren Huart in this August 1, 2012 Mix article archived on the Endless Analog website.

Most of Steven Tyler’s keeper vocals were cut at Swing House with a Neumann U 48 that Huart had used previously on The Fray, James Blunt, Adele and others. Other pieces of the chain included a Brent Averill Enterprises 1073, 'and then I mult to two sets of compression and I parallel compress. I have two [dbx] 160 VU’s, which I set pretty lightly, like 2-to-1 or 3-to-1. I split those out of a mult and then each of those goes to an 1176 set to limit on 20:1 and they just catch the peaks. I’ve got one for verses and softer vocals, attacking it lightly, and then when he goes into that louder, crazier Steven thing I have another set of compression set at half that. They’re multed back together and that’s the vocal sound. What it does is give you huge, fat vocals all the time. I ride the 1073—I’ll click the gain settings up and down depending on where he is on the vocal. It’s pretty old school. As an engineer, you’re blessed to work with a singer of that quality, because he makes your life very easy.'"

During "Dream On" Tyler would play the piano parts for around 3 Minutes or more with a medley of "Home Tonight", "Hole In My Soul", "You See Me Crying" and "Angel".

Used for vocals on Toys in the Attic, as stated by engineer Jay Messina in this March 21, 2017 Mix Online interview.

Messina believes Tyler’s vocal chain included a Neumann U87, a Teletronix LA-2A and a Pultec, “which maybe I took some 30 cycles out and then added at 10k.” Tyler also overdubbed some triangle, to create the school bell sounds in the song.

Used for the vocals on Music from Another Dimension!, as stated by engineer Warren Huart in this August 1, 2012 Mix article archived on the Endless Analog website.

Most of Steven Tyler’s keeper vocals were cut at Swing House with a Neumann U 48 that Huart had used previously on The Fray, James Blunt, Adele and others. Other pieces of the chain included a Brent Averill Enterprises 1073, 'and then I mult to two sets of compression and I parallel compress. I have two [dbx] 160 VU’s, which I set pretty lightly, like 2-to-1 or 3-to-1. I split those out of a mult and then each of those goes to an 1176 set to limit on 20:1 and they just catch the peaks. I’ve got one for verses and softer vocals, attacking it lightly, and then when he goes into that louder, crazier Steven thing I have another set of compression set at half that. They’re multed back together and that’s the vocal sound. What it does is give you huge, fat vocals all the time. I ride the 1073—I’ll click the gain settings up and down depending on where he is on the vocal. It’s pretty old school. As an engineer, you’re blessed to work with a singer of that quality, because he makes your life very easy.'"

Used for the vocals on Music from Another Dimension!, as stated by engineer Warren Huart in this August 1, 2012 Mix article archived on the Endless Analog website.

Most of Steven Tyler’s keeper vocals were cut at Swing House with a Neumann U 48 that Huart had used previously on The Fray, James Blunt, Adele and others. Other pieces of the chain included a Brent Averill Enterprises 1073, 'and then I mult to two sets of compression and I parallel compress. I have two [dbx] 160 VU’s, which I set pretty lightly, like 2-to-1 or 3-to-1. I split those out of a mult and then each of those goes to an 1176 set to limit on 20:1 and they just catch the peaks. I’ve got one for verses and softer vocals, attacking it lightly, and then when he goes into that louder, crazier Steven thing I have another set of compression set at half that. They’re multed back together and that’s the vocal sound. What it does is give you huge, fat vocals all the time. I ride the 1073—I’ll click the gain settings up and down depending on where he is on the vocal. It’s pretty old school. As an engineer, you’re blessed to work with a singer of that quality, because he makes your life very easy.'"

Used for vocals on Toys in the Attic, as stated by engineer Jay Messina in this March 21, 2017 Mix Online interview.

Messina believes Tyler’s vocal chain included a Neumann U87, a Teletronix LA-2A and a Pultec, “which maybe I took some 30 cycles out and then added at 10k.” Tyler also overdubbed some triangle, to create the school bell sounds in the song.