Steven Tyler

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.

Steven uses his harmonica microphone in 3:20 approx.

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

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.