To Elliot Scheiner: Steely Dan

T-rex · 11th November 2005

I am a huge fan of the Royal Scam and Gaucho and the Nightfly, pretty much all the Dan stuff.

What gives those albums such a clean sound? Is it all close mic'd and overdubbed a million times? Compression? Or just a combination of the arrangements and players etc.?

Thanks again!

Elliot Scheiner · 26th November 2005

I seldom used compression or eq while recording those records. It was more a combination of the songs, arrangements, production and the way I hear their music. There was a synergy amongst us that created the final product.

Els

11th November 2005	#1
T-rex Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Louisville Posts: 204 Thread Starter	To Elliot Scheiner: Steely Dan I am a huge fan of the Royal Scam and Gaucho and the Nightfly, pretty much all the Dan stuff. What gives those albums such a clean sound? Is it all close mic'd and overdubbed a million times? Compression? Or just a combination of the arrangements and players etc.? Thanks again! __________________ We use a PC. We have lots of programs that make binary code sound very much like rock n roll.

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Elliot Scheiner Gear interested Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 15	I seldom used compression or eq while recording those records. It was more a combination of the songs, arrangements, production and the way I hear their music. There was a synergy amongst us that created the final product. Els