Welcome to the Machine" uses the door sound.

That creaky door opening and closing at the start of the song is a real door recorded in the studio, processed with tape echo to give it that metallic, cavernous feel.

It’s a perfect opening for a song about the music industry’s dehumanizing machinery. The door sound sets the tone before the synth even kicks in. Classic Alan Parsons production trick.

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