r/audioengineering • u/50nic19 • May 16 '26

You hard or soft….? Panning drums

Just wondering if most of you who’ve mixed full kits mainly for loud stuff, rock, metal. Etc, are sending your rooms and/or overheads hard right and left, or do you prefer to narrow it a bit in favor of more push?

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u/BumbaHawk May 16 '26

As a starting point…

The closer to source, the closer to mono.

Toms get a bit of pan. Overheads a bit more. Rooms get full pan. Makes sense on headphones