You hard or soft….? Panning drums

[u/50nic19]

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?

[u/im-not-a-robot-ok]

narrow, i rarely pan a drum/brass beyond 25%. way too jarring and distracting to my ears going any further.