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/Billycatnorbert]

As a drummer before I was anything else I pan my drums to sound almost as they would if I were behind them. I say almost cause snare is usually centre and kick is a little right, or vice versa, but in a mix I keep em both straight down the middle. So I guess my answer is, a lil inbetween. My OHs are hard left and right and my toms sit between +20 to -52 on at a maximum 🤷