Stephanie: THere is no hard and fast rule for this. A lot will depend on what other instrumentation is going on in your project. In many cases, I will put two rhythm guitar tracks at around 50% of either side, but I have never been a fan of extreme panning since there are too many listening stuations where you will not find yourself in the "sweet spot." Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Pieck To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Thoughts on panning? While I think the effects of panning are really cool, I'm curious to know what other people think of this question. If you are creating music that might be listened to using headphones, what is the most extreme panning you would use? For instance, if you have two electric guitar tracks or drum tracks, and you want to highlight the interplay between them by placing them on opposite sides of the mix, how far to the left and right is too far? Thanks for any ideas. Stephanie