Hi Stephanie , Sometimes its good to hear different angles of panning, such as a b3 effect. It seems like all your keyboards already has a panning feature that you can hear in your head phones. When I'm either sitting or riding I like to check out a mix from a prerecorded track, and listen to some automated mixes such as panning EQ, and effect changes. Its really up to your imagination. To answer your question, I think panning at various degrees such as 25 percent left or 45 percent right is good, depending on how much sound you want out of each speaker. I like to think about how I would look hearing a drummer facing the drums. Placement is sometimes a good thing, and in my case of playing b3 organ, I like the stereo effect of two lessleys, even though I only have 1. James _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephanie Pieck Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:40 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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