I agree to and with the effects in that case reverb would add a fuller sound. ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:47 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Thoughts on panning? Here's my advice, don't pan really hard. Imagine that you are in a big concert hall with an orchestra playing. It would be a little strange if something was over all the way to the left/right, and you just couldn't hear them out of the other ear. I think it's almost impossible. So try to stay within the far-left to far-right range, but never go hard-left or hard-right. There's one exception. If you say, have a violin and a viola playing the same thing, you could try to pan then hard left and hard right to get a fuller sound. Raymond ----- 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