Which drum pan do you prefer? Audience or Drummer Perspective?
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DaWolf
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Our of curiosity what's your favorite panning for each type of drums? 
Panning cymbals and toms can vary.
Panning cymbals and toms can vary.
The-Zeronaut
Mixing..Y U SO DIFFICULT?
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Drummers perspective ...i cannot stand mixes with audience perpective . if some song i like has audience perspective i change the pan in my DAW.
deanbailey
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Our of curiosity what's your favorite panning for each type of drums?
Real drums or midi?
If you have mics on each cymbal just align them to the image of your main stereo pair when panning them. Same goes for your toms.
Or maybe I misunderstood the question?
robfromthedeep
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I meant midi, like Steven Slate drums. I leave the kick and snare right up the middle but put the cymbals to the side a bit you know, toms too. It can vary and every mix is different so I was just curious as to what people usually end up doing
Doesn't it sound weird to you when audience perspective drums are mixed so in your face?
For me it is:
In your face drums = drummers perspective
Drums with lots of room sound= audience perspective
For me it is:
In your face drums = drummers perspective
Drums with lots of room sound= audience perspective
It absolutely HAS to be drummer's perspective for me, as I'm very OCD about things going left to right, and that includes tom rolls
Fox Mulder
The Truth Is Out There
I always follow the drummer's perspective. As mentioned by Morgoe it helps us visualize better.
Sacha
Throbbing Member
interesting to see that most people seem to pan drummers perspective, yet on commercial releases it's audience perspective most of the time.
behemoth, some belphegor and the faceless are the only bands that i can name from the top off my head that frequently pan their drums drummer perspective....so i guess it's more common with more technical drummers?
behemoth, some belphegor and the faceless are the only bands that i can name from the top off my head that frequently pan their drums drummer perspective....so i guess it's more common with more technical drummers?
You think Fragle? I dunno, I feel like most things I've heard are drummer's perspective, but admittedly I don't usually pay attention to the drums that much Still, when it is audience perspective, the backwards tom rolls and hi-hat on the right usually send up a red flag pretty quick...
Still, when it is audience perspective, the backwards tom rolls and hi-hat on the right usually send up a red flag pretty quick...well, fwiw most of andy's mixes are audience perspective, so is lotsa fredman stuff, so is lotsa tue madsen stuff...just to name a few. it might differ depending on what kinda music you're listening to, but to me it seems as if the majority of commercial releases indeed are panned audience perspective
Oh yeah, you're right, listening to "My Apocalypse" the hi-hat is indeed in the right - oh well, guess it doesn't bother me as much as I thought, but I still prefer drummer's And that could be the most beautifully defined and full-sounding hi-hat I've ever heard, btw, it never ceases to amaze me 
And that could be the most beautifully defined and full-sounding hi-hat I've ever heard, btw, it never ceases to amaze me 
Sickan
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smy1
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I prefer audience perspective. And that's despite me being a big airdrummer ...
Nordlead: check out my old post on 3D drum panning @ http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...rb-how-create-realistic-3d-image-drumset.html
Nordlead: check out my old post on 3D drum panning @ http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...rb-how-create-realistic-3d-image-drumset.html
Loren Littlejohn
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You think Fragle? I dunno, I feel like most things I've heard are drummer's perspective, but admittedly I don't usually pay attention to the drums that much
I remember Andy saying he prefers audience.
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