I also agree with Rharv about the piano being a mono instrument and Dan about there are no fixed rules.

In your bass, drums and piano example I would think about how they would be on stage and arrange my pans as such. I would put the drums dead center, the piano on the left and the bass on the right. I would not hard pan either but more like a little left and a little right. This is just how I would do it and others may have other suggestions.


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