Yeah, how you use panning in a given DAW is important.
That's why my default work method is to make a stereo track become two MONO tracks instead .. then you can manually control the volume/placement of the L/R volumes for any track.
I've argued this in various threads as some assume some kind of magic adjustment happens when panning in their given DAW, but to my knowledge the only true way to have total control in any DAW is to handle a stereo track as two MONO racks and point/adjust them where you want to.

Sure, other methods may work fine in a given situation or DAW, but there is a good argument (in my eyes) to handle them as mentioned if you really want total control.

Reducing/boosting Left or Right in a stereo field is NOT the same as pointing both tracks a little left or right and still controlling how much 'left or right' we hear.
Example:
Stereo piano has the upper register more right and the lower more left.
If I reduce right and boost left by using only Pan on a stereo track I may get more upper register and no real panning difference (position in the soundstage).
If I can pan both L/R to one side and still control how much upper/lower register I get I have more control.

Sorry if this isn't clear to some or I haven't explained it well enough.
Mixing stereo tracks can have many nuances that you can have more control over if you simply treat them as two MONO tracks.

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Make your sound your own!