Originally Posted By: Mike Head

But in my opinion the aim should be to get a sound stage reflect the placement of the original instruments as a percentage of left and right pan from centre.
That way it should scale fairly well to any stereo pair width.

Mike



I agree with this but I will add one more thing and that is where do you place your listener compared to the stage? For instance lets say that the far left is -90 and the far right is +90 and you are listening to an orchestra. If the listener is in the front row the 1st string violins may be -80 and the double basses would be +80. But if the listener is in the far back then the violins might be a -30 and the basses at +30.

For the record I like to place the listener in the front row so the stereo image can be quite large. This is true for when an orchestra is in the mix. For anything else the stereo range can be smaller.

I agree that in everything but orchestras the drums should be at the center and the bass slightly off center.

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