Stereo was new to popular music in the sixties. As it turned out English mix engineers spread drums one way while American mix engineers did it just the opposite. When British music just about drove American bands off the music charts American bands like the Sir Douglas Quintet and Beau Brummels had their music mixed the British way. To further complicate matters the biggest British band, the Beatles, early music was mixed with the drums in one channel and bass in the opposite channel.

My personal preference is high-hat at 10:00 o'clock left, snare slightly left, ride at about two o'clock right, kick down the middle, crashes far left and right and toms from slightly right to far right.


Jim Fogle - 2025 BiaB (Build 1128) RB (Build 5) - Ultra+ PAK
DAWs: Cakewalk Sonar - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8
Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD
Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD
Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home