Jim Mattingly
Senior Member
Curious if anyone else uses your pannning option from your board on your kit for both playing live gigs and recording, and if so what are your particular likes and set up for your drums.
I personally like panning and believe it adds another dimension to the overall sound mix. I will typically set up mine as follows. Snare(s), kick and cymbals dead center, #1 tom (left), #2 tom (right), #3 tom (left) and if used #4 tom (right) and so on depending on the kit set up used, very basic but very effective I believe. Of course the sound for live shows is also very dependent on the quality of your board, frontals/subs, the proper mix and of course your sound man/woman if you have one in your band.
I personally like panning and believe it adds another dimension to the overall sound mix. I will typically set up mine as follows. Snare(s), kick and cymbals dead center, #1 tom (left), #2 tom (right), #3 tom (left) and if used #4 tom (right) and so on depending on the kit set up used, very basic but very effective I believe. Of course the sound for live shows is also very dependent on the quality of your board, frontals/subs, the proper mix and of course your sound man/woman if you have one in your band.