Let's say I am making a beat in Reason/FL Studio. I have a kick, hi hat, snare, percussion, bass, and of course the sample (music). Sometimes I want to use more than one of these. For example, I have 3/4 sampled music (one is piano, one is strings, and so on). Sometimes I also have a couple of kicks, hi hats or snares to make a different sound out of them.

:o Every channel on my Tascam 388 is now like it's stuck in Mono. The ability to pan went out while powering up, (Mono button is rarely used and not stuck- not the problem). All pots refuse to pan anything. Only the overall volume is slightly decreased when L/R, (strongest in the middle). I know this is an easy fix, just need to know what/where.

hi, i don't even own Cubase yet, but i've been reading through the manual. i'm at the automation subtracks section, and it doesn't show the option for surround panning parameters. what's up with that? does this mean i can't use surround panning for midi at all, or just in automation? are there any ways around this?

For hard rock music, what do you people all think the best way to track/pan the guitars is?
For a band with 2 guitarists where one isn't necessarily the lead, I've been recording 4 tracks and balancing them evenly.

-GuitarA - 2 tracks, one extreme left and one extreme right, both at the same level
-GuitarB - 2 tracks, same setup

I have a couple questions for some gurus out there.

First of all, what is the best way to mix two guitar tracks when they are both playing melodic lines (a la Killswitch Engage, Trivium etc)

Should they be panned to the extreme left and right or maybe halfway, or between half and extreme?

how do u usually pan ur tracks ?

i have a 16 tracks . 3 guitars, bass, drums, vocals, keyboard etc ...

just need a rough idea of what usually goes in .

how does panning work in recoridng? how can i put instruments or vox in a right place? is there any step or ways?

i need your help guys :)

thank you

i'm working on a jazz demo right now with guitar, piano, bass and drums. what would be the proper way to pan the mix? thanx!

We did the piano concerto in that very difficult acoustics. Main mics were ORTF Sennheiser MKH406. A few spots and outriggers. And an Royer SF24 rather (too ? ) close on the piano.

I'm kind of curious about how hard you guys like to pan your guitars/overheads/harmonies and other such stuff. For example do you like to have your guitars way on the outside, the harmonies, then overheads?