its not about rules nor perfect mix.hydrogen wrote:Meh... Rules like this in music is a big no no. Unless you are going for a pristine "perfect" mix i guess... But i find the most interesting mixes to not be mixed "perfectly". all depends on what you are going for... for me i have been finding different panning techniques very interesting and wouldn't disregard stuff like this. if you are talking about the low end energy of your kick sure you'll probably have most critical impact if its centered. but i don't think its a rule that it must be perfectly centered... even on an old analogue desk you wouldn't be able to make it "perfectly" on center. pan that sh!t just a bit.livecollective wrote:Even when recording bands very rarely do they pan kick or bass. Love you hydro, but panning kicks in electronic music is a big no no... You should know that.
its about the purpose of the kick and the bass in the mix.
if you pan your kick you will energy in the song. if you pan or chorus the low end of the bass you will lose energy.
if the purpose of the mix is that the song will be drived by the low end you cannot pan the elements of the low end or you will lose the purpose of the mix.