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Old 23rd July 2006   #3
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Why would you feel the need to do either? Why wouldn't you?

It all depends on the mix! What does the song call for?

There are no correct answer to your questions. Only after hearing the song can you make a judgement call as to where to pan and what levels you need to operate at.

When using two mics like you are with acoustic guitar, sometimes I'll hard pan the tracks. Other times, I'll pan them both to the same position, and raise/lower volumes of each till I like what I hear tone-wise (this is basically in place of using EQ...more high end = string mic, more low end = sound hole mic.) It alllllll depeeeeends...
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