| it depends on the arrangement.
yeah, tracking a bongo spread like that might make it sound fuller, but what have you have a huge percussion line, horns big band style, guitars bass piano vocals, bg vox..etc..etc... that bongo is just gonna take up space!
If you have an acoustic with some light percussion and some vocals by all means let that bongo shine.
I find I like the sound of broader stereo spreads but it clutters up the mix easily too if you have a lot of things going at once. |