@ Zero Fly : Hey thanks this is great information.
I have a question about stereo and panning after lookng at this part :
for stereo the possible info seems to be kind of partially doubled, so there is potentially extra info perceivable. but not all people will listen with headphones, so it might be a good idea to mix or consistently check for clarity in mono mode, and consider width and panning stuff as secondary qualities. this way you will have a clean mix as desired under any stereo circumstances. because it is possible, that something will sound very easily distinguishable in a good stereo field, but will collapse to mud on a badly placed home stereo.
A while back I was thinking about doubling every instrument and doing a complete symmetry panning setup, do you think it could work out nice in both ‘headphones’ and ‘mono sound system’ situations…might be able to get the best of both worlds, having a little movement in the panning as well as being mono compatible? Im not sure. Would things be cancelling each other out with ‘symettrical panning’ on every instrument in a song? any general tips on panning?
This is the post about the symettrical panning technique I was thinking of using:
https://forum.renoise.com/t/pxx-panning-command-guide/48824
another one :
https://forum.renoise.com/t/some-panning-column-techniques/48784