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Old 01-09-2021, 09:11 AM
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Please correct or clarify for me. Panning an acoustic guitar is a tool to use when the guitar has to properly “sit” in the mix with other instruments or a vocalist.
Well yes and no.
First the no, the term "sit in the mix" is usually referring to having the element not stand out as being noticeably forward (front to back) in the sound stage compared to the rest of the element/instruments (and is usually a function of level and compression)

The Yes , panning can be used to separate individual elements/instruments in a mix by positioning them left to right in the sound stage.

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My current recording setup is a spaced pair of mics, each plugged into the input of a Scarlett 2i4, running into Reaper as two separate inputs recording as two tracks in stereo. Panning on each track during recording is centered.
Not quite sure of your meaning ??? but if you are recording the two separate inputs each to their own separate tracks ? they should be two mono tracks not stereo tracks. So assuming you mean two mono tracks (which can yield a true stereo sound) BUT there is no difference as to whether you record them center, or record them hard left and right.

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In post processing, is there any reason to pan the mics? I’ve played around with panning them 75% to 100% and while it sounds like a bit more space and breath, there is a significant drop in volume. I did a search about this and just about every reference to panning is specific to panning the guitar to place it properly in the mix with a vocalist or other instruments.

Thanks in advance for educating me.
So assuming we are talking about two mono tracks (Or even a stereo track ) then yes it is common that if both are panned center then it will be perceived as sounding louder ,,,,as far as a significant difference ? that's somewhat subjective to personal sensitivity but should not be a big difference in actual decibels (if it is there could be some additional routing issue involved) .... BUT that perception of louder does not matter , because you can simply increase the levels when they are panned left and right. And in answer to your question of reason to pan the tracks out left and right? You should pan them out left and right for stereo, because if you pan both to center, you have defeated the stereo image and defeated reason to record with two mics in the first place.
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