Making the assumption that the drummer is somewhat canted at an angle to the
other players and towards the audience, then far right (stage left) starts
with the snare and high hats and it moves across the drums in that stereo
field with the floor tom and usually ride cymbal being center. A drummer
hears it that way. There are a lot of people that mic drums as the audience
would hear them if they were close enough to get some kind of quasi stereo
idea from a kit, but like a piano, the drummer is about the only one that
really has separation of all the components of a kit. I still use the same
image when doing rock, but the drum placement in the stereo field is usually
different, like snare/kick pretty much on center along with the bass. But
jazz seems to open up the stage the other way.
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Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio
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However, when one is sitting at home listening, definitely I find mixing
hard left to 1 o'clock piano spread, and 11 o'clock to hard right for
drums,
both coming towards the center to join with the bass in the way the
instruments are visible onstage, seems to set up the image correctly.

So, in this configuration you pan from the players viewpoint?
Doing this the snare would be more or less centered, isn't it?

Thanks for the help.