Spatial Positioning, Reverb, Panning, etc.

Just wondering, should this post be moved to the software forum? It does involve other products and maybe would do better there?

Actually yes, Techniques would be better. Thanks!

Here is one possible panning scheme that preserves the natural seating position of a modern symphony orchestra.
1st violins – 50%L
2nd violins – <50%L
Violas – C or <10%R
Celli – <50%R
Basses – 50%R
Trumpets – 33%R
Horns – 33%L
Trombones/tuba – 50%R
Flutes/clarinets – <20%L
Oboes/bassoons – <20%R
Timpani and bass drum – C
Other Percussion - to taste

garybrun
Here is one possible panning scheme that preserves the natural seating position of a modern symphony orchestra.
1st violins – 50%L
2nd violins – <50%L
Violas – C or <10%R
Celli – <50%R
Basses – 50%R
Trumpets – 33%R
Horns – 33%L
Trombones/tuba – 50%R
Flutes/clarinets – <20%L
Oboes/bassoons – <20%R
Timpani and bass drum – C
Other Percussion - to taste

I think I have seen this scheme before. It can produce good results. It's considerably more concentrated toward the center than the old Cakewalk pans. Which, by the way, I got from the virtual sound canvas, if my memory serves.
 
My current experiment is this:
I'm leaving all my string groups in their native positions, since it appears the different libraries are using the same approximate scheme (violins left, violas center, cello/bass right). For the other instruments, I'm using EWSO's default pans, which you can get from the Play synth (numerical values, so you can apply them exactly to other libraries). I then pan my other libraries to those values. So far, the results seem very good. There are some major differences between EWSO and GPO. For example, EW has the flutes right, where GPO has them left. EW has the clarinets much farther left, and trumpets much farther right, than GPO. You could leave everything in their native positions, like the strings. This would presumably let them sound their best, but then the different libraries would be out of synch. One minute the flutes would be on the left; later they would be on the right. Plus, there could be some interference patterns set up. So I'm going with the first option. For now, anyway.