Vinyl and panning

[xthewiddler]

I recall someone on the forum, don't remember who or when said that if you have fast panning on a vinyl it can make the needle skip.

how true is this?

[alan]

high frequcey can cause a needle to jump, but i think it causes distortion more so than skipping as the hf isn't powerful enougth to make the needle jump out of the groove. so it starts jumping up and down within the groove causing hf distortion...but of course if the needle starts jumping up and down in a shallow groove its very possible it could skip.

i also read somewhere that extrem bursts of high frequncies create so much energy that they can actully rip a lacquer when cutting a dub plate as the lacquer is a very soft material.

i wouldn't take it as fact but im pretty sure i read the above nonsense somewhere. proper vinyl mastering will sort your jams out either way and make them sound as good as possible.

[alan]

i just read your post again. what i wrote doesn't help at all.

i thinking panning is fine as long as your not panning your bass. panning bass will make the record skip.

[setspeed]

^^^ don't pan yer bass

if the tune's gonna be cut to vinyl then it will probably get a proper mastering job, and the engineer will likely mono your entire mix below about 300Hz if necessary (the ear can't really hear panning very well below this frequency anyway) - but it's best that you do it yourself to make sure it all sounds cool first

[taal mala]

keep everything below 600 Hz mono if you want to cut to dub or wax..