Turns out early audio consoles with stereo didn’t have a pan knob. They had a pan switch. So choices were limited to left, right, or center (mono).

Wasn’t til later that the pan pot was invented allowing incremental panning and true stereo mixing.

What’s it’s name? I named mine “Mr. Roombastic”

This would be a great question for chatGPT.

Thankee sai. Long days and pleasant nights.

Vincent D’Onofrio playing as Private Gomer Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.