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When panning a drum set or a drum machine, my preference is to pretend I am sitting in front of the drummer listening to him/her play. Therefore, everything the drummer hits is panned opposite from what it would be to them. This is how things are done on most professional CD's and even in live situations.
Drum sets can be large, small, or any size in between. For example, a very small kit would be the drummer from the Stray Cats, he has a kick, a snare, and a ride cymbal, that's it! And he played standing up. A very large kit would be someone like Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater, this guy plays two kits that are meshed together on stage. The most amazing drummer I have ever seen by the way.
Generally we pan things as we see them as an audience member. Hi hat to the right, ride to the left. Mouse over the labels below for my basic settings for panning a drum sound.
If you have a kit or drum machine with more instruments, simply accommodate them within the percentages. For instance, if there was a crash cymbal in the middle of tom 2 and tom 3, I would center it's panning.
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