Quoted from Wikipedia(I know, I know

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Pan Law functions can be different in different kinds of mixing consoles and other recording gear. For example, in Digidesign Pro Tools, the pan law is 2.5 dB.
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Originally Posted by Farview
The pan law difference would make multiple mono the problem, stereo interleaved is always how you mixed it.
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Originally Posted by Mastering House
Also the potential for phase issues with multiple mono make them more of a problem.
Great info, I had no idea about the 'pan law'. Crazy, I paid to go to a 'professional' sound engineering school, and they never touched on it once. As a matter of fact, I don't recall if the text we used even said anything about it either. It was 'Modern Recording Techniques' I believe, but don't quote me on that

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So I did a quick bit of research on pan laws on the internet, and can understand how it would affect my mix. If I used multiple mono, would there be phase issues because the center is 2.5 db louder than the stereo interleaved mix or is it because the mono channels don't really have any stereo info, just differences in volumes of the various elements of the mix?
The guy I'm going to said he uses wavelab to master, and at first asked for the songs in audio format(stereo, obviously). When I told him I had it all bounced into split mono or stereo interleaved data files, he then said that would be better. From the sounds of it I should go with the stereo interleaved mix, as it seems the safer route to go. Judging by the comments here, anyways!

Thanks guys, keeps getting better!