Panning during record

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I have Cubase VST, version 5.0 (I think-- got it about 3 years ago).

I'm currently recording live drums into 4 mono tracks (kick, snare & 2 over).

Does it matter how I place the pan settings during record? I.e., should I keep each track centred, or panned one way or the other?

Without getting into all the details, I record kick & snare through 1 mixer, and the overheads through another. I send each output of the 2 mixers (a total of 4 tracks) hard left and hard right into inputs 1 and 2 on Cubase.

When recording, does it matter where I set the pan controls for each of the 4 tracks on Cubase? I.e., should the pan controls be centred, or placed one way or the other?

When mixing, I put kick & snare in centre, and spread the overheads just a little more (i.e., sending each slightly to left and right).

But does it matter during record?

Now while you're reading this, I've got another question: I've got a Mindprint DI box that I intended to use to input 2 more microphone channels into my soundcard (a Delta 66) through an SPDIF connection (i.e., analog in and then SPDIF out). I get a periodic, randomly patterned static sound through the 2 channels (input 3 on Cubase) going through the DI-- it's enough to send the meters jumping. Any suggestions on what might be causing it, and how to fix that?
 
The pan controls in cubase don't do anything while you are recording, only when you are listening.
 
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