wow guys thanks for info, I'll definitely check some benchmarks, but with these infos that you gave me I think MacMini will do job!!

Yes its C2D. Since I'm using Maschine I'm used to make my own loops and then arrange them, so I'm using VST only for bass and pads, synths. I usualy leave bass as midi but pads and synths I usualy bounce into audio. So my CPU is going just on plugins, and 60% of plugins that I use are from Logic, I'...

i got a mac mini server. 2.0 quad core i7 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (i can upgrade to 16GB when/if i ever need it) 2X 500GB 7200RPM hard drives (one for your OS and software and the other for recording and projects) i've got a 21.5" Philips Brilliance 224CL HD monitor connected to the HDMI port. looks...

http://soundcloud.com/novakovicmarko/december-mix-001-2011 Tracklist: 1. Terry Grant & MSMS - Closer (Original Mix) /Takt 2. Oliver Huntemann - Rotten (Original Mix) /Ideal Audio 3. Popof - Hockner (Original Mix) /Cocoon 4. Matador (IE) - Mambo (Original Mix) /Minus 5. Alex And Filip. Maxell - ...

Lately this two are my favs

Joseph Capriati CLR podcast 140 ( exclusive 2 hours set )
http://soundcloud.com/joseph-capriati/j ... lr-podcast

and

1605 Podcast 026 with Marco Bailey
http://soundcloud.com/umek-promo-mixes/ ... rco-bailey

This list is way better then DJ MAG but some artists are missing, for example Umek

think of it as an instruments on a stage. kick, snare and bass are centered. you can pan the hi hats hard left and right, or 70 to each side, whatever sounds good. just spread other instruments to different places. pan one a bit to the right and similer one to the other side. or send it to a reverb...

I'm wondering how do you guys pan techno tracks?

hi hats, snare, clap, bas, melody, hits, fx...ect

Thanks