Hi jazz, I'm sure that the mac mini will handle that number of tracks very well. Even my PowerBook G4 667 does ;) The plugins are who eat most of the cpu power. Saludosss -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/VST-support-on-OSX-t1265304.html#a3373330 Sent from the Ardour - User forum at Nabble.com.