_Practical Mixing ?

[lawless]

I recently read "Practical Mixing" by Hugh Robjohns. Anyway, I have a question reguarding this excerpt:

"Whether you're using an analogue or digital mixer, it's
designed to operate most effectively with its faders at or near the 0dB or 'unity gain' position
(sometimes simply marked with a 'U'). This provides the best compromise between a useful
amount of headroom and adequately low mix-buss noise. So, when setting up your mix,
you should open each fader to the unity mark and then adjust that channel's input gain
control so that the signal is at roughly the right level for the final mix. Clearly, you won't
know what that is for sure, and EQ'ing the signal will affect its level too, but you can usually
get it pretty close with a little thought and some experience."


I am mixing inside Cubase sx 3... does this apply to me as well, or just to those with a hardware mixer ?