See this article:

Double Your Bits, Double Your Fun

BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE


http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle...67976&siteid=15

So, the jist of it is that you start an unity gain, and lower the faders to -4 for 16 channel mixing, and this will give you better results...

Sometimes I'd rather just hear that than plod through an article with too much window dressing on a simple fact.....