I have to say i like mixing with analogue - apart from the obvious recall issues.. But i just wouldnt bother with any of these alesis behinger or soundcraft things - the built in cubase mixer is as good if not better in my opinion.
basically you just want somthing with good headroom (cubase has that) good eqs (cubase kind of has that with plugins - but a very different sound) & if your doing techno nice warm gains helps too (but cubase cannot do that)..

Now with a cheapo desk (behinger, soundcraft, alesis, tapco blah blah) you will get none of the above so you are better off using cubase.. so unless you only need to use the mixer as a glorified patchbay for your outboard gear and dont mix on it there isnt much point imo.

A better quality desk can give you good mix headroom, good musical eq and warm gains and therefore give you a musical advantage over mixing within cubase.

The mackie 8bus is the obvious choice with deep warm gains, heaps of headroom and eqs that sculpt tones you will instantly recognise being a techno fan :)

At the moment im using a Soundtracs topaz 24 which is like a mackie 8 bus clone which i got for £450 second hand and i really rate it, these things are a bargain. The mid eq isnt half what the mackie is but i actually think its slightly crisper on the top end and warmer on the bass. The gain warmth leaves a little to be desired next to the mackie but for £450 you cant knock it.

The other choice in this class is the Tascam m-2600 mk2 , another 8bus mixer pretty much identical to the mackie.. ive never used it myself but some of the old pros on the sound on sound forum actually think its better than the mackie! Its about 400-500 i think..

Basically these 2 are quality mixers that got overshadowed by being released just after the mackie and so never really took off. consequently they are ****in bargains as they remain relatively unknown :)