Davi Carneiro
Reviewed in Brazil on March 19, 2025
Excelente interface de áudio
Coastal Hermit
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2024
This item was a replacement for the first one I ordered, which was factory-defective. The original item (from a different seller on Amazon) had a problem: in one of the holes in the MIDI In jack, one of the two little silver pins was seated at the center, not at the edge of the hole, making it impossible to insert a MIDI input plug into the unit. After not insignificant time and cost deliberating with Amazon customer service personnel (got bounced around a lot) and delivering the defective unit to a DHL service center (they were unable to pick the package up where I live because the address was "too remote" - in spite of the fact that a zillion courier vehicles come and go here all day, every day), I was able to return it, whereupon I ordered this unit, which performs at a high level of quality, has a great, low-noise preamp, and is eminently compatible with my MacBook Air M2. I mention my experience with the previously ordered one because, as it was a factory defect, that could be an issue with ANY seller, even this one.
Gilberto Leomar
Reviewed in Mexico on November 20, 2024
La verdad es que antes de comprarla vi muchos 'reviews' en YouTube y al ver muchas opiniones muy buenas es que me animé a comprarla, y honestamente ¡descubrí que se quedaron cortos! Es un producto excelente y de primera calidad que como profesional recomiendo ampliamente. ¡No lo pienses más!
Mark
Reviewed in Canada on October 13, 2024
What can I say? Behringer outdid themselves for the price. Has worked with zero issues since purchase as an interface and soundcard, and at a great sampling quality. Records better than my Line6HD500X sound quality. Would definitely recommend. No power supply required.....works from your computers USB.
Yu
Reviewed in India on June 18, 2019
It is among the best audio interface in the msrket. Sound quality is crisp and without noise as well as preamp is also of good quality. 5 pin midi in/out is another positive factor for external midi device. Insert and A B monitors are plus points. Above all the mono and stereo button works well.It would have been better if it had a digital signal display.
Mason Family
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019
I had some trouble finding interfaces that are clearly marked for use with iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. So I took a chance on this item to use for this. It obvious works for PC & MAC, but I wasn't sure about iOS.The PROS: it works great, super sturdy, sounds great, pretty easy to use, and great price for this type of interface, very low latency but has direct monitoring blend so latency isn't even an issue anyhowThe CONS: headset volume pot is a little noisy and crackles (but only when adjusting the headset volume knob, so it's not really an issue), and the iOS device volume needs to be at 50% or higher in order to get a playback signal back to the interface that you can actually hear. Once I figured this out, it wasn't an issue, but at first I thought I wasn't getting any playback audio being sent back to the interface and I spent over an hour trying to figure out what was wrong. Honestly, this may be a GarageBand software or iOS device issue anyhow, rather than anything to do with the interface. I'm not certain either way, but overall it seems to be a great unit! I have an iPhone 8, and a 5th gen iPad, and my primary DAW is Garageband.
mountainmama
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2018
I am setting up a small music workstation/recording outfit for my kids at home. Setup with this box was extremely easy, worked from the get-go. Played very well with Windows (WDM) system sound- no problems, just worked. I was leery of buying this box because the specs seemed too good to be true. That and a hit and miss past with Behringer products. As of late though, I've been quite impressed with the new products they're putting out. This is no exception.The build quality isn't only as good as much more expensive products, but it exceeds them. The chassis is a very sturdy metal, really chunky and solid (which is good). The knobs, while plastic, are also solid and attached to incredibly smooth pots. Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find a smoother throw on a knob in any product, regardless of price. I am a professional musician/producer and own audio interface products by Apogee, RME, Motu, Presonus, and Avid. As far as build quality, this box is on par. My limited experience with the sound quality of this box thus far leaves me with the impression that the box is certainly adequate if not excellent. The mic pres are clean with plenty of gain. The conversion is also clean and absolutely not getting in the way of creativity or a great performance.Beyond build and sound quality, one of my biggest concerns with this box was latency as I am setting up a workstation that will be primarily built around virtual instruments (VSTi's) and Cubase. I currently have the ASIO latency buffer set at 64 and that's producing about 6-7ms of round trip latency. When playing virtual instruments it's about half that. The box also has a playback/monitor mix knob for zero latency monitoring when recording live instruments/voice. So far the latency performance is excellent and has far exceeded my expectations.Bottom line: You won't come close to finding something this well built and functional among any of the lower priced audio interfaces. The value for what you're getting is amazing.
JHzlwd
Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2018
I'm an audiophile using the Behringer UMC204HD with Windows 10 Pro for converting my huge collection of LP's to digital formats (literally a retirement project). The following information may be useful to someone finding the docs a bit sparse or who is using an audio interface such as this for the first time.1 - The two front inputs are MONO (studio microphones being catered for) but can be used as Left/Right stereo pair. You'll need an adaptor on each input to accommodate RCA connectors or for a stereo mini-plug. The mini will require a splitter (check your drugstore or supermarket electronics dept.) to provide independent L/R. It would have been nice if they'd included RCA sockets. Note you have what amounts to only ONE analog stereo input on this unit. That's enough for me but maybe not some others.2 - You must first download and install the Behringer drivers. Unlike Soundblaster Extigy and possibly some other units of this type, it will not work with Windows Classic Wave Driver. You'll have poke around for the drivers at the Behringer site.Installation is a no-brainer. Unzip the download, run the executable and you are done. You'll also need a sound recording/playback application. Behringer claims you are entitled to a free copy of "Tracktion" but I couldn't find it. Anyway, I have Soundforge and there are plenty of others, over a wide range of prices.Once the drivers are installed it's a good idea to unplug the UMC204HD, then plug it back in. Also, restart the application if you had launched it already.3 - The Line/Inst button, when depressed, engages a microphone amp. You won't need this for standard line inputs.4 - Works great with Soundforge Pro 12 and previous versions. You must first go into Soundforge Options/Preferences/Audio and manually choose "UMC ASIO Driver" (after installing the driver) for proper routing of Input/Playback channels. Takes just a few seconds. You will probably have to do this with other software too and possibly every time it is launched.5 - Documentation could be better. It would be especially helpful having explanations for how to accomplish various recording/playback tasks. They seem to think everyone knows the audio industry lingo, acronyms and practices. At this price, a lot of amateurs will be interested and many could probably use some help.6 - Takes all power from the USB bus. If you have other USB powered devices on the same controller you could run out of juice. A simple, inexpensive solution ... get a USB power dongle or power bar with a USB socket at any place that sells electronics, computers or even hardware. My supermarket has them.7 - Takes some digging to find technical specs. On instruments in my lab looks excellent. I couldn't find any audible shortcomings with flat frequency response and vanishingly low distortion (no distortion figures in the docs). Even with inputs turned up almost all the way with no sources connected, you still get noise around 90dB down, which is inaudible. I measure a small amount of cross-talk but you'll never hear that either.I have used pro audio gear over the years and this unit is in that class of performance. Some recordists will want more inputs/outputs. Behringer has bigger units but, of course, you pay more.