Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD 5-stars Reviews

Good features and sound

Very well designed good quality music ..I am happy with it..

Surprised

Its just very good, i cannot say anything with these. there is no need to spend a lot of money for other interface this is already perfect.

Almost perfect, but...

For the price it's obviously a no-brainer. The interface is solid and very well built. The pre-amps are amazing so as the sounds you can get from it. There's only a major drawback which made me return it and get the UMC204HD (for 20€ more): the direct output you get from the channels 1 and 2 is hard-panned,a nd by that I mean that if you plug a guitar or something else in for example the input 1 and you want to hear it directly without having to use a daw and avoid delays in the signal while playing, you will hear it only from your left headphone or left speaker. The UMC204 instead has a mono/stereo switch which allows to overcome that problem. All but that is very good in this interface, but I think that if you need to record an instrument it's a major issue (it's very annoying hear it through just one side of the headphones). I would strongly recommend the UMC204HD which is similar to this but gets you covered

Excellent and affordable interface

The Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD is an excellent interface for the money you pay. The set up of the interface is really simple, just plug in, download the latest driver from the Behringer website, and you're ready.

The build of the interface is really good, the chassis is made of metal and feels solid, all ports grip the cables well and the buttons and knobs are decent and very responsive.

The MIDAS preamps of the interface are also very good regarding noise which is kept at a minimum. I have used it to record both vocals and guitars as well as bass, and the recordings have turned out clear. The latency is good, the fact that it comes with its own ASIO driver means that settings can be changed, which includes the latency if needed. I have found no issues with lag whatsoever and the direct monitoring feature (limited to one headphone/speaker at the time due to the fact that the interface is locked into 2 channel mode (I have not found a way to change it and can be seen as the only "downside") is very helpful.

Overall verdict, it is a worthy purchase and compares excellently with competitors.

Good little interface

I like my UMC202HD. I typically use it for loudspeaker measurements, in conjunction with a Beyerdynamic MM1 (also recommended). The loop-through measurements indicate the headphone amp and mic inputs are extremely flat, and useful out to around 50kHz before significant rolloff occurs.

The preamps are very low noise (approaching the theoretical limit on thermal noise), and the sig/clip lights are calibrated well.

If you ignore the price, this is a very good interface.

When you consider the price, I think everyone in the audio industry should have one.

OMG, so good Interface

Compact, low-cost, powerful. I think that's enough to go and buy it.

Very good for this price

This is my first audio interface and i very happy to use it!

Good value for money

Good performance at a budget price. After searching for an interface to use for recording guitar and mic, I decided to go for it. For a small home studio, I think it’s a good investment with lower cost compared to other similar options.

It’s simple, easy to setup and use (Windows 10). This works well with DAW systems and simulators- very low latency. It has a nice metal housing and feels solid.

No midi input but there are other models available -same brand- with reasonable prices.

Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD

Excellent value for money, very good quality construction, better than expected for the cost. Easy to set up and use, performs very well with little noise

Seems great so far

First day of testing. The objective was to use windows drivers and get low latency for multiple programs, so I could play along with guitar pro type programs using plugin amps for example. Seems great so far. Programs vary about how low latency I can set them, but the worst is 5ms, which is fine. Behringer web site not exactly the clearest when looking for drivers but soon worked it out.

i'm impressed

I use it to record two micked cabinets with SM57. I plug this device into a phone through OTG USB cable and it works perfectly with Audio Evolution App. I can record a couple of hours without external power (just using USB power from phone). Very low noise. Work with Mac as well.

Yes to simplycity !

2 inputs with 48V phantom power, and 1 output - what more do you need ! For your basic homemade studio, this is probably the best option.

Rarely you can hear some noise, but you can easaly control it with gain - it's mostly caused by something around the interface or the device plugged in the input.

For the installation you just need to head on their official site and download the correct software.

If you dont need much and want a quality product with a good price - this one is for you !

Top product, top price!!

Top product, top price!!

Great but ...

... getting a huge pops on speakers (outputs) after reboot or starting the computer. That's why 4 starts for sound. No biggie.

We use it for are Karaoke room and it just works great, plugged it in to are mac and then some setting and we were good to go. Great buy.

Good decision

After some research I've decided to go with this product price wise and I can tell you I don't regret my decision.

The interface was instantly recognized in my linux setup and quick test was done using the Rode M2 mic hooked via XLR cable using Audacity for recording.

Everything worked as expected, no noticeable popping, hissing or anything strange picked up beside my voice.

Direct monitoring works well with headphones (I don't have proper studio grade ones, that's to be tested). Also ordered twin jack to rca cable here to hook up the interface to a good quality monitor, have a feeling it will work well.

If this Behringer would ever get lost or damaged I would buy another one as this is a great solution with the much needed phantom power for all your quality condenser mics.

Don't be fooled by the low price, its a great audio interface that records superbly on my computer. Amazing value for money!

Best value for money!

Really good quality both in the build and in the sound. It gave me no problems with my "alternative" Linux setup. It gives you the best specs to do some proper work without spending a lot of money! The 192KHz sampling rate allowed me to lower the latency and the PAD and Direct Monitoring options are really useful! The gain has a huge range aswell.

Great for my eris 3.5

needed a product to be able to control my eris 3,5 speakers and this interfae does the job with quality sound!

Good enough for guitar/mic interface.

May not have the best and most features in the world, but does it's job really good.