Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD Reviews

Good budget interface for the People

I use this in my writing studio (I'm a media composer) to drive some Fostex monitors and everything sounds fine.

I have been running my business on a shoestring budget (up until recently) and had to buy budget equipment. This little workhorse fulfills its function without complaint or malfunction.

I rarely record but occasionally use a dynamic mic connected to the interface to record vocals and small percussion with good results.

It is ideal for someone who needs an inexpensive interface.

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.

Fine

It takes a while to get all the drivers installed (Windows 10). Once installed and running, I realised the headphone jack is somewhat unreliable - the sound cuts from the left channel sometimes, and when a headphone jack is inserted into the slot the left and right channels bleed into each other. I have to pull the cord out slightly (one or two millimetres) to get proper stereo working.

Once you get past the kinks its fine - mic and line inputs can handle very loud and very quiet sounds perfectly. Easy to use controls, and shows up correctly as 2 inputs in Reaper.

What do you expect for this price?

It does its job and that's about it. Don't expect any fidelity out of this thing. Everything that comes out of this interface feels like it's gone through a lot of trouble and just barely made it.

If this is really the only audio interface you can afford, no worries, it works.

Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD

Easy to use. Great sound and does what it's supposed to do: record and reproduce the sound you put into it! Direct monitoring is a nice and helpfull feature to avoid latency.

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

This interface is the useful little brother of the Behringer UMC404HD.

It's perfect for a first setup and is definitely a steal.

Quality wise it's certainly good, whether it be for recording or playback.

Setting it up is easy, you just need a driver on windows.

I'm using it to record myself streaming and I'm happy.

Respectable budget USB interface

Bought it, so I could try my tube condenser mic I got as as gift (sadly don't know which brand, might be MXL, no branding), and it allows the mic to output decent output.

Works well with instruments as well, such as guitar & bass, but always recommend to use a pedal board or the likes to properly amplify the sounds on instruments.

PROS:

It's cheap, and delivers simple and easy setup on PC, and works well with variety of instruments. Has adequate amount of inputs, for personal use.

CONS:

Should note, that there is a noticeable input delay, even when changing the buffer size, in the UMC Control Panel, provided for the interface. Also, the small lack of audio controls besides of gain/line/instrument switch & pad, but it's quite acceptable for it's price range, so it shouldn't matter much.

Recommended, if you want to start using and learn USB interfaces, should work straight up.

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.

good product! but there is a feature

At first, I was afraid that the sound goes only in one ear, but it turned out to be the case in the adapter. I replaced the mono adapter with a stereo and everything is fine!

but if you record a voice to music, the direct monitoring sound goes only to the left ear

Be careful!

A good tool for little money

Arrived quickly. The look and quality of the assembly are solid. Connection is easy. I don't remember if the Win 10 drivers were included, but I downloaded them myself from the Behringer website.

I've been using it daily for six months now. So far there have been no problems. Once or twice I have heard a slight buzz from PA, but when I move the USB cable, the buzz disappears. (I use a ca. 10+ year old USB cable that came with my printer to connect to my computer, hasn't remembered buying a new from store.)

I use this device daily to send music from my computer to home PA. I've recorded some song phonos with Audacity, playing keyboards, guitar and bass in separate rows at the back of my home office. Everything has been perfect. Latency not perceptible when recording.

I have used it for playing sound design of theater performances, also worked good.

Recommend. Affordable, easily connects to your computer and does what it is designed for.

Great product at an affordable price

I've used this interface for over an year now and it works flawlessly with all DAWs and for my everyday usage as well. I haven't had the chance to test the phantom power as I have no condenser mics but the dynamic mics with the Line input and my guitar with the instrument input both work great. No complaints at this price point. Definitely a product equally good as Scarlett 2i2.

Good interface

I have no problems with how it works, and it doesn't sound bad either, clear with next to no noise, I'm personally not even sure if it's worth getting a Focusrite, for double the price, since this is built like a tank and just is plug and play (but it does work better with the drivers you can get on their, Behringer's, website,

Delivers on expectations

Very easy to use. Plug in and record, easy as that. Good quality of the captured sound and no delays in the monitors.

Value for money usb audion interface

It is a useful, well-built usb interface. It rarely casues me problems and at the low price it costs I think it is well worth it. Would be suitable for people on a budget or even someone just looking to hook up their laptop or pc to a pair of powered monitors.

Review UMC202HD

its a good inferface for home studio.

good quality and good sound. worth the money

Not using all the features, but it's a great DAC for the price!

I was using a 20 year old Roland USB audio interface until I burned it up after moving to another country with different voltage and didn't realize the wall PSU was not universal voltage.

I wanted to replace it with a similar device. Most of the time the use is just as a DAC which takes input over USB from a Linux box and the analog out goes to a mini stereo system. I was using the recording features on the Roland but I have not tested the Behringer yet.

I was pleased to find not only does the UMC202HD run my Sennheiser HD 25s perfectly well but even the HD 600s sound good via the headphone jack. I think it is surely the best DAC you can buy for 64 Euros...

It runs off USB and even supplies phantom power if you need it. Quite an amazing device. The audio over the headamp is not perfect, it's a little thin, but it is very clear, clean, absolutely without any noise. You will not be able to turn the volume past 50% without the HD 600s becoming uncomfortably loud.

I'd like to see a power button on the front panel and for recording some kind of useful level metering is absent but seems pretty important. However given the tiny size I don't see there is room for it. Personally I wouldn't mind a larger enclosure to get the metering.

Summary: deal of the century on a 192 KHz DAC.

Easy to use, great quality usb audio interface. The quality cannot be beaten for this price