Behringer UMC1820 5-stars Reviews

Lots of inputs, recording sounds good

I needed 32 inputs on my DAW, so I bought 2 of these UMC1820 devices, and 2x ADA8200 (connected via optical cable, using ADAT)

I'm using a mac, and I didn't need to install anything to get this setup "up and running", just connected it, and made an aggrate device, that was all. I can happely record multiple synts, guitars,trumpet,violin,saxophone etc ... at the same time, with a minimum of lag !

Exactly what I need

Cheap, quality product. Lot of inputs, lot of outputs. Exactly what I need.

good value/money

solid build, sound is ok nothhing better in this price range

Great product. just what any studio needs. an audio powerhouse!

I was just starting to buy equipment for my home studio and needed a decent audio interface. I bought UMC 1820 because of the good reviews its got, its amazing sound quality and great price. it arrived on time, not a scratch with everything it promised me on the Web page. works great and I generally surprised by the quality of the MIDAS preamps on the interface. I can't really think of any negative things to comment on for this interface. for its price and performance, it is definitely worth having. plus, having 8 combi-Jack inputs at my disposal at all times is very usefull.

Quality with great price

I added this interface for my studio to accomplish some additional recording needs of multiple inputs and expandability with ADA. In reviewing many possible options, I felt this UMC 1820 had low noise and latency. So far I am happy with my results and the setup was simple and it was recognized by my DAW immediately with simple setup. The UMC has 10 outputs and 6 inputs on the back pannel with 2 inputs on the front with 2 headphone inputs as well with separate controls. I also have found the Midi in & out also helped with some additional midi needs.

The UMC isn't very deep, so if you are connecting it to a rack, I found connecting the cables before securing it. However, I guess that depends on your rack. The UMC is capable of being stand alone as well.

Anyways, I am happy with the UMC and even though Behringer doesn't have the best reputation I have found that Behringer has made many improvements in quality while maintaining a good price point. I know own several behringer products and have has great success in using this brand.

Great product and does what is says on the tin!

Love this product and it's perfect for my use. Don't actually need any of the audio inputs as I am using this as a multi channel USB audio out for my VenueMagic automated show control system.

Racked nicely and had it patched to a rack panel on the read of the flightcase with a powercon chassis, USB chassis and 10x XLR (which convert to the Jack on the rear of the UMC1820) as XLR is a lot more useful for what I want, and this way it saves loads of adaptors.

Shame that I can't use the other 10x outputs as they are optical/SPDIF and don't want to pay a fortune for a 8ch digital to analogue interface, but it is great for what I need it for!

No complaints

Looks good. Works well. Needed an interface that wasn't as deep as the rest. Pleased.

Not bad for the price.

Initially, the sound quality of this interface seemed a little thin and harsh with low bottom end, but after a couple weeks usage it settled down and sounded good. Not really sure why, either it's psychosomatic or the circuitry needed to run in for a bit.

Build quality is quite reasonable, and the knobs feel smooth enough however after 6 or so months usage the headphone knob has started to crackle. Worth bearing in mind.

The front panel is laid out quite well. Monitoring can be a bit of a challenge though as you can only choose between inputs 1-2 or 3-4. There doesn't seem to be any way to monitor inputs 5-8 or SPDIF/ADAT inputs. You can also only monitor outputs 1-2.

There is a handy knob to crossfade between input and output monitoring, however it has a poor crossfade curve and setting it 50/50 will result in a significant volume loss.

Driver-wise, it's a standard Behringer affair. The ASIO drivers are very basic but does the job quite transparently. Latency-wise, It's not great but not terrible either. I've tested it with Propellerhead Reason v10 and it tends to struggle at 64-128 samples. I would recommend either 256 or 512 samples depending on CPU workload. Using it with ASIO4ALL seems to have an even worse result.

Overall, the price to performance ratio of this interface is still unmatched. If you can deal with its quirks then it is incredible value for money.

Bang for your buck!

If you want an interface for a cheap price this is the one! This does the job so well and the build material is quite impressive! Actually feels very sturdy.

One thing I wish was different is the Monitor knob. I wish it was a bit bigger and not identical to every knob but that's just me being knit picky.

!NoBrainer!

I bought the UMC to make a comparison video against my Focusrite 2i4 as i was originaly planning on buying the 18i20 for my ever expanding Studio. Its not going back and i have happily saved myself €300.

At first i was abit skeptical of the umc but after having bought some berhinger synths and seeing how well built they were and how good they sound i thought i can always buy this just to test it out and return if unhappy. I am exstatic about this purchase!!! If your in the market for a new soundcard LOOK NO FURTHER. I put it up agaisnt the focusrite and there is in NO WAY a €300 euro difference maybe a €20 difference at best.

Pros:

-amazing sounding Preamps

-Goddamn low latency (better than my focusrite)

-96khz capable (not that i ever go over 44.1)

-MUCH better build than expected

Cons:

-All knobs look the same so i quickly loose where my master or 1-8 input is (fixed by buying prettier knobs)

-Gets abit warm on the top left (leave 1u space in rack if possible)

This is an amazing product and i think anyone looking for a studio sound card that hasent got €10,000 euro monitors or €3000 euro mics should be looking at anything else.

Great on Budget

So far so great!

Great machine

It serves very well for its purpose.

I use it in my studio and it is very good.

peerless

for the money you get 8 MIDAS preamps, need I say more? didn't think so!

A real no-brainer for the price!

Great interface with very unique and clever features!

My main purpose is to record several sound sources in a sophisticating quality in my home studio (2 keyboards (stereo), guitar, microphone, theremin).

I previously used a 2in/2out interface and due to the number of instruments a small mixer was necessary. The downside is more signal processing, thus affecting recording quality. Obviously a 4x4 interface wasn?t enough, so I was looking for a real capable solution (which is 8 INs).

I use this with two studio monitors. In addition I want to play music without the computer. Before this I had to unplug the interface and switch to the monitors manually every time.

My new solution is the MIX/MONITORING knob of the UMC1820. For me this is THE KEY FEATURE! It is just a knob and I didn?t really notice/understand it?s usefullness before I tried it the first time. I can switch between standalone monitor control (with a clever mode "stereo" - simple, but does the trick) or recording/playback. No mixer, one unit for all! Even more: I can monitor the real latency of the recording software. In the middle position one can hear the direct monitor and the sound with latency superpositioned and feel the latency.

I use this unit under linux (jack, ardour) and it works out of the box. With the KXStudio Kernel I get a roundtrip latency of 7,3 ms (this is independently measured folks, not a fancydandy Windows display number!), which is quite good for me.

Mic preamps were not my main focus (as I don?t own proper mics). By the way: Before Behringer acquired MIDAS: ... ohhh high quality preamps, excellent repsonse!!! After: ... sounds fairly OK, ... but obviously focusrite is superior! Really? Come on guys...

Digital signal I/O features are also not used (no suitable gear).

Other nice to have features:

- 2 MIDI ports with activity LED

- 2 loud! headphone jacks

- potential for a 7.1 surround mix setup: I will definetly run some experiments with such a setup later on!

- potential for live (software) mixing with a small band

and the bottom line: it?s sub 200 EUR!

To be honest: I would have paid more for it, if had to!

The 2,5 times more expensive Scarlett 18i20 has (in my opinion) inferior features (MIX/MONITORING knob).

amazing value

This is an awesome product for this price. The only downside that I can see and why it's getting 4 stars instead of 5 for features is that it can't operate standalone and needs a DAW.

Love this!

What this thing can do for its price is just amazing and the sound is great! I had no problems installing this at all on win10 and works great on Ubuntu too. My experience with it has been extremely positive so far. Something that very few are aware of is that you can get this to work as a mixer without a computer which is awesome for jamming. The only negative thing that I have to report is that the gain knobs do not turn the volume all the way down. Instead, there's some standard input level and the knobs can only add upon that. Worths every penny and I really don't see a reason for someone to pay 3x the price for this for more expensive products.

Good interface for good money

I use two piece of this. One is connected via adat to ada8200 and to the usb and second is in other usb input in pc. In Mac I create a aggregate device and I have 24xlr inputs and 24 line outs for my mixing console and I mixing via console and using external hardware.

Great Product

this interface is a must! The Midas preamps are awesome and for the price is just amazing. The 2 headphone outputs are great and I have not experienced any problems yet. If you're on a budget and looking to start recording drums this is a must.

Perfect for my home studio

I bought this interface for 96KHz recording into my Macbook with Logic Pro and it has worked flawlessly, no drivers, you just plug it in and it works.

Briljant product

Does what it needs to do and does it very very well. Great sound, insane frequency response and good sounding pre-amps. Very worth it's price and would definitely recommend. ASIO drivers work perfect on windows 10 as well, which is not always the case. Did not notice any latency issues in Pro-Tools not Ableton Live