Behringer UMC404HD 4-stars Reviews

Great tool for home recording

Works plug and play with linux

Good but not great

Good sound on instruments (electric guitar and E-Drumkit), but not quiet as good as the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen when it comes to vocal sound.

Good for the price

It is a well made interface at a VERY reasonable price.

Pros:

- Inserts for all Inputs

- The preamps are quite good.

- I like the external PS.

- Works excellently with linux, (even on a raspberry pi)

- Well built

- Very cheap price for the built quality

Cons:

- Very low output on the monitors, it definitely does not deliver balanced audio signal.

- The software driver interface is pretty basic but what would u expect for the price. fair enough.

-The headphone amp distorts heavily if u crank the volume pot above 12 o'clock but at only 11 it can adequately power my power hungry AKG K712's and my Sehn's HD600 with no audible distortion, so no big deal.

Right now it serves my son's pc as a guitar-vocal practicing/recording/monitoring interface, and it does it's job quite well. No complaints for non pro projects.

super interface

Achetée pour remplacer une Line6 qui se faisait souffreteuse je fus conquis par sa qualité/prix. Aller j'arrête mes rimes à 10 balles.

J'ai couplé cette bête avec de petits presonus 3.5 et un sub Fostex de 50w (PC normal 16gb i5 9600k gtx950 pour l'affichage). pourquoi les presonus 3.5, ben c tout petit ici et ça sonne grave avec l'interface. Il ne faut jamais oublier que c'est des moniteurs et pas la sono d'enfer qui déchire, on écoute ce que l'on viens de créer... thats all. Mais... hehe... si l'envie vous vient d'avoir un kif du diable, rien ne vous empêche de les coller a vos oreilles et de prendre un pied géant. A fond elles ne distotionnent pas ... enfin avec vos oreilles à coté... Mais on est ici pour parler de l'interface UMC404HD nontidjuu. Et c'est là que je vais devoir me moquer de ceux qui aurons pu se moquer, c'est la meilleure interface que j'ai eu depuis des lustres, elle est complète ... voilà... que dire de plus? Ha oui... comparez. HaHa

Unbeatable for the price

I have this and a certain red metal interface for recording. Does the job just as good but looks less fancy of course.

All in all it's a good product.

Unit does the job.

Sturdy metal casing, no loose potentiometers or knobs.

Headphones output volume potentiometer sometimes produces some very silent crackles when using it after some time untouched but after few tweaks volume up and down it just disappears and works well.

The headphone output produces lil' noise after pushed around 2 o'clock and the noise increases as you raise the volume. But it's only audible just listening to a sound card headphones output without playing any music. It's inaudible while listening yo music and I listen it around 11-12 o'clock position. You don't wan't to listen that loud anyway :) so no big problem here.

All jack input slots are sturdy. Have not tried RCA outputs but I guess they work as usual.

Connected some outboard gear to process my sounds. Latency is really low only few ms using Reaper via reaInsert or just sending sound via send to hardware and back to soundcard.

Good unit, cheap, use it everyday and no big problems to date.

I am giving this one strait a 4

Cheap

Nobs are boring to use, you can’t even tell apart from master to headphones, super packed together.

Good built quality

Makes the recording very cheap and loud sounding

Not the best preamps but for beginners entry you can’t ask for more. I would sa. I found it better than focusrite surprisingly.

At the end. It’s not all about the interface, it’s your Voice which place 4/5 of the Part.

Absolutely great for the money - but, low output volume...

Let's be blunt here - this thing gives you 4x inputs, inserts, outputs galore, 20 dB pad on the inputs, line and instrument buttons... This thing is, simply put, some of the best bang for your buck that you can possibly get if you need the extra inputs.

The construction is awesome. It feels like a quality product. All of the knobs feel great when turning - they aren't loose and wobbly, they're very controlled feeling and offer some resistance to turning which gives a pleasant overall feeling. The push/push buttons are nice and responsive as well. There's nothing negative to be said about the unit from a construction standpoint.

For the inputs, the noise floor is extremely low and the overall quality of the MIDAS preamps is awesome. The inputs are crystal clear. And, for grins, I measured the phantom output - it will give you the 48v it says it will.

Now, why does it only get four stars? Because the sound output is simply poo poo. The volume on this is very low - far lower than most other amateur audio interfaces. So much so that I have to put a stereo amp between the monitors and the audio interface to really even push the HS8's. But, is this really a "bad" thing?

Without the stereo amplifier, the HS8's are still able to shake the windows with bass hits. But the volume is just not near where it could be, and the same is true for the headphones jack on the front.

The unit comes with a wall power adapter, so the excuse of most people powering off of USB can't be used here.

Overall, this is a purchase I would certainly still recommend despite the lower than expected audio output.

Nothing can beat for the price

I use it to record drums with multiple mics, and it does the job

Wow!

The best audio interface for money. Stable, resistant and solid.

a bit spartan look, but it has everything one needs. Preamp are good and the Main features are interesting.

absolutely recommended for those who want to start registering.

Great Quality / Price

Awesome little card for the price !

i won't its an incredible soundcard as its rather entry level kinda equipment , but i'm very satisfied of this soundcard !

Great buy for anyone looking for a cheap and useful soundcard or for starting out !!

Nice product

Feels very sturdy !

Just a litlle more hum than my other interfaces (Steinberg and Presonus) depending on the kind of input that you make.

But qua price / quality ratio "UNBEATABLE".

Good value for money

For a simple audio interface with more than two ins and outs and MIDI support, I think this delivers good value for money.

Easy handling, plug-and-play, monitor and mix work good.

Software and installation could be configured better.

I have two DAWs, and with one (Samplitude Pro X4) it works better, i.e. all four channels seperated. With the other (Studio One Artist) it only recognises two seperate channels.

Also, Windows settings finds it hard to switch between programs and still see this as my main in- and output. So, changing from Studio One to Firefox, MediaMonkey or Spotify might cause Windows to reset settings to Windows audio . Selecting the program by selecting it instead of Alt+Tab solves this problem.

Great interface for the price

I am using the interface for micing my drums. This is an upgrade from a 2 channels very old audio interface. To me, this change has been for the best. The quality of the sound I am getting from this interface is top!

I am recording drums as a hobby. For me is more than enough what I am getting out of it.

Pros:

The price-quality relationship ration is unbeatable.

Cons:

It does not have a switch on or off button. For me it is not a problem but good to mention.

Good audio devices

if you are looking for a simple but powerfull audio interface here you have what you need for a low budget.

Begginer/Budget friendly audio Interface

The Behringer UMC404HD is a good option for a begginer in music production or no.It has a lot of connections (4in-4out) and the built quality is above the avarage with metal frame and good quality plastic at knobs,buttons and frontface inputs).I cant find any disadvantage for my use

Great for beginners

I bought this to test the quality and to be honest, it's fairly decent considering. It's definitely worth the money and a great starter point for anyone who wishes to get into the world of recording. It would suit home demos, personal podcasts, recording MIDI etc. Very handy to have lying around in case you need to record a quick track. Don't drop it - it cannot handle it. I haven't dropped mine, but I've witnessed one falling a couple of inches and it died instantly. Otherwise it does feel sturdy enough and over-all has very decent features.

GREAT PRODUCT, FRAGILE USB PORT

All in all, great product but the Usb port breaks and i can't connect to the computer anymore even though it's on.

I have had two of this interface and that seems to be the only bad side.

Great product after all. Does the job!

Incredible bang for your buck in terms of well implemented features, but the headphone out can be a bit quiet, and the windows drivers tend to crash when switching driver modes.

I've used this interface to record a digital piano's headphone out (by means of a Y-split cable) + midi (+VST), a condenser microphone, and electric guitar. In all cases monitoring latency was fine, whether monitoring directly through the interface itself or through Windows 10 on a computer after further processing (VSTs / mixing in auxiliary streams). Listening at 24bit 192kHz at 1024 samples introduced just shy of 10ms of latency without any pops or clicks.

As a DAC the sound quality is stellar, so I keep my head phones hooked up to the interface even when I'm not recording. The problem is though, the interface's Windows driver tends to crash every now and then when software request the device be used in a different buffer mode (ASIO / WASAPI / DirectSound), at which point the interface won't record or produce sound until the computer is rebooted. N.B. this is mostly a non-issue if you're not planning on using the interface as a general computer DAC, and just always run it in ASIO mode with for example a DAW.

Another downside is the head phone monitor jack which can be a bit on the quite side, even at maximum volume. You might need an external amplifier to drive your cans, but your mileage may vary.

At this price point it's very hard to get 4 XLR/jack combo inputs with phantom power at 24 bit 192kHz, with MIDI. The occasional reboot notwithstanding, I can't recommend this interface enough.