Behringer UMC404HD 5-stars Reviews

Just right for my project

I've been creating music for 7 years.Always for my own pleasure,nothing professional.Never had opportunity to try nor could i afford to buy one of recommended audio interfaces

out there.Half a year ago i saw umc404hd and of course first thing that was interesting to me was price and number of inputs/outputs .It was all perfect for my home studio project where i needed 4 inputs for me and my band.Its also bundled with free daw,so i gave it a chance.

And i didn't regret.

Pros :

-On my windows10 pc its plug and play,all works,just set it as recording device and thats it.

-Sound is clear ,neutral,crisp .Loud enough preamps gain on about 60 percent no need to increase at least for me,no noise or artifacts etc.

-Preamp for headphones is also loud and i use it all the time when monitoring vocals and listening to music.

-Its powered via usb and there was no need for plugging in power adapter which also comes with interface.

-its well built,feels expensive and durable,buttons responsive and it has led indicator for when its turned on and another one when phantom power is on

-takes soo little space its almost twice smaller than it seems on pictures and it fits perfectly under my pc monitor

Cons;

- Phantom power button is at the back and it powers all xlr 4 inputs ,it would be perfect if there were separate buttons for inputs but its ok.

All in all :

For the price i just couldnt find anything better and i dont need anything better,it does all i need and i does it well!!.It sits in the corner taking little space and allowes me to record my music effortlessly.I would recommend it to anyone who decides to build affordable small home studio as i did

UMC404HD

I purchased this interface to replace my old Line6 Toneport - I needed more input options, better latency and performance and this baby delivers. I was reluctant at first as everyone recommended more expensive devices over this one but being on a budget and an amateur musician I took my chances and went the 'more bang for the buck' road.

I record mostly via VST (using Reaper btw.), occasionally via the Mic port, and get decent latency with a number of VST heavy tracks with no cracks/clipping whatsoever on a rather dated PC (windows 10 x64).

The device has dedicated drivers with plenty of config options not available on other competitive devices (tested a PreSonus Audiobox and the Behringer owns it hands down).

The reason I went for the UMC404 over the smaller model is extra power via the extra power adapter - it's sometimes problematic to get phantom power working correctly via the USB bus only, having an extra power source helps here a lot.

All in all I can only recommend the product, does the job for me;)

Perfect

Best Choice For That Money.

Quite amazed

ok, so I already got the X32 mixer - and love the preamps... Guess I'm biased... However - her I got the same Midas designed preamps in a 192khz package...

Together with Cubase I got ca. 2-3mS latency on software synths and drums... Finally I can use them live...

And - 24bit 192khz sounds as nice as it seems...

Way beyond my expectations...