Behringer UMC404HD Reviews

Great quality low price!

A great device. I used it in my home studio for few days and I'm very satisfied. Very useful the Mono/stereo switch, good mic pre, low latency (in mac). I decided to buy also UMC1820 for the ADAT in/out so I can integrate with my RME Fireface also. Recommended choice!

Great deal for the price!

Bought my first audio interface, and I had to say it does what is says! Great audio transmission, essentials buttons and 4 IO for mics that might come in handy. The built quality is sturdy and solid, slick and it's easy to use!

Output level too low

Pros: Many useful features. No problems installing drivers on Windows 7 or 10. By using AC cable (included) it can work as a standalone.

Cons: Output level is just too low. Comparing to my old Roland UA-25EX, it is about 3 times quieter. If not for the output, it would be a perfect sound card

Excellent preamps and an unbeatable price

The pad on the input gain is a nice feature but I think phantom power can only be on or of for all channels at time, but again, sounds very good and the price is very low. I don't think the knobs look or feel flimsy as some have suggested, although I'm using this at home so it doesn't take a beating.

Extremely good value for money!

I use this for home recording. This is great value, has a sturdy feel and overall feels like it cost more than it did.

The preamps are surprisingly clean, and overall this sounds great. My only criticism is that the supplied cables are somewhat flimsy, however these are easily replaced.

Behringer UMC404HD

I'm using this interface for my home studio, where I editing soundtracks for commercials and for my own music. This interface offers something special for a low price - really good quality and more inputs. Comparing this with Focusrite's - Behringer gives you more Inputs, same quality and better price.

Pros:

1. Standart interface which is easy to use.

2. Good 48V Ph. power.

3. Good price for 4 in/out.

4. Classy looks and comfortable.

Cons:

1. I would need more sound/gain from Interface. It sounds too quiet without any amplifier's help, even if monitors are good and loud enough.

If you thinking or comparing about Focusrite or this one, I would recommend to give it a shot with Behringer. In my opinion, Behringer is a really quick growing brand from a good quality perspective. I also have Behringer's studio 50 monitors, so combined these two - unbelievable sound for a good price.

It is also an amazing way out for acoustic drums sound recording. I'm a drummer in a band. So now I have my own Interface for 4 microphones, individual monitor, and I actually can adjust the sound of any mic just like that. Everything is close to my drums and many of problems have been sold even for an underground band.

In general: great product for a too good price, but just a little bit too quiet, so I would also recommend an amplifier combine with this interface.

Peace out!

Perfect for home studios

Perfect for home studios ,DTM and u can save money.

simple but powerful

very good product. It do the job for me . I recommended it to everyone wanted to experience music in the make up without the means to make it into real professional studio..

Behringer's U-Phoria UMC404HD is an interface that can easily beat any competition of the same range of price.

Design-wise, the UMC404HD is easy to figure out. Built of aluminum materials, 4 inputs are placed at the front panel, whereas the outputs are placed at the back.

The 4 aforementioned channels, have the option between XLR and ? jacks. Having an instrument input, the interface has the capacity to connect instruments such as electric guitar or bass directly, without a preamplifier being required.

The performance of the device is wonderful. The interface has amazing built-in preamplifiers (MIDAS) which, being very strongly structured, provide a very clean and clear sound, in particular in the recording scene.

The only real issue would be that, in what concerns Phantom Power, you have only 1 toggle for all 4 channels. This means that it will power all the inputs at once without any chance of powering individual channels.

Considering its price, the UMC404HD is one of the best and most effective tools for the low-budget studio and/or beginner music producer. It can very well handle various instruments and microphones, without any latency or clipping issues.

Excellent equipment

I bought it for a small home studio, intending to record some strings and possibly some voices. It has everything it should have and more.

Good

Cheap and quality.. 192 khz 24 bit and that price.. it can be used for professional projects. Many outputs for every needs.. For future..

For the price, its one of the best interfaces available (to my knowing). Sturdy, easily monitored, sounds the best you can get for the price, all tho some of the controls are a bit harder to grasp the use of.

Great Interface for the budget.

Really nice audio interface. The preamps are really crisp and clean with a really low noise floor, you can easily get 5ms of latency using a buffer of 128. The dac on this is truly outstanding, very detailed and precise, while the headphone output could be a little bit louder. The connectivity options are great too: you just won't find 4 quality preamps and this number of connections (each insert for each pre, midi and the option to use two other pairs of monitors alongside your mains) on the other interfaces at this price point. Absolutely killer product for the price.

A decent budget audio interface

I've had this interface for around 7 months now, and have used it for recording, as well as for multitracks on the road. Mostly good, just keep in some sort of case!

Pros:

+ amazing value for the feature set

+ drivers on windows seem fairly stable- haven't BSOD's the PC yet

+ has XLR, TRS and Phono output connections

+ has XLR-jack combi input sockets

+ has a useful knob for fading between playback and input for monitoring

+ headphone output goes loud enough

Cons:

- Durability: the black paint can be scratched off by things like plugs, so protect with at least a soft case or something!

- Some of the output potentiometers (knobs) have started cracking when you turn them now. Not too much of a problem when recording, but more if you were using it live.

- The output levels are quite low, it doesn't match professional line level. This could be a problem if you don't have much gain on the output device.

- The pad switches noticably increases the noise in the input stage! Use as a last resort, on a very hot input signal.

- There have been issues where the pitch of the output has been lower than the actual pitch recorded in the sound file. Possible due to needing the AC adatper plugged in- I didn't have one plugged in at the time.

- The switch from USB power to AC isn't graceful- it makes a pop.

Behringer UMC 404HD

Very nice quality interface, good materials, plenty of inputs, especially for the money. The ony gripe i had at the beginning is that the mic input was not recognized in programs like discord, skype etc... I fixed it with a little bit of playing around. Pretty good latency, especially at higher freq ranges.

No gimmicks

Got this unit to replace my old M-audio interface since it started crash occasionally.

It is cheap for all the features is provides but it works as it should.

No unwanted noise and everything seems in order.

For anyone out there willing to try the device remember to install the UMC control panel/drivers from the Behringer site.

A beast!

Amazing product for your first interface. 4 channels for a great price.

I'm using this one for demo recording at home and in rehearsals. Does the job without a problem.

It's just a bit noisy, but still really good for beginner /intermediate users.

Behringer UMC404HD

I bought this to record my drums as it has 4 inputs. Probably the cheapest yet the best audio interface you can get with lots of features and flexibility. It's very easy to use.

Very affordable and fully featured. Excellent for home studios. Solid and very robust.

Very nice design and compact

Perfect for small studios or for recording drums with 4 mics.