Steinberg UR242 Reviews

Steinberg UR242 satisfied me!

i use the steinberg interface for live studio recording with a analogue mixer work easy and fine. good quality next to my mixer settings, even good sound with TD-3 bassliner and other eqiupments. Ive got a build in audio interface in the mixer but this steinberg interface its quik and handy for recording to pc/laptop and for directly use. For my studio situation a good outcome.

Great tool!

One of the few small audio interfaces (or the only one actually?) with built in reverbs and effects. Literally can go on stage without a mixer, just an iPad and this thing for small gigs is perfect. No latency, good quality pre-amps, totally adequate, noise ratio is worse than the newest ones, but it's perfect for live and even recording even in 2021. Very sturdy!

100%

No complaints, always a joy to use Steinberg products.

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Gorgeous sound card for your money. In my opinion the best of the price order. High-quality preamps + DSP processor that allows you to record your vocals or guitar with reverb, compression, equalizer and different types of distortion. So far from this price range, this sound card is the best to date

Steinberg UR242

Great Interface that does everything a bedroom musician needs. Keep in mind 2 of the inputs are line inputs, so you'll need some processing in your DAW to have them operate as the main 2 in the front of the unit.

But honestly, all 90% of people using this interface will use is the first two line inputs which are phenomenal. The gain controls can bring a lot of lesser mics to life, phantom power is great, separate headphone and speaker out volume controls are awesome as well. 24bit/192kHz is way the hell more than you'll ever need.

Great!

Great build quality, great sounding pre-amps and really good connectivity with Cubase.

I recomend this product any day.

Perfect for a small set up.

All i asked, UR242 made it. I'm happy!

Excellent sound, versatility, high-quality Assembly

It is convenient to have independent volume controls for headphones and speakers. Easy to record electric guitars-turn on the hi-Z input and record. Along with the map is a licensed Cubase AI.

Good Product for a beginner

A good product for a beginner musician.

So it 's a good hardware to get you into audio interfaces.

On the downside it lacks certain features and it's shows it's age in the design compared to newer models. Also as far as I can tell when going forward with your music you may find the number of inputs/outputs unsatisfactory.

Overall good product, nothing feels cheap on it.

PERFECT !

AMAZING PRODUCTS FROM THE BEST SELLER!

Amazing!

You can't go wrong with this one!

Pros:

*It's very easy to set up;

*build quality is excellent, knobs tweak smoothly, the unit feels really sturdy

*Audio quality is really good as well.

Cons: I can't think of any so none

In my opinion, it's definitely worth a buy.

A Good interface for the price

I got this soundcard to set up as a secondary system for when i travel.

I needed a soundcard that can handle low latency for guitar playing with plugins and idea tracking. As it turns out, the good thing about this sound card it has Zero latency, so it does the job very well. The setup of the soundcard is just a little bit more complicated (but nothing to worry about) compared to other systems I've used. Also, compared to my Scarlet 6i6, the imput preamp quality is not the best, judging from the guitar sound. But as i said, it gets the job done, and it's by far the cheapest soundcard i've encountered to handle zero latency. I'd reccomend it to anyone looking for a good priced solution with a quality soundcard, but not for professional use.

Great audio interface

I am using it now for 5 years and still works perfect. The recorded sounds are awesome, sometimes i record in mono, sometimes stereo. Its very versitile and have more than enough inputs. Latency is normal and works like charm. Doesnt change the sound, very natural and very good for acoustic guitar. I would recommend it to anyone for home use.

built like a tank

I use this interface to practice and improve my music editing skills and it does the job very well, the included software makes sure every penny you spend on this product will worth it. also you get a great discount if you'd like to upgrade your software to Cubase 10 Elements. This device futures DSP which I couldn't find at any other usb interface at this price range. it can be very useful when you're using any software that requires good amount of cpu and memory work because this feature lets the usb interface to process many things before even sending signals to your computer which also lets latency free monitoring. build is very nice, you can tell that this thing can endure hard conditions as soon as you take one in your hands.

It does the job very well. I own a previous model of Steinberg (the C1) and i think it has the best price per value .

Pros:

Very practical since you can use any midi controller with it and for me its very useful when hooking a synth's sequencer with it.

4 inputs

comes with cubase AI which does the job for starters.

sturdy metal encase.

nice DACs.

Cons:

Not really a con , but i use it with a pair of HS7s and to me it doesn't seem to have a good gain on the output.

Good product

I bought this because it, as it name, have 4 analog inputs (2 mic pre) and 2 outputs. The mic pre are decent, driver is stable(on a mac with logic pro), latency not too bad, and low noise. I love the knobs on the front that allows me to control volume/gain of both mic pre, main out and headphone out separately.

Build is like a tank, cool and strong aluminium casing. It is inexpensive and certainly does a good job for what I've paid for.

Great

Four inputs, it's a great thing of this device, it's a pity none of them is for stereo jacks

It works perfectly

I am currently using it with Korg Minilogue synthesizer for recording purposes. It was really easy to setup. The build quality is great, it feels sturdy. It comes with Cubase AI software sequencer which is a plus.

Price/Performance Unit

I like its preamps and converters clarity. But headphone output power is low; I turned headphone volume potans to max, but it can't feed my dt770 (80ohm) is loudly. But its converters are very clarity for this price. But I recommend Audient id14 more than ur242...

Professional interface in small box

I needed interface to replace my old M-Audio FastTrack mk2.

I was looking for something with Hi-Z input, MIDI in-out, phantom power & Line-in to get signal from my mixer to PC.

Steinberg UR242 was the best offer at that moment + it was new.

I bought it and it became heart of my home studio setup.

Build quality is amazing - built like a tank. Knobs, buttons, ports - everything is well-built.

Latency is minimal, inputs are not noisy. Cool built-in effects & monitoring possibilities.

I have recording guitars, synths, vocals - everything sounds like it should sound.

First thing that is not that great - Hi-Z input. I would advice to get DI-BOX for guitar recording, because native Hi-Z input sounds muddy every time on any guitar.

Second thing - headphone output is not independent. It has same signal that goes to speakers, but with separate volume knob. If you are DJ - this is not what you need, there is no possibility to cue something in headphones.

Coolest thing - you don't need computer to run it. It has its own DSP processor inside & it could be configured once using software & used like independent mixer without computer.