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For a bedroom/small studio producer or podcaster this little beast will absolutely kill it.. Behringer is the most aggressive audio company on the market.. You get a ton of value for a budget price.. A must buy!
I have been using a mackie 24/96 for 18 years. I bought this unit for my house computer setup. It works great with ubuntu studio.
frankly, it is mostly used as a bad ass sound card that I can output to a variety of speakers.
It does record nicely with no problems, and is east to set up recording situations for overdubbing and such.
This audio interface worked great at first. It's affordable, the audio quality was fine--everything seemed great. But then one day, about a year after buying it, it broke without explanation. I tried to contact customer support, but as far as I can tell they are literally uncontactable. Their online support is through a third-party, and you have to create a "care ticket," but the website DOES NOT LET YOU SUBMIT A SUPPORT TICKET. When you press submit it just shows a loading button that never goes away. I've tried this on multiple browsers on multiple computers. I've also tried contacting them via twitter. No facebook contact option. They no longer have a customer support phone number either, or an email address listed.
If anyone has a way of reaching them, please let me know. I've been trying for weeks...
Many people claim that Scarlett "sounds better" than Behringer. I saw a lot of Youtube videos doing unscientific things like playing two different takes into the two different pre-amps and then people comment "oh, the Scarlett sounds a bit more warm" or "oh, I can totally hear the Scarlett sounds a bit more detailed". How do they know these subtle differences weren't because of variation in technique or mic placement? (Hint: They don't). It's actually scary how quickly people will put aside critical thinking faculties and just accept that whatever is being compared is the cause of all those differences in sound.
So I did what I've never seen any Youtube video do: An actual scientific comparison between the two, using an XLR splitter thereby feeding the exact same signal from one mic into two different pre-amps. I don't know why no one ever did it this way before, but I presume it's because they know there'd be no difference and hence generate less views.
Please note I am not allowed to link to the actual comparison sounds because if I do, amazon will delete my review. However, anyone interested in actually scientifically comparing two different interfaces should use the following method: Use an XLR splitter from the *same* microphone into the two different interfaces, level match them, and do a blind test.
What learned is that in this day and age, the only way a more expensive pre-amp could "improve" the sound is by changing it in some way, like adding vintage distortion. If all you need to do is amplify the signal from your mic and keep the original signal unaltered, you no longer need to worry about what pre-amp you're getting, because pretty much any of them will do the job perfectly.
P.S. the product I compared was the 404HD. I saw a Youtube video of a comparison with the single-input Behringer and it did sound legitimately worse than another interface. One possibility is that the single-input Behringer really does have bad sound quality but the ones labeled HD are virtually indistinguishable from more expensive pre-amps.
Have some success with a podcast so the studio undergoes major upgrades including a new PC. Decided to continue using the UMC404HD. This was the biggest mistake I've made. The drivers refused to install the first six times I tried to install. The PDF documentation instructions state you are to unplug the device, then install. The YouTube tutorial tells you to connect the device to install.
I am finally able to get the drivers to install and now I have IN 1-2 and IN 3-4 instead of Line. This means I can only record two channels at once since in all DAWs I am forced to choose which two inputs I'd like since they've been split. Reinstalled the drivers, same issue repeatedly. I have a Behringer UMC1820 installed in a Gator case that still works with my laptop that I may need to rip out and install in the studio, but I'll probably see all of those channels broken down into pairings as well.
Searched the internet high and low. Plenty of people with the exact same problem. Absolutely no support or solution. I went to Behringer's website in hopes of support, but I have been redirected to an outsourced company called Music Tribe which makes me build a "profile" and "join a tribe" before I can even click "Support" to try and get assistance, and of course I have to submit a ticket and hope to God they get back to me before my next recording session.
Some of the worst customer service I've ever seen in my life and absolutely the least accessible. I should have upgraded the audio interface with the rest of the studio as this does not seem to play well with professional equipment.
TLDR; constant driver issues, 4 channels split into pairs so only 2 are usable at once. Product not operating as advertised. Avoid at all costs.
I have some more playing around to do but overall the product performs as advertised post the new drivers. I give it 4 stars because the manual is pretty poor and required a fair amount of effort to get it to work properly. Now that it does, I believe it meets the need.
1. When I first connected my mics and did a sound test : nothing! It didn't get any signal coming through. After 30 mins of troubleshooting I realized that my mics need power and you have to turn on the 48v toggle switch at the back to get the power supplied to the mic. The indicator light turned on in the front and success!! Rookie mistake I know, but just double check this if you are in the same situation.
2. Now onto more serious problem that I faced. All the drives from Behringer for Windows 10 will *not* allow you to record 4 channels simultaneously. It will give you options to record either 1-2 or 3-4. In this setup you can only use two mics and record them into a stereo track (panned left and right) and then split them into two mono tracks. But this defeats the purpose of buying this 4 channel audio interface. I have tried driver version 4.59 (new) and 2.29 (old) and both had the same problem. After lots of research online, it looks like only an ASIO drive can do this 4 channel recording which is supported of the box for Mac and Linux but not Windows. There is an alternative, ASIOAll is a universal driver that works for Windows. After I downloaded (search for ASIOAll) and installed it, in Audacity (Edit->Preferences>Devices) select Windows WASAPI for Host; Microphone (UMC404HD 192K) as the Device and then you will see that there is an option of 4 under Channel. When you select 4 channel this will do the trick. After that, when you hit record button, Audacity will create 4 new tracks and start recording 4 channels into these 4 tracks simultaneously.
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The interface died. Just lights up in places that it shouldn't and Mac can't see it anymore. Was really good while it worked but is now worthless. Lasted 6 months. Will buy again or spend a little more for another brand. This interface was really nice while it worked, again.
Latency:
I don't see much change in regards to latency, maybe slightly better..
Volume level:
The UMC takes a HUGE hit here. It should produce the same "Line level" volume as any other device. It doesn't. Luckily for me, I have a Yamaha mixer that I was able to put into the mix to get the volume issue corrected. Without that, I was producing around 50% of the output volume to my PA system.
Sound quality:
With all of the right settings in all the right places, this things sounds pretty great. I wish I had the time or money to compare other modern units in this class... That said, I'm not returning it to try something else. I could. I just don't see a reason to. I'm happy with it.
I took the unit out of the box, plugged it in, fired up Reaper on the Mac, and was recording in minutes. Apple Audio/MIDI setup saw the unit and all four ins and outs. Then in Reaper, dropped some tracks, assigned the ins, hit record and flawless performance for four hours of recording. I have to mess with the volumes some more to get it all worked out, but overall blown away.
Clean gain, great MIDAS preamps, excellent knobs and build quality, and a great selection of ports for instruments, XLR microphones, and whatever else you might need.






