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Brand | Behringer |
Compatible Devices | Personal Computer |
Supported Software | Tracktion 4 |
Connectivity Technology | USB, XLR, xlr |
Number of Channels | 2 |
About this item
- 2-channel USB Audio Interface with 1 XENYX Preamp
- Instrument Input
- Phantom Power
- 48kHz
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Product information
Item Weight | 9.2 ounces |
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Product Dimensions | 6.3 x 8.27 x 3.54 inches |
Country of Origin | China |
ASIN | B00EK1OTZC |
Item model number | UM2 |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #561 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #5 in Computer Recording Audio Interfaces |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | August 2, 2013 |
Body Material | Composite |
Color Name | Black |
Compatible Devices | Personal Computer |
Connector Type | 1x XLR/TRS; 1x 1/4"; 2x RCA; USB |
Hardware Interface | USB 2.0 |
Supported Software | Tracktion 4 |
Material Type | Composite |
Size | 1-Channel |
Operating System | Mac OS X, Windows XP or later |
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Product Description
When it’s time to make recording history, you need the best audio interface you can get – and you need one you can count on. That’s why we’re kicking it up a notch with the amazing UM2, an ultra-compact 2x2, 48 kHz USB interface with a studio-grade XENYX mic preamp, combination XLR/ TRS input for your vocal or line input and an additional ¼" Instrument input (no DI box required). The rich feature set, which also boasts a powerful phones output for direct monitoring of your session, plus 2 outputs and USB-supplied power makes the UM2 the best, and most-portable recording interface in its class!
From the manufacturer
UM2
Audiophile 2x2 USB Audio Interface with XENYX Mic Preamplifier
- 2x2 USB audio interface for recording microphones and instruments
- Audiophile 48 kHz resolution for professional audio quality
- State-of-the-art, +48 V-powered XENYX Mic Preamp comparable to stand-alone boutique preamps
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Compose. Record. Mix. Share.Tracktion is one of the world’s fastest and easiest Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) for composing, recording, editing, mixing and sharing your music with the world. Featuring a single-screen interface, and pushing the envelope in design elegance, Tracktion brings together outstanding Pro DAW features, such as dynamic automation, unlimited track count, MIDI recording and support for VST and AU plug-ins. This powerful music production software gives you all the tools of an entire professional-grade recording studio. Learning a DAW has never been easier, thanks to their vast and readily available library of resources. |
Seamless Integration with Popular DAWsThe ultra-compact UM2 is totally compatible with virtually all popular recording software including Avid Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Steinberg Cubase, etc., so you can record tracks directly into you favorite computer-based DAW – and mix and master to your heart’s content. |
Sonically Superior Mic PreampsThe studio-grade XENYX Mic Preamp used in the UM2, has been praised by audio engineers all over the world for its hug-headroom, low-noise operation. These state-of-the-art mic pres represent a major step in the evolution of audio technology – and they can easily hold their own, even when compared to the most expensive stand-alone mic preamps. XENYX preamps offer a staggering 130 dB of dynamic range, with a bandwidth that extends from below 10 Hz to well above 200 kHz. Armed with these outstanding mic preamps, the UM2 provides such transparent, crystal-clear performance you just might think someone upgraded your mics while you weren’t looking. |
Convenient MonitoringThe UM2 Mix control allows direct monitor select, which means musicians can experience their performance clearly – resulting in a better performance and recording. With its powerful Phones Output, Direct Monitor Level control, Status and Signal Clip LEDs, plus USB-supplied power – the UM2 is ready to go wherever you go. |
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Getting ConnectedOn the UM2’s front panel you’ll find the a combination jacks that accept balanced XLR, ¼ " TRS and unbalanced ¼ " TR connections along with a ¼ " TRS. The rear panel is home to the +48 V phantom power switch, a USB 2.0 port for simple and easy connection to your computer and power, plus RCA playback options for direct connection to studio monitors. It just doesn’t get any easier than this! |
Free Would Be Nice!Because you’ll want to take full advantage of the UM2’s recording and podcasting potential, we’ve included a download for all the software you’ll need for audio recording, editing and even podcasting – all free of charge and downloadable from behringer.com. You’ll be ready to go live on your PC or Mac right out of the box! We’ve also provided a free download of more than 150 virtual instruments and FX plug-ins – turning your computer into a powerful home-based or mobile recording studio from input to output. |
Recording the Next Big HitThe amazing UM2 ultra-compact 2 x 2, 24-Bit/48 kHz USB audio interface allows you to record the perfect vocal or instrument tracks directly to your computer, thanks to the XENYX Mic Preamp with +48 Volt phantom power for condenser microphones – and studio-grade 48 kHz converter for superb sound quality. Whether you’re a singer-songwriter, producer on the go, or just need a rock-solid interface for running backing tracks at the gig, the ultra-dependable U-PHORIA UM2 will help you shine in the digital domain. |
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Sold By | Amazon.com | CIMA Inc. | XTUGA E-COMMERCE | Strich Direct | nuosiya | nuosiya |
number of channels | 2 | 2 | 16 | — | 2 | 2 |
hardware interface | usb2.0 | — | usb | usb2.0 | usb c, usb2.0 a, usb2.0 b, built in flash memory, 1 4 inch audio, 3 5 mm audio | usb c, usb2.0 a, usb2.0 b, built in flash memory, 1 4 inch audio, 3 5 mm audio |
connectivity tech | USB, XLR, xlr | USB | USB | USB | TSR、XLR、TS | TSR、XLR、TS |
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Customers like the performance of the audio midi interface. They say it works extremely well when fully set up, is thrilled with the performance, and works just fine. Some mention that it works well with the iPad and garageband, and that it plays well with their studio monitors and headphones. It also works incredibly for desktop recording, streaming, and voice chat, and does a great job meeting their specific needs. Overall, customers are happy with the quality and performance of this product.
"...No problem, no conflicts. This is on Windows 7. Make sure you're up to date on windows updates, and read the release notes for the driver thoroughly...." Read more
"...Installing it worked fine, but afterwards, when I added Audacity, it no longer worked so I merely deleted the driver and started over..." Read more
"...It's so simple and works flawlessly. I read some reviews about driver issues, and since I'm an old school PC nerd, I wasn't afraid...." Read more
"...is concerned, with an updated version of Windows (10), it worked immediately and simply...." Read more
Customers like the value of the audio midi interface. They say it is a fantastic little unit for the price. The dual input is able to provide more inputs than the single XLR and 1/4 TRS input jack. Overall, customers are satisfied with the value and quality of the product.
"...After much research, I nabbed a Behringer UMC404HD. The price was cheap enough to be worth the gamble; I've used Behringer things a few times in the..." Read more
"This unit is reasonably priced and allowed me to connect two condenser mics to my Win10 PC and (along with Audacity DAW), record two panned channels..." Read more
"...implied, this Behringer U-Phoria UM2 is perfect and the price is more than right...." Read more
"...Get one. They are cheap." Read more
Customers find the audio midi interface easy to setup. They mention it's simple, intuitive, and plug-and-play. They say there's no need for a manual and the website is easy to navigate.
"...It's quick and easy, but it's too stripped and just not an interface I find comfortable...." Read more
"...It's so simple and works flawlessly. I read some reviews about driver issues, and since I'm an old school PC nerd, I wasn't afraid...." Read more
"...and the build quality makes my pocket book smile and the ease of use and functionality makes my workflow smile...the fact that its easily portable..." Read more
"...With its plug-and-play functionality, I was up and running in no time, and the intuitive controls make it easy to adjust levels and settings to suit..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the audio midi interface. They mention that it is amazing, reliable, and has a clear and intuitive control panel. The features are thoughtfully chosen, and the controls are simple with clear labels. The audio interface is plug and play, and is perfect for connecting monitors and mixing on the go. The USB interface eases the use of virtual amps.
"...And then this freakin' thing came along. Oh my god, this interface is amazing...." Read more
"...All the controls are self explanatory so no need for a manual (which is good, because what comes with it is minimal).-..." Read more
"The device works as expected, looks new, has functional volume controls, comes in its box but I saw some scratches at the front part of the device...." Read more
"Great interface, especially for the money. BUT - I wish it had separate output volume for monitors and headphones." Read more
Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the audio midi interface. Some mention that it has a nice clear sound, not lacking in body. They also say that the volume control and sound quality are better than expected for an audio interface. However, others say that there's hissing in the audio, the inputs are noisier than they would have liked, and gain results in distorted or noisy recordings with digital clock noise.
"...Audio quality is fine. I'm not an audiophile and I'm not using this for professional recording and it suits my needs for now...." Read more
"...A nice clear sound, not lacking in body, and doesn't have any of the harshness I've encountered with other Behringer products of the past...." Read more
"...Unfortunately it is not in terms of audio quality. It is definitely perceptively better, but not double the price better...." Read more
"...The mic (a Shure SM57) sounded very clean. Considering nylon string classical guitar is not the simplest thing to record, I was fairly pleased...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the audio midi interface. Some mention that the build quality makes their pocket book smile, it's a solid, simple device, and the knobs are fairly sturdy. However, others say that it'd be easy to damage and that the right drivers are not available anymore.
"...of a $99 interface with this much packed into it, but overall construction seems solid and I've had no feelings about it being too delicate to carry..." Read more
"...There are a couple of things that will break the driver due to missing updates or non-default group policy...." Read more
"...In either case, the cable the unit comes with is amply long and looks pretty solid. Not even thin, like what HP gives you with their printers...." Read more
"...is now my favorite converter because, well...the price and the build quality makes my pocket book smile and the ease of use and functionality makes..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the latency of the audio midi interface. Some mention that it works well with low latency, USB latency is low, and remains constant. They also say it's easy to set up and has no audible latency. However, other customers say that it takes too long to get ready and has a low clip rate.
"Excellent Seller, fast shipping!! Product as advertised, what more could you ask for!!??" Read more
"...There are no latency issues, and the sound is coming through both speakers with stereo effects...." Read more
"...THAT WAS DUMB! Tons of latency running through Mac Mini because I was doing it wrong!!!..." Read more
"...The Behringer website is easy to navigate and the download was quick and painless.)..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the audio interface. Some mention it works to record audio from your bass or guitar, while others say that it picks up every sound. The sound is fine, but not on great mic preamp level. Some say that the interface has balanced outputs, while other say that they lost audio output.
"...using the ASIO drivers in Reaper and Tracktion, but it did NOT work well with Audition at all...." Read more
"...I am able to record 8 mics at once, using Sm57's type of mic.Here is the hub I have..." Read more
"...Until yesterday, when I lost audio output. I tried everything, step by step -- rebooting, cables, etc...." Read more
"...The microphone input has more gain, though, and if I set it high enough the audio starts clipping...." Read more
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Sound quality is great. I'd say the quality of the conversion beats my M-Audio card (which was originally at least 6x the price!). I'm going to chalk this up to improvements in technology over the years, and it really makes the Delta show its age. A nice clear sound, not lacking in body, and doesn't have any of the harshness I've encountered with other Behringer products of the past. I'm not going to say it's "warm" sounding at all, but it really doesn't need to be, honestly. It's just a solid clear sound with a minimum of any noticeable hype or color. Behringer's parent company recently bought Midas, and the UMC404 claims to have the same mic preamps as used in the high end Midas consoles. Which model of console is anyone's guess, and it's really more just an excuse to stick the name on there to play off the reputation of the name (though, Midas is a big name in live FOH consoles, not really anything to do with recording consoles). But whatever, the mic preamps do sound good. Noise isn't too bad - recording piano with some dynamic mics didn't get any bad noise issues. It will get a bit hissy if you have to max the gain out, but there are few situations where I see that happening, and if you really need lowest noise, you can always use a nicer external preamp and patch into the line inputs. The inserts included on each input is a nice touch! You can easily patch a compressor after the mic input - which is good news for tracking vocals. This is an extremely helpful feature that most other interfaces neglect.
One complaint about the mic preamps: they don't work well with low-output ribbon mics. I tried it with my Cascade Fat Head II and it was a no-go. Not enough clean gain available. Had to max it out to get any signal and at that point the noise was too much. Ribbon users would need something like a Cloud Lifter or other external preamp to be able to use them with the UMC. Too bad, but that's really not a huge letdown considering the price and how well the unit performs otherwise.
Control panel for the drivers is very spartan, but it does enough to tell you what's going on and make a few adjustments. People like me who are used to the luxury of an onboard DSP zero latency monitor mixer (like the Delta has) will be a little disappointed by the lack of monitor adjustment with the simple analog input monitoring on the box itself, but it's still work-able, just a bit unusual to lack a separate control for monitor mixing. But considering the price and general sound quality, this isn't really a complaint.
As far as how well it plays with software, I've tried this with Adobe Audition, Reaper, and Tracktion. It works just fine doing multitrack using the ASIO drivers in Reaper and Tracktion, but it did NOT work well with Audition at all. Attempting to use the ASIO drivers to do a multitrack recording in Audition caused Audition to crash. Multitracking in Audition doesn't seem to work at all with this, even when switching to the MME or WASAPI drivers. I'm blaming this on Audition because Adobe sucks. Tracktion was billed as "included" software, but it wasn't actually in the box with it, and when I registered the product with Behringer to get my "free" download code, I have yet to get any reply from them. There's a free version of Tracktion available and that's probably what they're talking about. Behringer pulled this crap before by including the freeware Audacity with interfaces and billing it as some great deal of included software (and Audacity sucks, BTW). Tried messing with Tracktion a bit, but really not a fan of the workflow. It's quick and easy, but it's too stripped and just not an interface I find comfortable. Reaper gave the best results for multitracking on the laptop, and then I used Audition for editing/mastering the final mix. My main software on desktop is Samplitude Pro X, but I haven't plugged the Behringer into my desktop yet. The laptop is running Win10, so good news for Win10 users that the drivers seem to work fine with it.
Haven't tested the MIDI yet, and therefore haven't used any realtime softsynths with it, so I can't make any judgment about the latency. The control panel gives you some control over this, so I'm sure I could probably get it to where it feels good for realtime synth. But as this is being used almost exclusively for recording, low latency is really not on my list of needs.
Time will tell about the long-term reliability of a $99 interface with this much packed into it, but overall construction seems solid and I've had no feelings about it being too delicate to carry around in my backpack. Should hold up well to regular mobile use.
Giving something like this 5 stars seems excessive, because there's certainly better out there. But at this price? Not even close! In the very crowded world of sub-$200 audio interfaces, I will put the UMC404HD up there as a clear winner.
So my experience with this so far:
Set it up with some audio sources to the inputs, verified they were routing through to the headphone output, made sure I understood how to use the controls associated with this basic mode of operation. All good. Tested it with a CD player, a guitar (through an effects box), and a microphone. Phantom power is good, but it's all-or-nothing for all four inputs so watch out for that if you are using mixed microphones.
Downloaded the UMC driver from Behringer and installed it. No problem, no conflicts. This is on Windows 7. Make sure you're up to date on windows updates, and read the release notes for the driver thoroughly. There are a couple of things that will break the driver due to missing updates or non-default group policy. It's all spelled out in the release notes. This alone probably accounts for half of the "didn't work with my computer" problems.
After installing the drivers I connected the device to the computer for the first time. It was recognized and appeared in the driver's on-screen device list/manager window. This is a nice feature of the driver. You can't do a ton of stuff with it but at least you can see what's connected and you can do some basic configuration.
Next thing I did was start my DAW. I'm using the current (free) version of Cake Walk by BandLab. I figured it would see the new audio device and ask me if I wanted to switch my input and output assignments to this device. What it actually did was blue screen the computer! And it was not a fluke. Totally repeatable, as long as the 404's usb cable was plugged in. But it started with no problem with the 404 disconnected. Once Cake Walk was running I connected the usb from the 404 again and everything was ok. Cake walk recognized the audio devices and I switched my inputs and outputs over to it accordingly. With that step done, Cake Walk now opens and closes and opens again while the 404 is connected with no problems. I would have to say it's a toss-up between blaming the UMC driver or Cake Walk for this initial problem. It doesn't matter, it was just a transient.
So now my audio is going in and coming out of the computer. I'm really just learning Cake Walk so I'm not doing a lot of complex tests at this point. I recorded some audio off the input from the 404 and played it back through the 404 and that all worked. Audio quality is fine. I'm not an audiophile and I'm not using this for professional recording and it suits my needs for now.
A couple of negatives:
Phantom power is not individually selectable per input. Everyone will complain about this.
The headphone / monitor output on the front panel can only listen to two of the four output channels (audio coming from the computer) at once. A pushbutton on the front panel selects between outputs 1+2, or 3+4. You cannot get all four at once, and this is quite a limitation if you're not using a mixer.
Overall I'm totally happy with this so far. I have not experienced any of the complaints that I have read in other reviews. It will be interesting to see if it holds up over time.
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Como contras lo que tiene es que para configurar el sonido lo tienes que hacer desde tu PC debe estar entrada de audio interfaz codec usb y en salida la misma ademas de estar en sonido monoaural, tuve que ver varios tutoriales pero hay muchos por lo que veo que todo tiene solución, una vez que configuras el sonido en tu computadora todo esta super bien, conecto una guitarra eléctrica en la linea 2 que dice inst y la interfaz ya trae como un pre ampli que incluso hace que se oiga un reverb muy útil si no tienes pedales de fectos, distorciones o preamplificador, en la linea 1 también puedes conectarlo pero se oye muy mal ya que este esta destinado para un micrófono, tambien algo que no me agrado es que forzosamente tienes monitorearlo desde la interfaz ya que desde la PC hay bastante delay, y la salida para auriculares es de 6.35 o 1/4 ha sido un dolor de muelas encontrar unos audifonos con ese plug ya que todos tienen 3.5 mm o 1/8 y los adaptadores que compre aquí mismo en amazon no embonan bien en la entrada de 3.5 he tenido que comprar unos con esa salida exclusivamente, salvo esos detalles creo que si vale la pena no me arrepiento y puedo grabar todo desde la PC en mi caso con Audacity y OBS
Reviewed in Mexico on February 26, 2021
Como contras lo que tiene es que para configurar el sonido lo tienes que hacer desde tu PC debe estar entrada de audio interfaz codec usb y en salida la misma ademas de estar en sonido monoaural, tuve que ver varios tutoriales pero hay muchos por lo que veo que todo tiene solución, una vez que configuras el sonido en tu computadora todo esta super bien, conecto una guitarra eléctrica en la linea 2 que dice inst y la interfaz ya trae como un pre ampli que incluso hace que se oiga un reverb muy útil si no tienes pedales de fectos, distorciones o preamplificador, en la linea 1 también puedes conectarlo pero se oye muy mal ya que este esta destinado para un micrófono, tambien algo que no me agrado es que forzosamente tienes monitorearlo desde la interfaz ya que desde la PC hay bastante delay, y la salida para auriculares es de 6.35 o 1/4 ha sido un dolor de muelas encontrar unos audifonos con ese plug ya que todos tienen 3.5 mm o 1/8 y los adaptadores que compre aquí mismo en amazon no embonan bien en la entrada de 3.5 he tenido que comprar unos con esa salida exclusivamente, salvo esos detalles creo que si vale la pena no me arrepiento y puedo grabar todo desde la PC en mi caso con Audacity y OBS