Behringer U-PHORIA UM2 Audiophile 2x2 USB Audio Interface with XENYX Mic Preamplifier | for Recording Microphones and Instruments

The Behringer U-Phoria UM2 USB Audio Interface is an absolute game-changer for anyone looking to elevate their audio recording setup. I recently paired it with my Rode PodMic, and the results have been outstanding. This audio interface delivers crystal-clear sound quality, allowing the Rode PodMic to shine and capture every nuance of my voice. Whether I'm recording podcasts, voiceovers, or music, the UM2 ensures that my audio comes through with pristine clarity and accuracy. I also appreciate the ease of use and versatility of the UM2. 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 my needs. Overall, I'm extremely impressed with the Behringer U-Phoria UM2 USB Audio Interface. It's the perfect companion for the Rode PodMic, delivering professional-grade sound quality and performance at an affordable price point. If you're looking to take your audio recording to the next level, I highly recommend giving the UM2 a try.

What drivers? I didn't need a driver once. Of course, I've updated my installation of Windows (10) correctly. I suggest you do the same before continuing. A lot of people DL or buy Win10 thinking it's ready to use, but no. It actually requires updating straight away, and unless you do that by downloading the offline installer (Google it) and spending 90+ minutes actually updating the computer, you'll be in for a heck of a time with Win10 compatibility all across the board. As far as the Behringer is concerned, with an updated version of Windows (10), it worked immediately and simply. I couldn't tell you what would happen if it weren't updated, but I imagine it'd be harder. I've found that the system needs the 48V boost to be on in order to work (for me, that is; I'm pairing it with an MXL 770, which is itself exemplary.) The gain knob is terrific, the dial is actually smooth. Almost feels like the dial on a guitar amp. This feels like a unit that was constructed using every bit of its price tag. It's plastic, but that's fine. The unit has weight and sophistication. I don't understand why there is a single bad review... scratch that, it's human error. That or poorly maintained OS updating/operation. Get your Windows working and you'll be fine. I haven't played with the secondary input, or even the onboard earphone out jack. Haven't needed to. The unit makes no hum or noise. All I hear is my voice, my mouth smacking and the CPU/case fans I have yet to reconcile in my setup. Completely satisfied. I'll update this if the unit ever fails. So far, so good. P.S. I'm using my own USB cable, which is gold plated. Perhaps that's adding to the experience, perhaps it's placebo. 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. It's a standard USB... no micro, no mini, no bloody "C". It's an original USB that has the big square shape with the tapered side that looks as big as an old Apple Firewire. Don't know how or where a boost of forty-eight volts is coming from or even possible. The unit has no supplemental power. Hopefully it isn't frying my MoBo or USB port. It just seems to WORK! and I like that a lot. Glad I didn't spend more money on the Focusrite, although there may be a benefit there. For the purpose implied, this Behringer U-Phoria UM2 is perfect and the price is more than right. Go ahead and buy it, and ignore these negative plebeians, unless they have a professional reason for not liking the unit. I maintain that it's due to improper setup. Didn't notice any interference, and I'm also using a USB Logitech headset, the kind they use for phone calls at call centers. If a Logitech unit's drivers are getting along with another USB audio device, then you know you're going to be fine. Personally, I love this thing and can't speak highly enough about it... knock on wood!

I got tired of reading and looking for good DAC review for my new Sennheisers. I think it's kind of ridiculous to spend as much on your AMP/DAC stack as on your headphones. Otherwise I'd be the proud owner of a Schitt stack, or a Topping stack. This works *fine for my condenser mic on my desk. Neewer's phantom power apparatus with a U-green usb mic input actually had a way lower, nearly unnoticeable noise floor. But I returned it in favor of the Behringer because I use my mic for discord, not music, so not an issue. Unless I have it severely misconfigured, I would strongly advise not to get this for use with recording music. It's just nice to have one device instead of 3. Especially one that costs 40$. The DAC in the thing however is great. Very clean sound. No complaints. I use the RCA out to plug into an inexpensive hybrid tube amp. I should probably note that both the RCA out and 1/4in out can be used simultaneously without any noticeable change in volume or quality. If one turns the knob all the way then the amplification starts to suck. My HD650s lose alot of detail, and it introduces alot of static. It doesn't even get ear bleeding loud. I think of the knob as going from 0% to 200% rather than 0 to 100. So I put it at 45% or 90%, depending on how you look at it, or about 11:30 and let my proper amplifier's potentiometer control the degree of loudness. This is a very good solution for me and as soon as I found out that the morons at Bravo Audio used resistor strips to control the EQ, it started to sound about like what a tube driven 650 should sound like. Lastly, I emailed their tech department about why my XLR>1/4in cable didn't work with the thing, but XLR>XLR did. No response. Maybe it's out of their purview. In any case I feel pretty happy with my purchase, but if I were stuck on any of those 3 issues, or the fact that turning the Mic's input dial past 45% is just as unusable, then it wouldn't be the case. TLDR if you use your mic for your voice, and not for music, and if you have proper amplification for more power hungry headphones, then this is a great buy for 40$. If your use case extends much beyond mine, then move on.

I've been a professional recording engineer for 30 years.I wanted a small, portable interface to carry around the studio to various computers, and to serve as an emergency backup for my 8-channel audio interface. In my opinion, the Behringer UM2 sounds very clean, comparable to more expensive interfaces, but only when the audio drivers and Windows sound settings are set up correctly. In spite of Behringer recommending the ASIO4ALL driver, I could not get ASIO to recognize the UM2 with any of my audio programs. However, MME, Wave Out,and Direct Sound drivers worked with the UM2. In some DAWs, the WDM driver worked too. Some versions of Audacity do not show the audio driver but they recognize the UM2 anyway. When you use those drivers, the Windows Sound Settings have to be set just right. If you set the Windows mic gain to 100%, the recording level is much higher than the UM2 signal LEDS show. Even setting the UM2 to minimum gain results in distorted or noisy recordings with digital clock noise.. But if you set the Windows mic gain to 50% to 60%, the DAW recording level and the UM2 signal LEDS correlate better and the recording is very clean. Here's how to set the mic gain. In the Windows Search bar, type Settings. Then select System > Sound, and set the Output device to Speakers (USB Audio CODEC). Set the Input device to Microphone (USB Audio CODEC). Click Device Properties. Set the microphone volume to 50% to 60%. That results in correct gain staging. The UM2 is a 2-channel device. Channel 1 is the mic or line input. Channel 2 is the instrument input. To record from a microphone, set the input device in your DAW to Left Microphone (USB Audio CODEC). To record an instrument plugged into the instrument jack, set the input device in your DAW to Right Microphone (USB Audio CODEC). To record both at once, set the input device to Stereo Microphone (USB Audio CODEC). Note that the UM2 records at 16 bits, not 24 bits, so you need to be careful in setting recording levels. I aim for -3 dB to -6 dB maximum in peak meter mode in the DAW meters. Important: Be sure that "Microphone access for this device" is ON. In Windows Settings > Privacy > Microphone, turn on "Allow apps to access your microphone". Otherrwise your DAW won't recognize your audio devices. The plastic housing of the UM2 seems very sturdy. This is not junk; it's a professional-quality device for only $49.00. Amazing.

I do a lot of teleconferencing (Jitsi Meet, Zoom, MS Teams, Webex, you name it) for work, and some streaming on the side. I'm using an XLR mic and over-the-ear headphones. This device makes an ideal audio interface for those applications. Here are the specific things I like: o- Option to directly monitor mic input through headphones. This lets me hear my own audio through a zero-lag path with no "speech jammer" effect. o- Works with stock USB audio drivers on Linux and Windows 10. Nothing to download, nothing to install. Just plug it in and it goes. o- Selectable 48V phantom power. o- Clean pre-amp. Maybe not world-class, but way better than it has any right to be at this price point. The noise floor here is not going to be your limiting factor if you're using this on a conference call or Twitch stream. o- Simple controls with clear labels. Does one job with minimal hassle or clutter. The only down sides I see are: o- I'd like linear pots (sliders) instead of rotary knobs. o- The only level indication on the device itself is a set of "signal" and "clip" lights. It would be nice to have something a little more detailed. o- It would have been nicer if the XLR combo jack were on the back rather than the front. As it is, you'll have an XLR cable sticking out of the front and a USB cable hanging from the back. This can make placement awkward, depending on your setup. All in all, a very nice product which does a great job meeting my specific needs.

High quality on a budget. Really good, Behringer ALWAYS deliver great stuff.

The product works extremely well when fully set up, but the reason it gets 3 stars from me is because Behringer supplies very little product set up support. I have had a similar issue with a Behringer USB mixing board. In my experience, if you're going for Behringer, you'll save money for products that work extremely well, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRICE, but are a pain to set up. I'll describe that more momentarily. The thing is nice and basic as far as how you plug things in. It draws power from a computer's USB port, so there are no power cords other than the included USB cable. There are two ports on the front where you can plug in either a microphone or other instrument, so you can have up to 2 instruments in use at a time (e. G. Guitar and microphone, etc.). The price is EXCELLENT, these things usually cost twice as much (or more) for the same features and number of inputs. It has a single green light per input that turns on when it pics up audio for that line, and a red light that lights up to indicate if the audio is clipping (too much volume). It has composite (good old red and white hole) audio outputs that can be wired to speakers or studio monitors. One thing I didn't know this could do is route all audio from your computer through the USB interface to said set of speakers, making it your source of all sound, which was kind of cool. There is a button to turn on "direct monitoring," which basically routes the audio from your mic straight to any connected speakers, which drops any latency or delay in audio to zero for recording or live performance purposes. Very useful for checking how your voice sounds quickly. Turning phantom power for condenser mics on and off is nice and easy with a switch on the back. All in all, a solid, simple device in those areas. It's small enough to be unobtrusive, which is my favorite thing about it. The hard part is getting the thing to actually work, and this is where it gets ugly. The included manual is not well organized and jumps languages every other page, rather than bundling all info together in the same language before moving on. The manual directs you to go to Behringer.com to download the needed device drivers, but does not tell you specifics of where to look. I found where to go (CLICK ON THE MENU BUTTON IN THE TOP LEFT AND GO TO SUPPORT. LOOK FOR YOUR MODEL NUMBER UNDER THE ALPHABETICAL PROSUCT SEARCH LIST. IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THREEISH COLUMNS TO THE TOP RIGHT. IN THIS CASE, I WAS LOOKING FOR "UM2" . FIND THE DEVICE DRIVER NEAR THE BOTTOM. FOR WINDOWS, IT SHOULD HAVE A LABEL SAYING "ASIO4ALL" SOMEWHERE. IF YOUR DAW DOES NOT ALREADY INCLUDE ASIO4ALL, DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL IT). There is a small mention that you must then open your DAW (digital audio workstation, such as Cubase, Protocols, etc.) for the device to route sound to it. I use FL Studio, which already comes with a current version of ASIO, so I learned too late I did not even need to seek out the driver. Another problem here is that Behringer does not provide any guidance on setting up ASIO4ALL after installation. Though ASIO does come with a manual, it would be nice to have a hand to hold for this part. It took me nearly an hour of troubleshooting to finally get the thing to not only output sound, but to actually receive input audio from my mic at the same time. That is way too much headache with too little support. My title line says it all: the device works great and does what I need it to do, but it is very confusing to get it all working.

I'm just getting my feet wet with running guitar into computer and iPad. I was initially unimpressed because I didn't know that the headphone output on this was the processed signal, thought it was just the dry input amplified. THAT WAS DUMB! Tons of latency running through Mac Mini because I was doing it wrong!!! I'm new at this, not in my wildest dreams did I think the USB would be a 2-way connection. Anyway, after figuring THAT out, the latency issue is resolved with the Mac Mini and it's fantastic!!! I don't have any noise issues except for the fact that when you run high-gain amp models and effects you will, of course, have noise from those. I have an old iPad Air 2 that wasn't getting any use so I tried hooking this up to it. After a failed attempt with a knockoff Lightning>USB connector I bought the official Apple with Lightning out, Lightning IN, and a USB3 plug. Hook the UM2 into a powered USB hum and then into the Apple adapter. Works like magic! Yeah, you can buy "better" A/D interfaces, but unless you're making great money with this tool it might be better to use that money on software or other hardware. Again, I'm nobody, just playing guitar in my house and occasionally at a friends house. Maybe you need a metal case cuz it's getting knocked around, or maybe you're laying down sick tracks for some collaboration. I suppose if you were in an environment with a lot of RF interference a metal case might help. Yes it's a budget brand, but budget doesn't equal unusable, and in this case I'm thrilled with the performance. You can easily find other reviews/opinions with clickbait utube thumbnails saying "Don't buy this!" or similar, but that seems to be true of all products nowadays. All the functions work as they should, no issues to report besides user error.

Ich habe mir dieses Audio Interface gekauft um ein XLR Mikro an einen PC anschließen zu können. Was soll ich sagen, ich bin begeistert. Für diese Anwendung ist das U-Phoria von Behringer einfach perfekt geeignet. Die Speisung erfolgt direkt über den USB Anschluss und funktioniert einwandfrei, die Tonqualität ist super und ich bin begeistert das alles Plug'n'play funktioniert hat. Das Behringer U-Phoria wird als "USB Audio CODEC" unter Windows 11 ohne weiteren Treiber erkannt und ist sofort benutzbar. Die Standard Windows 11 Treiber ermöglichen auch die Ausgabe von Ton über das Interface, so das alle Ausgänge des Interface genutzt werden können. So kann man eine komplexe Anlage erstellen, selbst mit nur einem XLR und einem Klinken Anschluss. Klar die Verarbeitung wirkt nun etwas billig und man findet Produktionsreste und Nähte auf den Drehschaltern, aber das ist wohl in diesem Segment kein Problem. Immerhin ist es das günstigste Audio Interface das ich gefunden habe, da beschwere ich mich nicht das ich keine Knöpfe aus gebürstetem Aluminium bekomme. Ich will das Teil nichtmehr missen müssen, ich würde es Jederzeit wieder kaufen.

Excelente Audio llego en tiempo y forma, lo recomiendo a muy buen precio

LE POURQUOI DU COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------- Voilà : one's uppon a time, j'avais un mini-PC sur ma sono qui me servait - et me sert encore , mais en mieux maintenant ! - pour le streaming audio. Et c'est pas pour fayoter, mais AMAZON Music est une bibliothèque sans fin pour ça, avec de la HD, de l'UHD et un nombre de titres incroyable. Ce qui est bien avec ce mini-PC, c'est que je peux prendre la main dessus par plein de moyens, dont une radiocommande clavier/souris, AnyDesk, etc. Il est relié à lui seul sur 2 entrées de ma table de mix principale. Seulement, j'avais une carte son assez pourritte... Du dépannage qui commençait à un peu trop durer. Et comme je mélange ça avec dans un ensemble son/DAW, et des cartes comme Steinberg et PreSonus ça faisait désordre. J'ai donc opté pour cette carte pas chère du tout de chez Behringer (j'ai déjà du matériel de cette marque, éléments de sono, synthés). LE RESULTAT DES COURSES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pour 32€ je me trouve avec un streaming audio qui n'a plus rien à voir ! Et encore, je n'exploiterai même pas les entrées de la carte... Elle est donc carrément sous-utilisée, mais bon. Je vous laisse regarder les photos et les vidéos (le son n'est pas mixé, désolé, c'est celui du téléphone, pas le temps pour ça). Mais croyez-moi, c'est du tonnerre ! Niveau installation : rien à faire du tout. Et surtout, le lecteur AMAZON Music ne s'arrête même plus en cas de débranchement de l'USB ! Ce n'était pas le cas avec mon ancienne "carte son". Pour recâbler proprement : hop! Je coupe. Hop! Je remets, aucun soucis niveau Windows (10 Pro). Vous remarquerez que j'ai doublé les sortie L/R. En effet, une paire va sur la table de mixage, l'autre directement sur les entrées de la Steinberg de mon PC DAW (un mini-PC de gamer, faut ça pour la MAO). J'ai un sélecteur qui permet de swaper mix/direct pour les prises de son/échantillonnages. J'ai en plus, gagné un des ces gains par rapport à l'autre carte !!! Et ce son, clair, puissant, qui claque comme il faut dans mes AYRA PRO 6 :-D (réglées au neutre je précise). Eh ! Allez-y franchement ! Pour 30€ j'ai vite abandonné l'idée chinoise, si vous voyez ce que je veux dire ;) Commandée hier, testé et approuvée cet après-midi ! Que demander de plus ? Dommage, on ne peut uploader qu'une seule vidéo ici, mais bon, cela vous donnera une idée.

Is zeer moeilijk om nu nog de beste drivers voor te vinden in windows 11 en werkt van geen kanten.

This is exactly what I need as I purchase a AT2020 overhead mic. Both works together seamlessly. The packaging was good the delivery was acceptable.