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.

Amazing little interface for the price. I picked up the UM2 to drive an inexpensive XLR condenser mic, and it works great. Its pretty no frills, but you can't go wrong for the price. Behringer did a nice job with the DAC's and they are very clean and noise free for me. I did see a subtle difference with the website driver vs the generic Windows installed driver but I didn't use any of the other software. Dual input is a bonus at this price, even with the single XLR and 1/4 TRS input jack, they are driven with independent GAIN settings. The next one up offers some extra features like a pad feature and an improved MIDAS preamp, but honestly the little UM2 sounds just fine for my needs, it is pretty on part with some more expensive ones out on the market, and I'd be hard pressed to no choose that over a little USB mixer board for the $70-100 price point of some of the others. It depends on what you want though, if you have 1-2 inputs and you don't care about compressors and all that fancy stuff or just need a no frills clean interface than this works great. Computer sound can be pumped out the outputs (RCA and 1/4 TRS), and mixed with a monitor button. The monitor blend button does quiet the output somewhat but it lets you hear the inputs overlaid with he audio. The indicators are small but nice to have, good to see some signal activity and clipping. The only cons that I have are that the USB input is driven with a single mixed channel input, so if your looking for virtual interfaces, eh you won't find it at this price point.

Channel 1 seems to work great and I have recorded several songs using this but channel 2 doesn't seem to work at all. Other than that it seems to be an ok interface.

I was struggling to get good audio into my PC... noise and RF interference even with good filters just never gave me the audio I knew I could get from my ribbon velocity mics. Tried various sound cards over the years, even bought the 8 channel Beringer 1204 USB model where (for different reasons) I still struggled to get the sound I wanted. Out of desperation and frustration with hours of research and years of dust collecting in the studio, I took a chance on this guy, fully preparing to regret a second beringer purchase. To my amazement, plug & play this little box gave me near perfect audio from the first test. No bells or whistles.. but also no noise and a clean punchy gain control with default driver settings. I was able to use this little box to troubleshoot the (ASIO driver) issue I was having with my 1204, (recording level needs boosted to 88 on the driver tab, and sliders need to go +5db with gain at 3:00 for my Sure and RCA mics).. not ideal, but happy to have my mixer back in the mix) - this little guy will be my go-to mobile interface and back-up unit. Super happy with its design, performance, and price point to solve an issue I've been fighting for years. Would buy again.

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.

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.

Yes this is my only experience of a usb audio interface but to my semi trained ears, it sounds great and does everything I want it to. Zero excess noise, super easy to set up and use and gives a lovely clean and consistent signal.

Llevaba bastante tiempo dándole vueltas al tema de hacer grabaciones de vídeos musicales con buena calidad de sonido, y no me decidía por ningún dispositivo. No sabía si comprar una mesa pequeña o una tarjeta de sonido, hasta que finalmente encontré un vídeo en YouTube donde hablaban de la Behringer UM2. Se podía conectar un micro y la guitarra así que, viendo lo que vale, me la compré por probar. Después de un par de semanas, tengo que decir que es una pasada. Graba con una calidad bastante buena, ya no tenéis excusa para no producir vuestra propia música con una calidad excelente. A continuación, os voy a poner las dudas que me surgieron antes de comprarla y mi posterior experiencia, por si os sirve de ayuda. - ¿Se pueden grabar guitarra y voz a la vez? Sí. Además cada registro entraría por canales diferentes, por lo que luego se pueden editar de forma independiente. - ¿Vale cualquier micro? Sí, tanto dinámico como de condensador. Además, lleva incorporado el PHANTOM, por lo que si tenéis un micro de condensador no necesitaréis comprarlo aparte. - ¿Hay problemas de latencia? No. Y esto bajo mi punto de vista es muy importante, hay tarjetas de sonido en las que empiezas a grabar sobre una pista, y al final la latencia hace que quede todo descuadrado. Es decir, que no sirven para grabar. En este caso puedes escuchar una pista que hayas grabado previamente mientras grabas otra nueva. - ¿Funciona bien el monitor? Perfectamente. Conectando unos auriculares, puedes oírte en todo momento de forma nítida mientras tocas. - ¿Cómo suenan los instrumentos y las voces? Yo hasta ahora he probado voces, guitarra acústica, española, eléctrica y ukelele. Todo suena bastante bien, no entra prácticamente ruido. Ya depende del tratamiento que le deis después a la grabación. - ¿Cómo se instala? Lo ideal es que busques los drivers originales, son fáciles de encontrar por Internet. En mi caso, con WINDOWS 10, la reconocía e instalaba, pero con unos drivers genéricos, por lo que tuve que buscar los específicos. Hay tutoriales en Youtube de cómo hacerlo. En fin, muy recomendable, espero que os sirva mi opinión, aun no he terminado de exprimirla, pero hasta ahora el resultado como os digo es muy positivo.

Prior to deciding to buy the Behringer U-Phoria, we had been struggling with the Steinberg UR22 for a few years now . With the UR22, you needed to install over 10GB of software and drivers, and the jump through hoops to get your account which is only allowed to run on a single machine, and is a lot of hassle to set up. Nothing so hard with the Behringer U-Phoria; we simply plugged it in to our PC, no software nor drivers required, the power LED lit up and we plugged our mic and headphones in - and it just works flawlessly. And better yet the sound quality from the U-Phoria is even better than the UR22. I can thoroughly recommend the Behringer U-Phoria. It's cheap, and very straight forward to use, with great sound quality. Sincerely get this product - it has made our lives so much easier and is my new favourite interface!

Dopo giorni di utilizzo della scheda audio BEHRINGER UPHORIA UM2 e dopo aver testato tutte le sue funzionalità posso dirvi le mie opinioni tramite questa breve recensione. 📦PACKAGING Nulla da ridire sul packaging. Semplice e completo, articolo ben imballato. All’interno è presente la scheda audio, un manuale e un cavo usb della lunghezza di 1,5 metri. ✔️PRO La scheda audio ha delle ottime finiture, le manopole della regolazione dei gain e del volume in cuffia sono molto buone e restituiscono un ottimo feedback. I driver sono facilmente reperibili e permettono un ottimo funzionamento della scheda audio (utilizzata su sistema operativo windows 11). Alimentazione Phantom 48v, necessaria per microfoni a condensatore. Doppio ingresso, XLR e jack 6,35. Spia di alimentazione power on. ❌CONTRO Nonostante esteticamente sia bella, la scheda è realizzata interamente in plastica e al tatto si percepisce questa bassa qualità, ma dal prezzo non ci si può aspettare altro. Il secondo ingresso permette di porter collegare solamente uno strumento e non un microfono secondario 📄CONSIDERAZIONI FINALI Consiglierei questa scheda audio a chi ha un budget ristretto, in quanto come rapporto qualità prezzo è davvero ottima. Uniche pecche, la scheda audio non è perfettamente in piano, infatti appoggiandola su una superficie piatta la scheda non è perfettamente a livello e “balla” leggermente. Fate attenzione alle cuffie da accoppiare a questa scheda audio, non spingetevi oltre gli 80 ohm, altrimenti perdete volume e qualità del suono (puntate a delle cuffie AKG).