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Firstly I'm really glad I bought this when I did, it's gone up in price significantly since I purchased, and I can see why. The price is still good for what you get.
I needed a 8-in 8-out interface (of course more I/O with ADAT) and I naturally looked at all the options from other makers, and because this was a secondary setup I decided to go for the cheap option.
out of the box you notice that Behringer have lifted their game in terms of construction. It's seems more than tough enough with good finishing. At this price point I don't expect pots with fastening nuts or exotic textures.
How do it sound? Very, very good indeed. I've heard some critics talk about how Behringer have just slapped the midas name on front of these products to make people think they are higher quality. I can assure you the preamps are as good as anything you'll get in the home to small project market. For instance they compare very favourably with my A+H ZED R16.It's also a noticeable step up from their Xenyx preamps (although they weren't bad at all), especially in terms of SNR. Indeed the SNR is very good and the sound is lovely and clear. I also achieved more than acceptable latency in DAW monitoring with no glitches. The first recording I made with this is one of the best sounding I've ever made, but this could be coincidental.
I tried out the ADAT with my ZED R16 out of interest and play back was fine. I found that I had glitches when recording that ended up being printed. The UMC was correctly slaved to the ZED so the glitches must be due to some other problem. I cannot blame the UMC1820 as I also tried SPDIF with a different input device and that was fine. So this is not conclusive, but I'm pretty confident with the right config the ADAT I/O will work fine and is no reflection on this unit. This kind of thing is sometimes tricky anyhow...
The provided control software is simple but effective. That suites me just fine. The only thing I had was that sometimes when turning on the PC, the UMC1820 was not recognised and needed reinstalling. i think this might be to do with USB 3.0 bus standards. However, I found that if I made sure the UMC was switched on before switching on my PC, the problem didn't occur. So I think it's mostly likely a glitch of some kind in one 'popular' operating system.
In summary I think this unit will make the heart of a fairly serious home or project studio, especially if you also combine it with an ADA8000 or perhaps the ART Tube opto 8 for extra inputs/flavour.
UPDATE: the problem with the unitmnot being recognised sometimes is completely solved by switching to a USB 2 port. No problem for me.
UPDATE 2: managed to get the ADAT working perfectly now both ways too.
Firstly I'm really glad I bought this when I did, it's gone up in price significantly since I purchased, and I can see why. The price is still good for what you get.
I needed a 8-in 8-out interface (of course more I/O with ADAT) and I naturally looked at all the options from other makers, and because this was a secondary setup I decided to go for the cheap option.
out of the box you notice that Behringer have lifted their game in terms of construction. It's seems more than tough enough with good finishing. At this price point I don't expect
Firstly I'm really glad I bought this when I did, it's gone up in price significantly since I purchased, and I can see why. The price is still good for what you get.
I needed a 8-in 8-out interface (of course more I/O with ADAT) and I naturally looked at all the options from other makers, and because this was a secondary setup I decided to go for the cheap option.
out of the box you notice that Behringer have lifted their game in terms of construction. It's seems more than tough enough with good finishing. At this price point I don't expect pots with fastening nuts or exotic textures.
How do it sound? Very, very good indeed. I've heard some critics talk about how Behringer have just slapped the midas name on front of these products to make people think they are higher quality. I can assure you the preamps are as good as anything you'll get in the home to small project market. For instance they compare very favourably with my A+H ZED R16.It's also a noticeable step up from their Xenyx preamps (although they weren't bad at all), especially in terms of SNR. Indeed the SNR is very good and the sound is lovely and clear. I also achieved more than acceptable latency in DAW monitoring with no glitches. The first recording I made with this is one of the best sounding I've ever made, but this could be coincidental.
I tried out the ADAT with my ZED R16 out of interest and play back was fine. I found that I had glitches when recording that ended up being printed. The UMC was correctly slaved to the ZED so the glitches must be due to some other problem. I cannot blame the UMC1820 as I also tried SPDIF with a different input device and that was fine. So this is not conclusive, but I'm pretty confident with the right config the ADAT I/O will work fine and is no reflection on this unit. This kind of thing is sometimes tricky anyhow...
The provided control software is simple but effective. That suites me just fine. The only thing I had was that sometimes when turning on the PC, the UMC1820 was not recognised and needed reinstalling. i think this might be to do with USB 3.0 bus standards. However, I found that if I made sure the UMC was switched on before switching on my PC, the problem didn't occur. So I think it's mostly likely a glitch of some kind in one 'popular' operating system.
In summary I think this unit will make the heart of a fairly serious home or project studio, especially if you also combine it with an ADA8000 or perhaps the ART Tube opto 8 for extra inputs/flavour.
UPDATE: the problem with the unitmnot being recognised sometimes is completely solved by switching to a USB 2 port. No problem for me.
UPDATE 2: managed to get the ADAT working perfectly now both ways too.
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Great interface with very unique and clever features!
linux musician 09.03.2020
My main purpose is to record several sound sources in a sophisticating quality in my home studio (2 keyboards (stereo), guitar, microphone, theremin).
I previously used a 2in/2out interface and due to the number of instruments a small mixer was necessary. The downside is more signal processing, thus affecting recording quality. Obviously a 4x4 interface wasn?t enough, so I was looking for a real capable solution (which is 8 INs).
I use this with two studio monitors. In addition I want to play music without the computer. Before this I had to unplug the interface and switch to the monitors manually every time.
My new solution is the MIX/MONITORING knob of the UMC1820. For me this is THE KEY FEATURE! It is just a knob and I didn?t really notice/understand it?s usefullness before I tried it the first time. I can switch between standalone monitor control (with a clever mode "stereo" - simple, but does the trick) or recording/playback. No mixer, one unit for all! Even more: I can monitor the real latency of the recording software. In the middle position one can hear the direct monitor and the sound with latency superpositioned and feel the latency.
I use this unit under linux (jack, ardour) and it works out of the box. With the KXStudio Kernel I get a roundtrip latency of 7,3 ms (this is independently measured folks, not a fancydandy Windows display number!), which is quite good for me.
Mic preamps were not my main focus (as I don?t own proper mics). By the way: Before Behringer acquired MIDAS: ... ohhh high quality preamps, excellent repsonse!!! After: ... sounds fairly OK, ... but obviously focusrite is superior! Really? Come on guys...
Digital signal I/O features are also not used (no suitable gear).
Other nice to have features:
- 2 MIDI ports with activity LED
- 2 loud! headphone jacks
- potential for a 7.1 surround mix setup: I will definetly run some experiments with such a setup later on!
- potential for live (software) mixing with a small band
and the bottom line: it?s sub 200 EUR!
To be honest: I would have paid more for it, if had to!
The 2,5 times more expensive Scarlett 18i20 has (in my opinion) inferior features (MIX/MONITORING knob).
My main purpose is to record several sound sources in a sophisticating quality in my home studio (2 keyboards (stereo), guitar, microphone, theremin).
I previously used a 2in/2out interface and due to the number of instruments a small mixer was necessary. The downside is more signal processing, thus affecting recording quality. Obviously a 4x4 interface wasn?t enough, so I was looking for a real capable solution (which is 8 INs).
I use this with two studio monitors. In addition I want to play music without the computer. Before this I had to
My main purpose is to record several sound sources in a sophisticating quality in my home studio (2 keyboards (stereo), guitar, microphone, theremin).
I previously used a 2in/2out interface and due to the number of instruments a small mixer was necessary. The downside is more signal processing, thus affecting recording quality. Obviously a 4x4 interface wasn?t enough, so I was looking for a real capable solution (which is 8 INs).
I use this with two studio monitors. In addition I want to play music without the computer. Before this I had to unplug the interface and switch to the monitors manually every time.
My new solution is the MIX/MONITORING knob of the UMC1820. For me this is THE KEY FEATURE! It is just a knob and I didn?t really notice/understand it?s usefullness before I tried it the first time. I can switch between standalone monitor control (with a clever mode "stereo" - simple, but does the trick) or recording/playback. No mixer, one unit for all! Even more: I can monitor the real latency of the recording software. In the middle position one can hear the direct monitor and the sound with latency superpositioned and feel the latency.
I use this unit under linux (jack, ardour) and it works out of the box. With the KXStudio Kernel I get a roundtrip latency of 7,3 ms (this is independently measured folks, not a fancydandy Windows display number!), which is quite good for me.
Mic preamps were not my main focus (as I don?t own proper mics). By the way: Before Behringer acquired MIDAS: ... ohhh high quality preamps, excellent repsonse!!! After: ... sounds fairly OK, ... but obviously focusrite is superior! Really? Come on guys...
Digital signal I/O features are also not used (no suitable gear).
Other nice to have features:
- 2 MIDI ports with activity LED
- 2 loud! headphone jacks
- potential for a 7.1 surround mix setup: I will definetly run some experiments with such a setup later on!
- potential for live (software) mixing with a small band
and the bottom line: it?s sub 200 EUR!
To be honest: I would have paid more for it, if had to!
The 2,5 times more expensive Scarlett 18i20 has (in my opinion) inferior features (MIX/MONITORING knob).
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Mostly positive
Mordenacus 30.11.2024
TLDR: good unit, with a QC issue or two
Bought this with the intention of having something that could record live drums in the future, turned out that I ended up nearly maxing out the inputs with just my guitar, bass and vocal recording equipment before I ever got my hands on drums. Lets start with the good:
* 8 combo xlr/jack inputs
* plug and play on linux
* ADAT connectivity on the back
* 2 headphone outputs
* sounds good
* no more fiddling with what is plugged in where
Granted, every decent interface for the past 20 years has figured out how to do clean preamps, but hey, they work well and are cheap. The noise floor is more than low enough for most practical appplications. ADAT expansion to take you up to 16 mic inputs is very nice and works, although I haven't had a chance to test how well it'll handle it.
Final note on this section - not needing to constantly change what is plugged into where when recording is an absolute godsend. Such a minor thing that saves so much time, since I'm not wondering "wait, what did I plug into which input again, and did I remember to adjust the input gain"
Now for the bad - these are minor issues but worth noting:
* noisy headphone A port
* very high noise floor on input 5 when used in instrument mode
These are minor, since I'm mostly recording real mics and typically use headphone A for my IEMs when mixing, which require very little volume before they start becoming too loud, but they exist. Probably an issue with the unit, but it's not a big enough deal for me to be bothered to fix it. But as with all cheap gear, you are gambling on getting a quality unit shipped to you. A small gripe about the ADAT whilst you're here - it only supports adding an extra 8 channels via adat, and have the ability for an extra 16 via ADAT would have been very nice, but that's a minor nitpick since most people don't need to record more than 16 mics at once.
Overall - pretty good piece of kit, and about as cheap as you'll get for new gear
TLDR: good unit, with a QC issue or two
Bought this with the intention of having something that could record live drums in the future, turned out that I ended up nearly maxing out the inputs with just my guitar, bass and vocal recording equipment before I ever got my hands on drums. Lets start with the good:
* 8 combo xlr/jack inputs
* plug and play on linux
* ADAT connectivity on the back
* 2 headphone outputs
* sounds good
* no more fiddling with what is plugged in where
Granted, every decent interface for the past 20
TLDR: good unit, with a QC issue or two
Bought this with the intention of having something that could record live drums in the future, turned out that I ended up nearly maxing out the inputs with just my guitar, bass and vocal recording equipment before I ever got my hands on drums. Lets start with the good:
* 8 combo xlr/jack inputs
* plug and play on linux
* ADAT connectivity on the back
* 2 headphone outputs
* sounds good
* no more fiddling with what is plugged in where
Granted, every decent interface for the past 20 years has figured out how to do clean preamps, but hey, they work well and are cheap. The noise floor is more than low enough for most practical appplications. ADAT expansion to take you up to 16 mic inputs is very nice and works, although I haven't had a chance to test how well it'll handle it.
Final note on this section - not needing to constantly change what is plugged into where when recording is an absolute godsend. Such a minor thing that saves so much time, since I'm not wondering "wait, what did I plug into which input again, and did I remember to adjust the input gain"
Now for the bad - these are minor issues but worth noting:
* noisy headphone A port
* very high noise floor on input 5 when used in instrument mode
These are minor, since I'm mostly recording real mics and typically use headphone A for my IEMs when mixing, which require very little volume before they start becoming too loud, but they exist. Probably an issue with the unit, but it's not a big enough deal for me to be bothered to fix it. But as with all cheap gear, you are gambling on getting a quality unit shipped to you. A small gripe about the ADAT whilst you're here - it only supports adding an extra 8 channels via adat, and have the ability for an extra 16 via ADAT would have been very nice, but that's a minor nitpick since most people don't need to record more than 16 mics at once.
Overall - pretty good piece of kit, and about as cheap as you'll get for new gear
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An absolute beast for the price!
Ashesborn 29.08.2021
So, you get 8 input channels with great preamps, 2 headphone jacks which (if need be) allow you to route a separate mix to each via your DAW, easy real-time monitoring, MIDI IN/OUT, not to mention a variety of other useful buttons, knobs, and ports... all of that for the cost of many lesser audio interfaces? Sign me up!
The sound quality is great. Out of the box, I was having some strange issues witch digital clicking and popping, but they were gone after updating the drivers, so make sure you do that before you panic.
When it comes to output latency, 256-384 buffer size seems like the sweet spot if you are also running some software instruments and effects. Quite standard. A live instruments- and analogue-only setup could probably be pushed even further, but I have not fully tested that.
The only questionable "quirk" of my unit is input 7 making a humming noise even with its gain knob turned all the way down, but the moment I plug anything into it, the noise disappears, so I just make sure to keep it in use.
To sum up, this does not look or feel like a 200-dollar interface – it is solid and packed with features. If you are on a budget, I would definitely recommend this one.
So, you get 8 input channels with great preamps, 2 headphone jacks which (if need be) allow you to route a separate mix to each via your DAW, easy real-time monitoring, MIDI IN/OUT, not to mention a variety of other useful buttons, knobs, and ports... all of that for the cost of many lesser audio interfaces? Sign me up!
The sound quality is great. Out of the box, I was having some strange issues witch digital clicking and popping, but they were gone after updating the drivers, so make sure you do that before you panic.
When it comes to output
So, you get 8 input channels with great preamps, 2 headphone jacks which (if need be) allow you to route a separate mix to each via your DAW, easy real-time monitoring, MIDI IN/OUT, not to mention a variety of other useful buttons, knobs, and ports... all of that for the cost of many lesser audio interfaces? Sign me up!
The sound quality is great. Out of the box, I was having some strange issues witch digital clicking and popping, but they were gone after updating the drivers, so make sure you do that before you panic.
When it comes to output latency, 256-384 buffer size seems like the sweet spot if you are also running some software instruments and effects. Quite standard. A live instruments- and analogue-only setup could probably be pushed even further, but I have not fully tested that.
The only questionable "quirk" of my unit is input 7 making a humming noise even with its gain knob turned all the way down, but the moment I plug anything into it, the noise disappears, so I just make sure to keep it in use.
To sum up, this does not look or feel like a 200-dollar interface – it is solid and packed with features. If you are on a budget, I would definitely recommend this one.
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Punches way above its price range
awts7s 03.02.2021
There's a lot of snobbery around the Behringer brand and I think that's the only possible reason for this product being so affordable. I run a pro studio that deals mainly with post production, composition for tv and film and a lot of work in the box. I do also record full drum kits and other things that call for more inputs. I bought this to give me that flexibility for those occasions I need to set up more ins and outs.
The UMC1820 easily stands up pre-amp and A/D conversion wise against my equivalent Apogee gear which costs a lot more. Sure, I need to drive the input gain a little harder on quiet sources but the noise floor is so low it really doesn't make a difference. For a whole project I just ran everything in and out of the UMC1820 and the end result was just as good as the projects I recorded using my Apogee gear. Anyone who says you can't deliver professional audio work using Behringer gear is just plain wrong - I've done it and will continue to do so!
I learned to record using a really similar PreSonus interface. Anyone looking to set up a home studio or even just add really affordable inputs and outputs to a pro setup should look no further. This really does everything you need. I've just ordered the ADA8200 ADAT to add another 8 ins to this and I can't think of many recording situations which would call for more.
Really superb gear at an unbeatable price point. Buy one and start making music. More expensive gear won't suddenly make your recordings better, this is definitely good enough!
There's a lot of snobbery around the Behringer brand and I think that's the only possible reason for this product being so affordable. I run a pro studio that deals mainly with post production, composition for tv and film and a lot of work in the box. I do also record full drum kits and other things that call for more inputs. I bought this to give me that flexibility for those occasions I need to set up more ins and outs.
The UMC1820 easily stands up pre-amp and A/D conversion wise against my equivalent Apogee gear which costs a lot more. Sure, I need
There's a lot of snobbery around the Behringer brand and I think that's the only possible reason for this product being so affordable. I run a pro studio that deals mainly with post production, composition for tv and film and a lot of work in the box. I do also record full drum kits and other things that call for more inputs. I bought this to give me that flexibility for those occasions I need to set up more ins and outs.
The UMC1820 easily stands up pre-amp and A/D conversion wise against my equivalent Apogee gear which costs a lot more. Sure, I need to drive the input gain a little harder on quiet sources but the noise floor is so low it really doesn't make a difference. For a whole project I just ran everything in and out of the UMC1820 and the end result was just as good as the projects I recorded using my Apogee gear. Anyone who says you can't deliver professional audio work using Behringer gear is just plain wrong - I've done it and will continue to do so!
I learned to record using a really similar PreSonus interface. Anyone looking to set up a home studio or even just add really affordable inputs and outputs to a pro setup should look no further. This really does everything you need. I've just ordered the ADA8200 ADAT to add another 8 ins to this and I can't think of many recording situations which would call for more.
Really superb gear at an unbeatable price point. Buy one and start making music. More expensive gear won't suddenly make your recordings better, this is definitely good enough!
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Useful pedal for live MIDI control if your hands are too busy.
Steve Mack 03.04.2024
Used this pedal to control various functions like patch/song changes, backing tracks, loopers, channel mutes, and software guitar effect plugins within Apple Mainstage for a gutarist/singer live setup. Lots of pedals and banks. Painful to program manually (like a manic game of Simon Says), but there are a couple of 3rd party software programs that make the mapping more visible and easier to perform. I started simple and then added more controls. I didn't use anywhere near the 100 or so channels available. Physically the unit is quite well built and heavy so it stays where its put on stage. I'm only an occasional performer and I've only had it for a few months so can't vouch for its robustness under heavy use/gigging etc. One feature that slightly annoyed me was the LED on each pedal illuminates when the pedal is pressed but doesn't extinguish if you press again, only when you press another pedal, so if you use it for something on-off it doesn't reflect this.
Used this pedal to control various functions like patch/song changes, backing tracks, loopers, channel mutes, and software guitar effect plugins within Apple Mainstage for a gutarist/singer live setup. Lots of pedals and banks. Painful to program manually (like a manic game of Simon Says), but there are a couple of 3rd party software programs that make the mapping more visible and easier to perform. I started simple and then added more controls. I didn't use anywhere near the 100 or so channels available. Physically the unit is quite well built and heavy so it
Used this pedal to control various functions like patch/song changes, backing tracks, loopers, channel mutes, and software guitar effect plugins within Apple Mainstage for a gutarist/singer live setup. Lots of pedals and banks. Painful to program manually (like a manic game of Simon Says), but there are a couple of 3rd party software programs that make the mapping more visible and easier to perform. I started simple and then added more controls. I didn't use anywhere near the 100 or so channels available. Physically the unit is quite well built and heavy so it stays where its put on stage. I'm only an occasional performer and I've only had it for a few months so can't vouch for its robustness under heavy use/gigging etc. One feature that slightly annoyed me was the LED on each pedal illuminates when the pedal is pressed but doesn't extinguish if you press again, only when you press another pedal, so if you use it for something on-off it doesn't reflect this.
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!NoBrainer!
Sharon Munch 14.05.2020
I bought the UMC to make a comparison video against my Focusrite 2i4 as i was originaly planning on buying the 18i20 for my ever expanding Studio. Its not going back and i have happily saved myself €300.
At first i was abit skeptical of the umc but after having bought some berhinger synths and seeing how well built they were and how good they sound i thought i can always buy this just to test it out and return if unhappy. I am exstatic about this purchase!!! If your in the market for a new soundcard LOOK NO FURTHER. I put it up agaisnt the focusrite and there is in NO WAY a €300 euro difference maybe a €20 difference at best.
Pros:
-amazing sounding Preamps
-Goddamn low latency (better than my focusrite)
-96khz capable (not that i ever go over 44.1)
-MUCH better build than expected
Cons:
-All knobs look the same so i quickly loose where my master or 1-8 input is (fixed by buying prettier knobs)
-Gets abit warm on the top left (leave 1u space in rack if possible)
This is an amazing product and i think anyone looking for a studio sound card that hasent got €10,000 euro monitors or €3000 euro mics should be looking at anything else.
I bought the UMC to make a comparison video against my Focusrite 2i4 as i was originaly planning on buying the 18i20 for my ever expanding Studio. Its not going back and i have happily saved myself €300.
At first i was abit skeptical of the umc but after having bought some berhinger synths and seeing how well built they were and how good they sound i thought i can always buy this just to test it out and return if unhappy. I am exstatic about this purchase!!! If your in the market for a new soundcard LOOK NO FURTHER. I put it up agaisnt the focusrite and
I bought the UMC to make a comparison video against my Focusrite 2i4 as i was originaly planning on buying the 18i20 for my ever expanding Studio. Its not going back and i have happily saved myself €300.
At first i was abit skeptical of the umc but after having bought some berhinger synths and seeing how well built they were and how good they sound i thought i can always buy this just to test it out and return if unhappy. I am exstatic about this purchase!!! If your in the market for a new soundcard LOOK NO FURTHER. I put it up agaisnt the focusrite and there is in NO WAY a €300 euro difference maybe a €20 difference at best.
Pros:
-amazing sounding Preamps
-Goddamn low latency (better than my focusrite)
-96khz capable (not that i ever go over 44.1)
-MUCH better build than expected
Cons:
-All knobs look the same so i quickly loose where my master or 1-8 input is (fixed by buying prettier knobs)
-Gets abit warm on the top left (leave 1u space in rack if possible)
This is an amazing product and i think anyone looking for a studio sound card that hasent got €10,000 euro monitors or €3000 euro mics should be looking at anything else.
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WOW!
Jazz.man 06.04.2023
WOW! for years and years I have had to mix down my live rehearsals and recordings to stereo because I had far too few inputs for recordings.
Although definitely not cheap, In comparison to any other product on the market from any company, This Interface far exceeds my expectations. I am using it with the ADA8200 to get 8 more preamps and I love it. Already have used it to record 6 shows, and plan for many many more in the future.
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Very good for multitracking
Kaplamas 15.03.2022
I use it for multitracking together with ADA8200 and it works great. Not the best preamps but for line level signals it works like a charm! Wouldn't expect it for the price.
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A great multi input Interface!
DMS Productions 21.01.2022
Got it for 1/2 the price I could source locally in Australia!
Plugged it in after installing the proprietary drivers.
NO issues, my DAW picked it up straight away and all the multiple inputs were there for me to select per track!
Nice, QUIET mic preamps! I cranked up the volume and no hiss!
Seems to be AS good, (if not better ) than a lot of the more expensive competitors!
NEVER had any problem with any Behringer audio equipment!