BehringerU-PHORIA UMC204HD Audiophile 2x4, 24-Bit/192 kHz USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Midas Mic Preamplifiers

I am setting up a small music workstation/recording outfit for my kids at home. Setup with this box was extremely easy, worked from the get-go. Played very well with Windows (WDM) system sound- no problems, just worked. I was leery of buying this box because the specs seemed too good to be true. That and a hit and miss past with Behringer products. As of late though, I've been quite impressed with the new products they're putting out. This is no exception.The build quality isn't only as good as much more expensive products, but it exceeds them. The chassis is a very sturdy metal, really chunky and solid (which is good). The knobs, while plastic, are also solid and attached to incredibly smooth pots. Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find a smoother throw on a knob in any product, regardless of price. I am a professional musician/producer and own audio interface products by Apogee, RME, Motu, Presonus, and Avid. As far as build quality, this box is on par. My limited experience with the sound quality of this box thus far leaves me with the impression that the box is certainly adequate if not excellent. The mic pres are clean with plenty of gain. The conversion is also clean and absolutely not getting in the way of creativity or a great performance.Beyond build and sound quality, one of my biggest concerns with this box was latency as I am setting up a workstation that will be primarily built around virtual instruments (VSTi's) and Cubase. I currently have the ASIO latency buffer set at 64 and that's producing about 6-7ms of round trip latency. When playing virtual instruments it's about half that. The box also has a playback/monitor mix knob for zero latency monitoring when recording live instruments/voice. So far the latency performance is excellent and has far exceeded my expectations.Bottom line: You won't come close to finding something this well built and functional among any of the lower priced audio interfaces. The value for what you're getting is amazing.

This item was a replacement for the first one I ordered, which was factory-defective. The original item (from a different seller on Amazon) had a problem: in one of the holes in the MIDI In jack, one of the two little silver pins was seated at the center, not at the edge of the hole, making it impossible to insert a MIDI input plug into the unit. After not insignificant time and cost deliberating with Amazon customer service personnel (got bounced around a lot) and delivering the defective unit to a DHL service center (they were unable to pick the package up where I live because the address was "too remote" - in spite of the fact that a zillion courier vehicles come and go here all day, every day), I was able to return it, whereupon I ordered this unit, which performs at a high level of quality, has a great, low-noise preamp, and is eminently compatible with my MacBook Air M2. I mention my experience with the previously ordered one because, as it was a factory defect, that could be an issue with ANY seller, even this one.

I had some trouble finding interfaces that are clearly marked for use with iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. So I took a chance on this item to use for this. It obvious works for PC & MAC, but I wasn't sure about iOS.The PROS: it works great, super sturdy, sounds great, pretty easy to use, and great price for this type of interface, very low latency but has direct monitoring blend so latency isn't even an issue anyhowThe CONS: headset volume pot is a little noisy and crackles (but only when adjusting the headset volume knob, so it's not really an issue), and the iOS device volume needs to be at 50% or higher in order to get a playback signal back to the interface that you can actually hear. Once I figured this out, it wasn't an issue, but at first I thought I wasn't getting any playback audio being sent back to the interface and I spent over an hour trying to figure out what was wrong. Honestly, this may be a GarageBand software or iOS device issue anyhow, rather than anything to do with the interface. I'm not certain either way, but overall it seems to be a great unit! I have an iPhone 8, and a 5th gen iPad, and my primary DAW is Garageband.