greetings earthlings I'm back with another interphase review for you guys
so today I'm reviewing this guy the behringer UMC 2:04 HD and if you are interested in this
interface it'll set you back around 80 bucks on Amazon as per usual link in the description
down below and for this video I have the rode nt1 connected directly to the interface with 48 volt
phantom power turned on the gain set at around 45% and I will do no post-processing to this audio but
I may boost it a little bit and post so make sure to check the doobly-doo for more information now
let's go ahead and talk about what comes in the box obviously you're going to get the interface
you get a USB cable you get some documentation and you get a damn sticker honestly who wants
these damn things as far as the build quality this thing is a huge improvement over the behringer um
series unlike the um 2s which have an all plastic construction this thing has an all metal chassis
and it just feels much sturdier the dials all feel really nice and they're not loose at all
and if the input jacks do not move around either the first thing you'll find on the front of the
interface are two XLR combo jacks which allow for XLR or 6.3 millimeter inputs the next thing you'll
find are the controls for input one and two on the top you have a button which will allow you to
select between instrument and line level obviously you're going to have this set for instrument if
you're plugging in a guitar and you'll have it set for line if you are connecting a microphone
next you'll find a pad activation button and unfortunately in the specs it does not list the
amount of pad that this offers next you'll find two indicator lights the first one being a clip
indicator light which will obviously illuminate to let you know that your signal is too loud and you
are clipping and then you have a signal indicator light which will just tell you that the microphone
is actually getting a signal to your interface and then you have the game control for that channels
input the first thing you'll find on the mix segment portion of the interface is a stereo or
mono button this is obviously going to allow you to output either a stereo signal or a mono signal
next you'll find the mix dial which allows you to adjust the amount of zero see monitoring and how
much of the computers playback audio you hear then you'll find the MIDI in out indicator lights which
will tell you if you are sending a MIDI signal out or getting a MIDI signal in then you have the main
out volume control which will control the main output from the back of the interface then you
have the monitor a B switch which allows you to switch between output a or B on the back of the
interface then you have some more indicator lights the first one being a power indicator light which
just tells you that the interface is plugged in and getting sufficient power the second is the
phantom power indicator light just to let you know that the phantom power is turned on the
last two things you'll find are a headphone volume control which will obviously control the output of
the six point three millimeter headphone port on the back of the interface the first thing you're
going to find is a USB port which allows you to connect this to your computer you have a set of
midi i/o ports you have a 48 volt phantom power switch to turn on or off phantom power then you
have four RCA outputs the first two are monitor a the second two are monitored B and these are
the outputs that are controlled by the monitor a B selection switch on the front next you have two
six point three millimeter outputs which is what you will connect to your powered monitors and what
is controlled by the main out volume control on the front of the interface and lastly you have
two six point three millimeter insert ports which allow you to connect to external signal processors
as far as specs this thing has a bit depth of 24-bit a sampling rate of forty four point one
through 192 kilohertz a 48 volt phantom power supply and there is no other information in the
spec sheet about gain or headphones or anything else so as you can see my game is currently set
at around 50 percent I'm going to go ahead and drop this down to zero percent and slowly
increase it so you can hear what kind of noise is generated by these mightest preamps 25 percent
fifty percent
75% and 100% now I have the interface connected directly to a Windows 10 PC after downloading
the drivers off of behringer comm I have the exact same settings as I was using on the Mac
computer and this is how the interface sounds now measuring the voltage of the phantom power
and as you can see we're hitting around 46 volts so it's pretty close to the expected 48 volts and
it should work with most if not all condenser microphones so now I have the guitar plugged
into channel 2 set to instrument with the pad on and the game is set at around 45% I'm going
to go ahead and play something through bias amp on Logic Pro just you can hear how this guitar sounds
so overall I think this is a pretty great budget interface I love the fact that the midis preamps
are pretty quiet all the way up through 60 percent and still pretty usable all the way
up through 85 or 90 percent and I also think that the i/o on this interface is very impressive for
the $80 price tag so if you were considering picking up something like the um 2 or the 3-0
2 USB I would highly recommend saving up and picking up one of Barringer's interfaces that
have the midis preamps because they are such a huge improvement over the xenix preamps alright
guys well I guess that'll do it for today if you found this video full and interesting or
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