Behringer UCA222 USB Audio Interface, 2x2 RCA to USB Converter for Analog-to-Digital Audio Recording on PC and Mac

I’m using this to record my old vinyl records into digital files which I can play on my phone and other devices. I’m very impressed by it. My record player is connected to my NAD3020A amp. I’ve connected the Behringer UCA222 to the Tape ports on the back of the amp using my own amp cables, and then connected the Behringer to my Windows 10 laptop using its USB cable. On my laptop I’ve installed the free Audacity software for doing the recording. It’s all working wonderfully. I’m very impressed by the sound. Of course, you are not going to get the quality of a modern high-definition audio recording, but I think the Behringer is giving a very faithful recording of my records. Setting up was far easier than I expected. Other than downloading Audacity, I didn’t need to download any other software or drivers. The only glitch was that the sound was initially being processed by my laptop as mono. Looking some helpful reviews, I realised I needed to change to the settings for this recording device to “2 channel 16 bit 44100 Hz”. To do this on my laptop (others may differ slightly): open the Control Panel; from the Sound menu choose Sound Control Panel, then choose Recording. From the Sound pop-up window, select Microphone 2-USB Audio CODEC to open the Microphone Properties, then select the desired 2 channel 16 bit setting from the Default Format panel. Having done that once, I have not needed change it since. Although no software is supplied with the UCA222, the recommended free Audacity is good. It looks a bit daunting at first, but the basics are pretty simple, with an interface similar to a tape recorder. And there are some simple inbuilt tutorials to guide you through some other things you might want to do, such as click removal, channel balancing, track marking, and removing inter-track noise. I was hesitant to buy the UCA222, having read some of the reviews that encountered problems. However, for my needs – recording records via my amp – it’s working superbly.

I bought the UCA222 to connect the 'tape' outputs from a HiFi amp to my laptop for digitising LPs. It's extraordinarily good value! I see it's increased in price to around £17 compared to the approx £12 I paid, but that is still amazing value! I know there's a specific version of this device which takes a turntable phono output directly with the required RIAA equalisation, but I didn't want to have to keep disconnecting the turntable from my amp. This does the job perfectly using Audacity to capture the audio. It has a headphone output to make monitoring easy too. The audio quality is excellent. I've tested it with both Mac and PC and it just works, with no drivers to install. Fabulous piece of kit at a fantastic price!

Very quick delivery, nicely packaged, what do you get? well it's a very smart piece of tech not as bright a red as in the product pic but more of a burgundy...might be useful info for someone! anyway I plugged it in and it worked.. no messing around, great sound, I got it to hook up my Boss BR 800 and my Alesis M1 Active speakers, all sounding pretty good. I have windows 7 on my pc, now I don't recall the product description saying this wasn't compatable with windows 7...the product is! as I have said it all works well..apart from the bundled Audacity software, which is for Xp and vista...it even say's on the audacity website that it won't work in windows 7, so why they bundle this software is a bit strange, I tried installing it but it kept crashing, after a quick visit to the Audacity website I noticed they have a windows 7 version (beta) not finished but working and available for download, (downloads and installs in seconds) It's quite a nifty programme and for now sorts out my recording and playback requirements. It also comes bundled with Behringer's own DAW, which dodesn't seem to work, and can I get a keyboard hooked up to it?...nope! and when it plays back one if it's demo tracks it sounds distorted. Forget it, use it as a coaster..it also comes with another disc, full of synths and drum sounds, presumably to use in the DAW as I can't see how you use it in Audacity? Main product is good, DAW software, not so good. (not windows 7 compatable

Ótima placa de áudio dentro do conceito de entrada e custo benefício, qualidade muito boa de verdade.

Interfaz básica pero perfecta para sintetizadores, ya que no requiero preamplificadores. La calidad llega hasta 16 bits pero nadie notará la diferencia en trabajo casero. Excelente producto.

何世代か古いWindowsでも対応しドライバー要らず、USB接続で直ぐ認識した。壊れたPCIe高音質オーディオカードの代わりを探しこちらの製品コメントを頼って購入。入力端子があるのもポイントだった。視聴してみてこの価格で高音質は驚き。だがASIOはなんちゃってだった。それでもこの高音質。 まず製品のメーカーサイトを検索すると日本語サイトが頭に出るが、ドライバーのリンク先が切れている。改めて英語圏サイトからダウンロードすると、なんと汎用フリーのASIO4ALLで最新版の1つ前。オーディオ編集ソフトで再生するとプチプチノイズが乗るため本家ASIO4ALLから最新版を入手して解消。 コレはアリです！

Very good sound is very perfect and clean

There are two models with similar features: UCA202 and UCA222. Even on their site, the difference is not clearly specified. Researched a lot and finally found there is negligible difference. If you're confused whether to go for this interface or other interfaces or mixer: 1. This has RCA input - go for this if you want to RECORD audio from a mixer, amplifier or any other AV device that has AV output. This can work to record cassette / cd player audio to your computer. Cheapest option with reasonable quality. 2. Few audio interfaces have both mic and line inputs. These are good for recording from AV source and mic input particularly for recording live music performance with instruments. Costlier than 1 above and the cost increases as you look for more inputs sources. 3. You need a mixer, if you've multiple input sources. Do not go for audio interface with many inputs - you'll not get results with desired flexibility. Go for a mixer with as many inputs as you need and add an audio interface. You're good to go for both live performance, recording to PC. There are analog audio mixers with usb interface, but the results of USB output to PC are not as expected unless you go for costly digital mixers. I went for this UCA222 with Yamaha MG10XU that gives best of all possible combinations for a professional quality amateur home studio. The software mentioned in the specs need to be downloaded from their site. The download is trouble-free, but most of the software at their site are old releases of open source software. Get the latest versions directly from the sites. WaveForm 8 available from their site with this is a nice provision for beginners.