I needed a USB interface to record early demos and ideas. I also wanted something portable and cheap, and since Ive been using Behringer products for quite some time, I knew I had to try this one!
Its a plug and play device, but its better if you install the simple driver in behringers website. The rest is just playing!!! I already recorded 2 types of microphones (condenser and dynamic) and bass guitar (coming from a pre-amp) and it all worked great! Sometimes you can hear some noise in the monitoring, but then the final file is clean, which works for me, since I just wanted something to record ideas.
A must buy if you want portability and quality at a low price!
Just a side note: some phantom powered condenser microphones might not work with it, because since its USB powered doesnt provide the full 48V that some condensers need.
The mixer has a great pre-amp and good for a single input as well for sending out the mix through USB to your computer, however a second USB port would have been really useful to allow the device to be powered whilst also attaching to devices such as tablets or phones as well. Other than this the mixer is great for what it does and is suitable for a single-user operating podcasts or wanting to set-up a clear quality conference call system.
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