Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Reviewed as a $40 piece of computer audio recording equipment. First of all, I am a sound engineer with about 15 years in the trade. I have experience with all sorts of equipment ranging from low end to mid grade. I am absolutely blown away at what this $40 box is able to accomplish. Recording vocals and acoustic guitar with an SM57 sounded lifelike. I will follow up with some sound samples. You will not be disappointed with this, ESPECIALLY if you are new to recording and need a simple "songwriter" type setup. On one input, plug in your microphone, and on the other, plug in your guitar, keyboard, etc. Behringer has free multitrack software for download in case you don't have any, although I cannot speak for its usefulness, but I am sure it is fine. I repurposed an old Cubase program I purchased MANY years ago, and it worked flawlessly. Of course, there is always the hassle of setting up the software, making sure the busses are correct and the inputs are all set, but if you don't know how to do that, you need to learn these recording basics because these are essential to the craft. *Other notes: make sure you download the ASIO4ALL driver located at the Behringer website, and that driver also has an official website as well. Upon plugging in the UMC22, the generic drivers install and appear to make your box ready to use, but this is very misleading. The generic ASIO drivers that install upon plugging in this unit for the first time do not play well with this box, and this confused me for a few minutes as I thought they were the drivers that were intended to be used. These generic drivers will also cause the popping and clicking ('weird' as one reviewer put it) noises that some users stated they heard while recording, thinking the unit was faulty. You won't be disappointed. Try this box, especially if you are on the fence between this and other similar options units.