The UCA222 is one of three total members of the U-Control family there’s also the hardware-equivalent (albeit more muted color-wise, and with a varied downloadable-after-online-registration software suite tailored for conventional musicians versus DJs and podcasters) UCA202, which I also snagged for $9.99 at Amazon last October:Īnd the similar-tint UFA202, containing a built-in phono preamp and intended for digitizing LPs (although…sniff…why Behringer refers to it as an “ Audiophile USB/Audio Interface” is beyond me, as no audiophile in his or her right mind would accept 16-bit per-channel sample sizes and 48 kHz-max sample rates…sniff…): It normally sells for $29 I got mine on sale from Amazon last October for roughly 1/3 that: $9.99. And if you concur, especially if you’re not going to be doing much editing of your recordings post-capture, you can go even lower in cost from an audio interface standpoint. The latter, IMHO, is a waste of storage space…then again, I’m not one of those wacky folks who spends a small fortune on “directional” speaker wire, either (it was an enjoyable read, no matter that I thought the author had more dollars then sense). ![]() ![]() The former is arguably beneficial from a SNR “headroom” standpoint, primarily if you plan to do a lot of post-processing after the initial recording. It’ll even enable you to capture your tunes in beyond-Red Book Audio CD formats: larger sample sizes and higher sampling rates. As I mentioned back in late 2021 (for example), it’s possible to cobble together an entry-level home studio for only around $200 complete with a passable mic and set of headphones (plus a connected computer, of course, although the requisite software is often open source or otherwise gratis, such as Audacity and Ardour, or low cost, such as REAPER): For aspiring musicians, these are the best of times.
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