Is this unit usb powered or have its own power supply?Good way to get yer feet wet, and you may be pleasantly surprised. One thing to watch for ... if you don't get sound on playback, make sure the lil "monitor" switch is ON ...
Is this unit usb powered or have its own power supply?
Thanks for the recommendation. I've been buying a bit of stuff from parts express so I'll take a look at the ART.[My preference would be to find one that has RCA inputs and a USB output. That way I can use the Phono stages built into my pre-amp and keep both turntables tied into the pre. That way I can use its tape monitor from either TT as an output to the ADC, just like recording to a tape deck.]
You can use your tape out or per-amp out with the ART unit. Just change the input on the ART from phono to line. You can also monitor input and output with it through your software you use. It has USB to computer.
I just hook my turntable into it to bypass all other components. But I have quite a few turntables. So I dedicated a turntable to it.
And it does sound good, as good as the phono in my preamp.
With the Behringer you can connect it to your PC (via USB) and a tape loop (via line in/out) on your stereo. From then on treat the Behringer/PC duo as if it was a tape deck. That's what I've been doing with my UCA222 for the last three years.
It could be that, in which a PC drop kick will be in order, but since everything else, including my USB external DAC is functioning, my hope is on a faulty Behringer.. stay tuned..IME when USB ports or SATA ports start acting funny it's usually a motherboard problem. One of my desktop PC's started reporting a relatively new Blu-ray drive as non functional. Changing the motherboard made the offending drive work properly.
What happened, is the motherboard died and when it was replaced the non functional drive which for some reason I left in and connected to the new MB started working.
That was the first mistake I made right out of the gate, loaded the drivers from Behringer. Would not work nor would the LED light (but that could have been due to a suspect USB plug). Anyway after a trip to "programs and features" and uninstall it seemed to work again.I seem to remember having a similar problem - wasn't the UCA202, but WindoHs! Solution was to go into the Device Manager and delete it, reboot, and then plug it in again. Something went wonky in the original installation I expect - no problem since.
It shows up as a generic "USB audio device" in the manager ... I'd still do that while you're waiting for the new one to show up.
Well when I was setting up the 222 I went to the instruction booklet which mentioned a CD in the box loaded with Audacity and "drivers". There was no such CD but a trip to Behringer's web site had all the downloads for the 222 just waiting including a file for the Audacity and a bunch of effects software I wasn't interested in. The drivers download installed easily in my win 10 machine, but the Behringer was dead at that point (could have been the faulty plug). I got to reading FAQ's on this driver (which seemed a bit generic and not part of Behringer itself) said the ONLY reason I should be loading this driver is if all else fails and my "device" wont work! At that point I had visions of performing the PC equivalent of an exorcism (reformat) but the drivers came right off and things lit up and started working (in mono on just the left channel). It said somewhere that for win 10 drivers would be necessary, but for anyone following these weaving footsteps of mine, don't do it unless you have to!Huh ... wasn't aware there WERE any drivers for the UCA series ADCs ... mine just loaded up with the generic USB audio driver built into W8 (and XP for that matter).
PS ... just checked with the dog, and he doesn't remember any either. <G>
As mentioned earlier, only problem I had here was monitoring the rips while in process. Flipped the lil switch on the box and all was well.
I use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to rip vinyl using Garage Band. The results are great. An added bonus is using the Scarlett as the output device. I was going from the headphone jack to my preamp. This sounded good, but when I switched my output from the Power Book to the Scarlett I was floored by the sound. In addition to having great preamps, the Scarlett has a terrific digital decoder and output section. The music just sounds more "alive". Greater bass, dynamic range, you name it. Just better. This little box is magic.Alobar: Well, problem with many of those newfangled digital devices () is that quite a few, including many soundcards and external sound interfaces, but for another example also some of those neat, little digital field recorders don't sport a proper level/gain control on the input anymore, but just digital attenuation after the ADC (section) - so if the input signal level doesn't happen to fit well to the supported input level range, such devices don't provide proper means to adjust the signal to scale, and one would need other means instead (e.g. sources with adjustable output - or adjustable or fixed attenuators or some kind of mixer in between...).
This is why I usually suggest those, who want a more universally compatible USB sound interface for recording, to spend a little more for a better euipped model like for example the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 or similar prosumer models from other manufacturers (maybe even the priceworthy Behringer UMC202HD, but I'm not sure, whether that features ASIO support...).
And generally speaking, don't be surprised to have a pretty hard time, when you start with recording on Windows computers, because that can really be a rather complex matter. In fact complex enough, that I also regularly suggest to consider a convenient alternative in form of a dedicated digital recorder like for example unfortunately already discontinued Sony PCM-M10 or the Roland R-05.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini