The Behringer u-control UCA202 is an awesome converter. I was able to record with no trouble. The only problem was that when playing back to the mixer, everynow and then, the audio would break up slightly. But, for recording, this is the best.

Nice audio interface. Worked well with MacbookPro. After about 6 months hissing noise produced in one channel after warmup. Later this happened to both channels. Still worked but seems like a problem with the ADC portion of the system. Was happy with this unit until the hissing started, now I just go with direct line-in to the computer.

I used this for playback from the laptop to mixer. Notice songs tend to break up momentarily, whereas thru the headphone jack it's clean. At least it didn't cost much. Haven't had any issues with other Behringer gear.

I got this unit from Musician's Friend, and enjoyed their fast service, low pricing, and general "lack of headaches" whenever I deal with them. Online retailing is harder than it might seem to the consumer... but these folks deliver. My kudos!

I've been a Behringer junkie for years - Uli knows his price-point engineering! The unit itself is a cheap, low-cost means of getting audio into and out of my computer. But, it doesn't get much better - literal "plug and play" (I've iused mine on several XP systems, and have yet to need to load a driver). You just plug it in, wait a couple of minutes for the computer to realize it, and away you go.

It's cheap, it's plastic, and if you step on it, it'll break. Who's ever drunk and wobbly in their studios late at night? Put it on the desk, and you'll be fine.

My only nit to pick is that its' input and output gain is somewhat anemic compared to higher-priced interfaces I've used. I have ways to get around that in most cases...

For ripping LP's and cassettes, it's quiet enough, although the weak gain means that (in a perfect world) I'll spit the signal through some gain stage bfore it gets to the UCA-202- but it's just too weak for me to use for my main recording studio inerface. I only notice this because I spent my money on keyboards and guitars, not on LCD monitors... so my 4 old CRT monitors increase the noise floor unacceptably. Folks with less RF bombarding their project studios might not even notice it.

Bottom line - if you need a cheap, portable, reliable interface, this Behringer is the bomb. If you need pristine quality and high gain, be prepared to shell out a bit more than thirty bones.

With the caveats above, I LOVE this cheap little box. It gets stuffed into my compuer bag, so no matter what the opportunity, it's there with me. Fortune favors the prepared Musician.

Either way, deal with these guys at MF - they're rock-solid in what they're doing, even in this lousy economy.

Overall many of the features run very well. These are great for all sorts of audio needs on your computer. The main drawback is the fact that it even with the software needed to properly record (which makes it not really plug-and-play) you still can't play-back onto the same unit! Also the one set of stereo in, stereo out and headphone out don't quite cover it.

For just about any use I recommend getting more than one.