Steinberg UR242

Der er ikke meget at sige om Steinbergs UR242. Lydkortet er meget simpelt med fire indgange (heriblandt de to XLR/Jack kombistik foran) og MIDI I/O, to udgange samt hovedtelefon stik, og ikke meget andet. Driverne fungerer upåklageligt og lydkvaliteten er mere end acceptabel - især til prisen.

Produktet er også bygget meget solidt. Potmetre er godt monteret, MIDI og lyd ind- og udgange fungerer som de skal og giver sig ikke når kabler indsættes eller kobles fra, og lydkortet kører fint selv efter 12 timers brug med alle indgange anvendt.

Der er andre lydkort med flere funktioner end dette, men hvad der er på kortet er upåklageligt. Med mindre at man ønsker pre-amps i verdensklasse eller flere I/O muligheder er UR242 et fantastisk valg.

I use this interface mainly to layer guitars on separate multitracked rehearsal recordings and demos and the DSP based guitar effects might not be up there with BIAS Fx but they get the job done, without latency !
The preamps are clean and noiseless but i do need to engage the 20 db pad even when im plugging my guitar in to the Hi-Z input, and i dont even use active pickups to avoid the input clipping.

Build quality is excellent and drivers for windows seem stable.
This is a good solid audio interface with great sound and features

All in all, I'm satisfied. It took a little time getting it up and running. But Now it's just plug n? play. It never crashes or makes any trouble for me, which is something I value. Solid build quality. Not too many features, which I think is great. I hate too many buttons. The micpres do sound good, but what you?ve read about them being noisy is ... True. But then again, it really only constitutes a problem when you use dynamic mics and have a weak sound source. Keeping that in mind, and you?ll be fine.

i have alsis io2 express but i needed more inputs and wasn't happy with the latency performance
so I've been making choice between focusrite scarlett 6i6 and steinberg ur242.
I went with scarlett as it has decent reviews for its audio quality. but after a day of testing i was totally upset. a lot of buzz and noise probably caused by the ground loops or whatever. once I have connected active monitors the noise level coming from the input was unacceptable.
so i sent it back and took ur242. additionally i have read a lots of similar complaints regarding the noise.
the ur242 is something completelly different. the D/A has very very nice sound and is totally clean. i had tried the inputs and the were no issues with the noise or ground loop. i'm using the same cables. latency is awesome and audio quality as well. fully reccommended over scarlett anytime! and the price is lower too :) on top of that you'll get the latest cubase AI which is also nice piece of software.

update:
after I have post this review I have realized that this box has a VERY nice feature. Yes, it has DSP which is not new to me. You may add a reverb and one of the 4 guitar amp models (each one can be tweaked) per channel. That was something I ignored that and did not intent to use as I have everything in my Cubase. BUT - you can use the preset even your computer is shut down. That's really awesome if just want to quicly grab and play guitar without making noise during the night hours using a proper guitar amp. just power the UR242, plug the guitar in, put headphones on, or turn on monitors. I really love that feature. The amps do not sound awesome, especially on higher gain, but cleans and crunch is just ... ok for some practicing.