[RWP] Does Behringer U-CONTROL UCA222 have internal drivers?

[Indigo]

I noticed the Griffin iMic.
I wouldn't at all mind nicer sound than the C-Media devices, which are 
plenty grainy sounding, even on speech.
I could do without a volume control, if the device didn't always come on 
at hundred percent volume, like the C-Media device I have.
Thanks again,
Indi


On 1/23/2014 11:52 AM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
> On that note, I just picked up a Griffin iMic for $10. It has a stereo
> line/mic input, which is just a little noisy (insert sarcasm here,)
> though it is stereo, but the output is quite clean, certainly sounds
> nicer than any of the C-Media/SSS Chinese dongles I have.
> I mostly bought it to use as a sound device for virtual machines.
> There is no physical volume control, just a switch on the side to turn
> plugin power on and off for the input jack.
>
> On 1/23/2014 11:32 AM, Indigo wrote:
>> Well, that little cheap Chinese USB device that; I think; you also have;
>> says in the included docs that came with mine it has a USB driver built
>> in the hardware, so requires no external drivers whatsoever.
>> Maybe that is true, I guess I could get it up and going, then go to
>> Control Panel/System and look to learn what driver, if any, is shown;
>> that is; if I cared enough.
>> I save it for emergency use, when all else fails, like it came in handy
>> when doing an OS install that didn't include RealTech drivers.
>> It was useful just now; to show me that the PCI express Asus card is the
>> only sound engine that quits speaking after I opened Reason 7.
>>
>>
>> Anyway, if you can hear the Behringer U-CONTROL UCA222 opening and
>> closing its audio constantly, that definitely rules it out for speech.
>> The first thing I would have thought was that it is a noise gate that
>> was opening and closing, so the user can't hear the nasty background
>> hiss from its cheap AD/DA converters. smile.
>>
>> I have a very quiet and transparent sounding  USB device, the eMu 0404
>> USB, which has XLR ins and headphone amp, but Creative eMu says it
>> cannot be used simultaneously with my eMu 16 16M PCIE card.
>> I think they're probably correct, since Creative tends to use the same
>> strings of code in all their drivers, so one can expect all kinds of
>> conflicts when using more than 1 of their products.
>> With extreme care and careful order of installation, some have run an
>> eMu soundcard plus something like an Autigy card, but I really want to
>> totally avoid those times when software gets into a head-butting fight
>> and speech disappears.
>> I guess I'll look for a USB device for speech other than the cheap
>> little Behringer,
>> Thanks,
>> Indi
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/23/2014 10:33 AM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>> It just uses the default Windows composite audio class USB driver.
>>> It opens and closes it's op amp every time speech starts and stops, so I
>>> wouldn't recommend using it with speech unless nothing else works.
>>>
>>> What's this "internal driver" thing all about? I don't understand this
>>> terminology.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/23/2014 10:36 AM, Indigo wrote:
>>>> I just tested with my $10 thumb drive sized USB device, and the Asus
>>>> Xonar soundcard is definitely failing to provide speech, when the
>>>> little
>>>> USB device does work for speech.
>>>> I'm wondering if the Behringer U-CONTROL UCA222 has its own internal
>>>> USB
>>>> drivers, or does it use the Microsoft Generic USB Audio Driver?
>>>> The little $10 USB device really has independent internal drivers, so
>>>> sometimes will work at very low computer levels, when nothing else
>>>> would
>>>> provide speech.
>>>> It's just crude sounding, and invariably comes on at ear-splitting
>>>> volume.
>>>> The $30 Behringer U-CONTROL UCA222 at least has its own headphone
>>>> volume
>>>> control, and claims high quality ad/da converters.
>>>> I wouldn't expect those to be fantastic, but if it'll be totally
>>>> reliable for hardware speech, it'll do.
>>>> So, my only concern is whether the U-CONTROL UCA222 has its own
>>>> internal
>>>> drivers or uses the default MS generic USB audio driver?
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>> Indi
>>>>
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