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

[Indigo]

I just switched to this C-media device, and it makes the speech from 
NVDA choppy, definitely won't do for speech.
I also had to race to the Task bar speakers to set its amp section down 
to 3 or 4 percent before it quit yelling in my ears.
Funny, it sounds choppy when typing, and yet sounds smooth enough when 
reading back a line.
Maybe it too has some kind of built in auto volume level or noise gate.
Definitely won't do.

On 1/23/2014 12:39 PM, Indigo wrote:
> 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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