Behringer CONTROL 2USB

Tenía como un año o un poco más en adquirirlo y no me decidía, siempre me lo pensaba, tenía dudas, de su calidad, de sus funciones, si sería buena compra, en fin... después de tanto pensar lo compré por fin y debo decir lo siguiente: si de algo me lamento es de no haberlo comprado desde mucho antes, es un equipo de lo mejor, de muy buena calidad y sus funciones son muy amplias. Si tú como yo te lo piensas mucho, no lo dudes y ve por él, tiene un enorme volumen tanto para los monitores como en los amplificadores de audífonos. Lo que más me sorprendió fue el micrófono del talkback, suena realmente fuerte, tiene un tamaño grande, he visto cómo algunos se quejan de eso pero para un estudio profesional es irrelevante, es decir, su tamaño es idealmente conveniente. Su medidor es del sistema K-20, igual que mi consola análoga lo cual le quedó como anillo al dedo. Cada vez Behringer me sorprende más, como dije antes, si de algo me lamento es de no haberlo comprado desde mucho antes.

Good and trustable product

I replaced an old, failing Samson C-control. I'd had it for years and took the input from this to out to that plus headphones aspect of it for granted. I tried everything from small mixers I had around to Y cables to old M-Audio USB 1 interfaces... Having once been a Behringer rep I went to their website to see what they had. I read the reviews, read the specs and bought it. I own a Tascam 2020 w a Behringer AD 8 lightpiped to it for getting audio into my computer. But when I don't want to fire all that up to listen to a mix, try a new piece of software the CONTROL2 is there. I can take lines from my live rig to it, from my software, from a guest's pedal board and hear it without making a big deal out of it. Headphones, monitors, DAW or even a stereo pair out to a Zoom portable recorder to catch a jam. This thing is worth the price x3 and the desktop real estate. Balanced inputs, input trim, decent meters, talkback and dual headphones. Quiet, colorless. Just what the Doctor ordered. If you need to control your final ins and outs from sub-mixers, practice rigs or a random analog pair from whatever's in the room, this is the box. The big knob is pretty cool, but I think, between you and me, that all that finite adjustment for a pair of monitors might be a gimmick. Unless you can hear a hundredth of a dB or can't hear clipping ;). This is a great product that does exactly what it says it will do and run stuff around your studio. Plus be a secondary (or primary) USB I/O. For a buck and a half. If you know you need something like this, this is the one.

La construcción es de buen material y muy funcional

Let's be honest, the name Behringer doesn't conjure images of high quality gear. Having a Dangerous Monitor ST in my other room at the studio, the expectations for this Behringer unit were about zero. I just needed something to switch between two sets of speakers. Looking at the cost between this and a Mackie Big Knob (of any of the three flavors) I thought I would take a chance because how bad could it be? I was ready to be underwhelmed. WOW, was I wrong. First of all, this unit is pretty substantial and big. It's actually heavy! Tons of ins and outs and it appears to be built like a tank. My first test for cheap gear is to wiggle the knobs side to side and see how loose they are which is an indicator of board mounted pots and overall cheapness. I have to say, these are pretty solid. Hooked it up using my UA Apollo as Input 1 and running to two sets of powered monitors. Perfectly silent! Does exactly what you would imagine and the price is unbeatable. It looks great as well. My only comment would be the stepped VCA big knob is great, but show the location of the pointer in the sexy lighted ring or at least have a white engraved line so we can see where it is at. Not a deal breaker, though, but more of a lost opportunity to make a great product even better. Listen, for the $149 I bought this for new it's a steal. I have had none of the issues (noise, etc...) that some of the other people mentioned in other reviews. Built like a tank, looks great and does what it should with tons of routing and in/outs. A no-brainer. Just do it!