All user reviews for the Edirol UA-25

MIDI, no XLR, 24bit 96khz sample rate, output jack or RCA (practice), its simple and convenient card priori ...

USE

So I've had drivers galleys repeatedly but in fact I especially think we imprativement know one thing: put the advance mode ON if you are on windows !!! This small Dtail obliged me pull me many times the hair, and sometimes threw me in the shit in live performance ...

Apart from this, since it works without fuss, I can dbrancher / reconnect easily, windows finds her alone.

IMPLEMENTATION

I never managed to record with. It is a mystery and frankly a damn m'enerve. I have tried EVERYTHING. So I recorded with my internal sound card ....

Level latency me a acceptable air but do not over rely on for processing live ...

It seems to record a stro track (so TFW 2 mono tracks) but hey, since in 3 years I have not managed to save it with ...

Noon is 100% OK.

NOTICE GLOBAL

So did three years, and I do not know when appeared a constant grsillement damn !!!! It's amazing and only if the card is for the branch grsillement blast appears in the mix table. It is quite small but for me it is good for the Introduced trash.

Maybe it's due to the fact that I have often carries (rather good deals yet it solid but good air ..). In short unreliable.
IN CONCLUSION: A low-end card my taste. An interesting prices and good sound but its reliability leaves completely be desired. 3 years after I was obliged to change it. I have a friend who has the same and which has also galleys. In my opinion, it is better to invest in something beefier, it's more economical ...

Having foolishly burnt my Edirol UA20, I bought it to replace, especially for XLR inputs.
I used to save a little bit of everything (guitar, keyboards, vocals, sound effects). it found itself with a guitar input, a SM58 placed before a mouth or a guitar amp cabinet, condenser microphones, a keyboard output, etc.. I also have misused the midi input to connect a keyboard master.

UTILIZATION

Software side, I've never had a problem. Asio drivers had no audible latency (5 ms Tracktion told me). I recorded still 16bit 44KHz, so that I could record in stereo while having the sound from the computer back (which is not possible in 96 KHz, the card only works in one direction both, either by reading or recording).
on the other hand, black spot: a big interference clearly audible in the main output. This was due to the grounding and, in fact, using it on a laptop on battery power, the problem disappeared. Making in practice, the main output was not usable and had to settle for the headphone jack (!). There was a way around the problem by not connecting the PC to the earth, I am not too risky to do over the long term ...

GETTING STARTED

Install the driver, plug in the sound card. Everything worked nickel the first time. As I said earlier, the only "incompatibility" that I met was electric. At the software level, no problem.
I do not remember having read a lot of the manual. Everything is marked on the map itself.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it for two or three years (I bought a firewire multimix after, just to get the card directly integrated into the mixing desk). I had the UA20 before, but have not really tried other models at the time.

Without this interference problem, this card would have been perfect. Not very expensive, and with everything I needed (XLR inputs, phantom power, input-output noon). But here goes. To minimize interference, I can connect the headphones to the mixer, then find a point of balance on the volume of said headphone jack (too low or too high, the increased interference) and compensate Following the table itself.
It's a shame ...

Very complete! I chose it for its special features (stereo input jack or XLR stereo output, midi, headphones, ...)

UTILIZATION

Used for recording on the fly, or when traveling (because it is very small and light). She has always fulfilled its role. I have stopped to use that when I bought a card with more inputs / outputs.

GETTING STARTED

Archi simple and intuitive, I think I've never read the manual

OVERALL OPINION

This is a great little machine! It's quite simple: despite the fact that I no longer use, I can not get rid of it as may be convenient!

I recommend it to anyone looking for a small sound card (for recording guitar and voice, for example).

Hello,
The Edirol UA 25 Sound Card was offered to me because I do a lot of records.
I use it especially for the sound of conferences, but also to catch live musical groups.
It is connected to my Mac and works great, the aillant used on Windows XP PC.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are very stable. The software used most often is Garage Band, in two simultaneous tracks, Left & Right.

GETTING STARTED

No worries about installation, general configuration is very simple.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it, more than five years. Before this card I did not, the experience with me if I will ever have to buy this choice, a very good price / quality ratio. It is compact and very robust as hardware, easy to use and convenient for transportation.

The Edirol UA 25 is a good usb audio interface for you to use at your home studio and setup. Or if you are the type of person who is on the go a lot your can take it with you almost anywhere because its not that big. I wouldn’t expect to get great quality from it though, its pretty much like a started audio interface. It will serve its purpose though but for more complex stuff it just wont cut it.


UTILIZATION

Never had any issues with it and never had to pick up a manual. Everything worked like it was suppose to and never froze up my computer or my program. I did experience some more lag with it than expected. Maybe its because I was use to using firewire interfaced and then jumping on my laptop with a usb interface was a problem. I am not too sure if that’s what it was or not.


GETTING STARTED

Is very easy to get started, but as I said before don’t think that you can get great quality from it. Even if you have a good mic you still wont be able to see its full potential using the Edirol UA 25. Not saying the UA 25 isn’t good because it is, its very affordable and compact I would recommend it to someone who is just getting into recording at home and needs somewhere to start. It will provide a good understand of how interfaces work. The Edirol UA 25 would be a good starter interface.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, it does the job. I couldn’t see my self using it for to long though I just felt limited to the ability to only do some demo stuff. that’s why I got it though was just for that reason. I didn’t expect much more. If you are looking for a smaller interface that will give you a better quality you can look into the Mbox line of products. They are small compact but better than this. Overall, still good.

I needed a simple interface that is not the first prize. I stay on the left M-Audio and Edirol and then testing the Mac, I found it simple and effective.
I use a Mac and all types of instruments: Clavia Nord, Rhodes, Bass, Vocals, Talk Box, Micros.

UTILIZATION

Drivers stable latency OK, easy config.
It is simple to use and yet I hate computer music but I must admit that this interface has convinced me and I learned, intuitively, to make use of such equipment.

GETTING STARTED

Installs without problems on Mac. Frankly, there is not really need the manual. unless you want to use special features: compressor ...
Honestly, compressor and limiter are not great. Considering the price we would have suspected ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over two years. It's solid, I took with me in concert and on vacation. It's solid. In addition, she also serves as an interface with my USB keyboard when I want to program the sounds from my computer (and not via menus, sub menus and sub menus in under keyboards including Roland)

To summarize: a simple and strong with perfect sound good (no major deformation or processing also improves the sound). The sound is consistent with the sound.

Professionals, go your way. Lovers on a budget: it's very good

The Edirol UA-25 is an audio interface that has two microphone preamps and can record two tracks at once. In addition to the mic pres, it has two 1/4 inch inputs as well as eight 1/4 inch line outputs. I have run the Edirol UA-25 on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM and have run it with an M-Powered version of Pro Tools.


UTILIZATION

With the UA 25 you are able to record two tracks simultaneously no matter if you'd like to use the mic preamps or the 1/4 inch connections. I haven't had any latency issues with this interface, but with these type of firewire interfaces this really has more to do with your computer than the audio interface itself. The preamps are decent sounding, but are definitely nothing to write home about.


GETTING STARTED

This audio interface has always run pretty smoothly for as long as I have used it as I've never had any real issues with it. I only use this interface when I want to record on the go and can't bring my whole set up, so I don't use it all the time. The make up of the Edirol UA-25 isn't complicated at all as all of the knobs and buttons are laid out well and easy to find. The features include the basic controls including gain knobs for the preamps as well as a pad for each and a mic/line toggle buttons. It also has two 1/4 inch headphones outputs and an assignable level control section. The manual for the Edirol UA-25 is complete and thorough and while I never had much use for it, if you are a beginner and this is your first audio interface, I would definitely recommend having it around.


OVERALL OPINION


I've had the Edirol UA-25 for about a year and I use it as a supplement to my Pro Tools rig so I can bring it around if I need to record on the go. It is a very reasonably priced audio interface and it is nice to be able to run it with some sort of version of Pro Tools, even if it isn't LE or HD. This is really a perfect audio interface for the user who wants something cheap to get some ideas down or to get their feet wet with recording. This isn't the most well made piece of gear out there, but it gets the job done at a cheap price that makes it a viable option for people with all budgets.

I have bought this card because I was going on TOM and my echo indigo from home does not work with my new laptop, an HP ZD7112, this choice was motivated by the USB 2 and 24/96, I ' mainly used for VSTI with Cubase SX, my laptop is a 2.8 GHz with 1GB of RAM and a 60GB of your HD has 7200 turns, until the I have no problem

UTILIZATION

Installation is very simple, and this card is very fluid with SX, I have not even opened the manual!

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable, the integration ds SX is nickel, the latency is adjustable according to fequences!
can be reduced to if we want 0ms me but hey I work with 10 ms and it is very stable! dynamics is exellent, no breath out as much on the phone, the advantage of usb2 is that you can record and play at the same time which is far from negligible

OVERALL OPINION

Ceal is now 3 months I work with and I find still great, she did not default yet, if you are looking for a pro card not very expensive and although I advise you without any hesitation, good and well I lets you and all good music!

All in one: audio, midi, S / PDIF, to walk around with my laptop and do some recordings on the go. A priori, it is easier than my Quattro with only line inputs and an external power supply.

On that side, it is served. It's perfect, even the phantom power is integrated, USB-powered!

UTILIZATION

Drivers toddlers and automatically switch ASIO2/MME used under W98 and W2000, great, very simple and effective.

GETTING STARTED

I thought, USB-powered, 5V/480mA to power it all, anyway ... audio, mic preamps, it's going to the bazaar ... Well yes, the entries are not really silent, a regular sound and quite high up probably from 5/48V Converter and especially the 5V USB power supply is still rotten just tickle the meters as software that you go up a little gain inputs. It's a sound "computer", regular pulses at high frequency, very different on my UA-25 in any case, channel between D and G. Moreover, the S / B input is not specified by the manufacturer.
Well, that's not bad, and sufficient for most applications, eh! The Quattro, for comparison, varies within + / - 1 bit, sometimes two (wireless connected) is -90/-84dB, right?

This is the price for lack of food, I think.

EDIT 13/12:
Friday I made a recording of kids singing in a primary school notebook, UA-25 and a pair of NT1-A. Ben is nickel, perfect, the hair. Gain half (mics have a lot of fishing) is little background noise, the two microphones powered by the 48V, the sound is clear. Long live the UA-25 and I pass the note to 8.

OVERALL OPINION

I have this interface for several days, it's simple, portable, self-contained, reasonably priced, comprehensive and effective.

I'm happy with this purchase but I keep the Quattro for serious work in analog. The UA-25 will do what I bought: I / O fiber and mobility.

Strength of the UA25 is a box to make music all in one. I do not see what it lacks. The 96kHz Full Duplex, certainly, but I am not useful, and then we can not ask anything USB.
I connect a MIDI keyboard, guitar, bass, microphone, etc ... md. It's really convenient.

UTILIZATION

Installation in 2 minutes.
The manual is practically useless, use is very simple.
Too bad we can not change the chantillonage or size of buffers in software.

GETTING STARTED

No problem with the drivers yet. Tt it is still there for an update.
To beginners, I was afraid that there are too latency. APRS to finally connect a MIDI keyboard, I could see that with m'aperce vsti, there was no problem. The latency does not impede, but I can do better qu'Edirol sr. For audio, trs direct monitoring work well, it is convenient.
I have not had a problem of stability.

OVERALL OPINION

The problem of this card is the whistling of the power supply via USB is meant ds you push a little pramplis. Registration is Gnant microphone. Are the new drivers may resolve this issue? ... Too bad, it's the only downside. So, I can not get full marks despite his other qualities.
Put a hand, the Edirol UA25 is trs trs well from all angles. I use it for 3 months at beginners I was not what was needed to test it, but I quickly reassured trs t ds I could plug in keyboard noon, instruments ... etc..
In my case, to save my models without prtentions there all you need. For the price it's pretty amazing.
I bought this card in Japan, cheap ds it was released. If I had not had this opportunity, I can be expected and I would look at the BCA Berhinger 2000.

The price of this card is RAPORT resonance to the quality that she developer.
I m used almost every day on an Athlon XP 2400 +, 1.99G, 512 DDR.
J uses Cubase SX2 with PCR30 midi keyboard, guitars, bass, SamplingPad Roland Spd-s, and singing.
I don not use the taken mido, preferring the usb.

UTILIZATION

Very simple to install and use, c is a strong point of this card, which has a record (as almost all products EDIROL) more than mediocre.
Indeed, the record n ​​is not at all clear. I haven t AIM that, in the instructions FRENCH, when they had us back to another page for setting accuracy, ect, the page board is in English.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers have the m looks pretty stable. The only Plantades that I have got a t after multiple manipulations between vst (by noon). It must be the driver who could in no more. N etan not come on this card, I would ignore n in my notes ...

OVERALL OPINION

I used the last few months.
J loves his usb2, with all its compatibilitee material that I used the pramp integr.
I don not like the background of grizouilly certainly al pramp USB or cranked. (I should invest in can be an amp, which I would turn down the volume of the preamp input.

U ride on Audiofanzine to see the reviews, and my choice seemed to focus on the sound card drivers to the stable, what mattered above all.
I use it for live concert or any crash is permissible.
it is connected to a Dell 510 via a USB2.0 PCMCIA card because the dell is suffering from a problem on its dcroche the USB hardware on the port after a while. With the card, no problem.

UTILIZATION

Installation was made of fawn classic. But on my laptop, no way to run the MIDI interface.
Advences same position, nothing. So I tried on my desktop. T he works without problem. A Premire view, it should be a conflict with another Roland drivers I use, srial an output for an expander. Otherwise, I see it, but I dig ....

It is a pain in the ass to have to restart the sound card to change frequency drives to chantillonage during the CANCEIS, it is better vrifier to Get You Started rglages before the computer, otherwise redmarrage is still the best.

The manual is lightweight, and English, we had Edirol abitu better.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers seem stable. In Sonar 4, 9ms in VST, 12 ms and 30 ms in WDM MME.
This is version 1.0. may be a future version MIDI solve the problem??

the number of prste I use for my application is limited (no more than 8), so no opinion on this point, with 8 tracks, no BLME.

OVERALL OPINION

I like its construction in alluvial, its output 4 dB, the limiter in between.
weird noise is heard when using the microphones pramplis empty, thankfully disappeared when connecting a microphone. weakness in the diet??
the sound is trs good, no complaints, even in 16 bits.
It nssssite to have a good usb port, if necessary, a team Do not hesitate to your hardware with a USB port ddi you will not regret it. Avoid HUBS (berk!).

The ratio quality price is honorable, nothing more, but I confaince in hardware.
I do not regret this purchase.

What motivated my choice was the simplicity and phantom power supply.

UTILIZATION

Trouble free installation.

The manual? where?

GETTING STARTED

I use it for anything that works that is mainly because the audio with the South, I have big problems of recognition.

I have a laptop OS X Software - Logic Express - Roland FP2 and small M-Audio.

When I connect via USB, the South is recognized, but with the Roland I have terrible problems of loops. Not yet found where it was coming, because the M-audio is OK, but the M-audio do not generate sounds, this explains that.

on the other hand, if I connect via cables noon, so there .... it nothing happens, no signal with any of the two keyboards. My system does nothing, no sound, even with sound internal logic.

I give up note for the moment (beeen no, it does not work not to note), until we have understood (it is still 3 to widen the head, including a sound engineer specialist Hard LOL).

OVERALL OPINION

The use since February 2005 I think. But it has meanwhile been changed by the supplier for the first time due to a malfunction.

I do not know if I would do this to understand why choices before twelve o'clock the wiring does not work, whether it comes from Edirol, a conflict or a configuration problem of soft.

Corriya

Updated 29.10.2005
After making contact with the mail technical support Edirol France, I reloaded the new driver on the site that contains the "advance" because apparently the driver had not original.

Now the MIDI cabling works, I signal, hurray!

My contact at Edirol proved available, effective, fast and very courteous. Bravo!

I still have to solve the problem of loop ... that does not necessarily come from the Edirol, but the keyboard or the system.

I wished that interface because it allows the instruments connected easily and I have used. external interfaces that allow this kind of connection and has a preamp are rare ...
I use it to record voice and guitar primarily on a P4 computer everything is normal.
I plug in or jack6.35 xlr and wants to put me on the south

UTILIZATION

Instalation problem with Windows XP without
I feel for my computer against my plants a little more often because of an error ... just an impression ... can be!
the manual is well

GETTING STARTED

Two tracks at once while walking with a good memory RAM

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 6 months and always runs except for MIDI ... but how to listen, your MIDI with this camera ..., including the point but it's still a fairly significant downside
over the device produces a kind of hissing sound ... yours yours