All user reviews of 4/5 for the Edirol UA-25

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.

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.

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

I chose this card to be able to register on bass.
I use it regularly with Cubase SE3 and Reason 2.5 Rewire in and there's no prob, the map follows.
Config level, I work with an Asus P5 GDI, Pentium 4 processor, 280 GB on two hard drives, 512 MB ram.Mon computer is dedicated to the zic so there's no prob, I have about 12ms of latency with my 2Apply, there's probably way to push but it works well so I still like that.

UTILIZATION

Installation level, thank you people of Edirol manual for all in English and very large simpliste.En this manual is useless and not used, must traduire.Fauuse note for the AU-25.
For installation, the USB connection simplifies things is like a device that installe.Faut just remember to disable the sound card in the original bios and after, it follows tt one ..
Configuration level, well it's simple, no y 'and that's unfortunate ..

GETTING STARTED

For my records down, I was surprised at the quality of those ci.Pour a map of this range is very correct.A note background noise when no significant rises too much preamp.
I find the preamps too puissants.je am always forced to reboost I took in low Cubase.Mais I plug my bass in direct.L use an amplifier between my bass and the UA-25 would solve the problem (the preamp output of my amp is dead so I can not do like that ...)
The limit, it is not much, it sounds a little haphazardly and we regret the abscence of adjustment on it ...
At the recording, I usually read a dozen tracks with most in Reason 2.5 and all that happens in Cubase SE3 Rewire and it works in nickel

OVERALL OPINION

I, unwanted since November 2005 and overall, I am rather pleased with my achat.Pour a map of this range, it has a more than adequate (as long as you configure your PC and its software). There are a lot of options that are more attractive to that to be effective as the limit.
The Regleg the sampling rate, I wish I had more information because it works too but the manual is almost useless and inexplicit.
Basically, the UA-25 is a good card but with some surprise that we would not expect from Edirol and price level in the € 235, you pay as the brand, it's still a little expensive for my taste ..

Characteristics that motivated my choice is simple, at first I wanted the TASCAM US-122 and the seller told me that he n '(and that were more than a ct discontinued. And that's my advice to in quality is superior at good prices.

My purpose is that of computer music, recording my guitar and my MIDI synth.

My config: HP laptop (P4 3GHz, 80GB + 120GB external, 512MB RAM).

bah the instrument are clabier noon, guitar and bass, and microphone singing.

UTILIZATION

Installation is no problem in XP
For now it is the only incomptaibilité reading MIDI files with VLC when the MIDI out through the sound card.
Configuration is done easily in the Control Panel, then in the SOUND menu.
The manual is clear, in French, but the downside is that the manual does not explain clearly how to make Windows rules out the sound from the map.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable.
the update, I do not know.
I use SONAR LE that comes with, and winamppour the audio and midi
For the latency, I have never tested
To track the number of simultaneous I have not been tested for HIV.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 days.
I like the special is the integrated limit, the least it came with the separate channels.

My config: Acer, Win XP, 512MB, 1.5 Ghz

the technical characteristics of the beast is well detailed in the instructions and on the site, I am satisfied with the product bine according to my expectations.

I bought it and never be required to go through the sound card integrated on my laptop desatreuse notament output. The sound is good and there is no breath (except qand potentiometers are thoroughly but in any case too hard to be heard at that level).

This card allows me to record with no latency and full duplex two runs in both 48 and 44.1 without problems. Besides I have not tested.

By noon, no problem, even if it seems to me that the latency is still a tad too much (that means it is not enough reagent for a keyboard for my taste) but no more playable.

UTILIZATION

Installation without problems. I had been embarrassed by the M-audio is to reinstall windows every ignition grrr. here is impeccable.

the manual is clear, though I only had the English version.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable but have not yet updated.

I tested it with cubase and live, no problems.

OVERALL OPINION

I recently but I was able to test it according to my needs.

I like:
the fact that there have no additional power supply (good for travel)
the phantom power supply, ergonomics and robustness, its characteristics and its price on the opportunity (paid € 100)

I do not like:
Latency too high for my taste for MIDI.

The product all in one: I / O symmetric optical I / O, RCA outputs, Midi, monitoring mono XLR input.
all for one price.
Usage: computer music with Reason on the PC, some taken his microphone. (Phantom power supply in case one day I invest in a microphone)
Config: Dell Inspiron 9200, centrino 2Ghz, 1GB RAM
A Roland D20 I use as a midi keyboard + Evolution UC33

UTILIZATION

Install without any problems. It's not the usb 2 because I also used an old portable USB 1 (Pentium II 300 Mhz, 192MB and it works! To watch a movie ... only of course )
No compatibility problem, almost non-existent config (apart from the choice of sampling freq). Driver a little stingy when compared to the possibilities of an m-audio driver
Was a manual?
A little annoying to have to disconnect to change freq sampling ...

GETTING STARTED

No problem driver and when it works better not change.
I use Reason and Sound Forge essentially. 9ms latency in Reason, for it goes up against with Rebirth to 25ms

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month. I bought it because I had crackling in my monitor ... I hum coming from the trainer on the forums to find the AF economic solution is to forget the earth for my laptop, but hey I'm sorry I have not a "real" sound card.
on the other hand where I was really disappointed is when I preview that you could not cut the sound output without cutting the headphone output: the coup that I had to hack through an external amplifier to to mute the monitors when I record the microphone: no top at all. My next card will have a separate adjustment of the overall output level and the headphone. Otherwise the function is useful for single monitor in mono microphone 2 ears of the headphone.
Sound quality is no problem, obviously, there's no wind, unless you push the volumes of admission to the bottom, where it hisses slightly.
It's still an amateur card, maybe a bit expensive as a result, and to be completed by a small table to manage the sound output and headphones independently.
I do not have that choice would do, but I do not regret either. Hmm not sure it helps that
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On 19/03/2007: SAV back under warranty. I got tired of whistling to the recording (peak to 13000Hz) and global, in fact, from the lighting of the card, the electronic whistle. After contact with Edirol (fast and serious) they told me it was a known problem (and solved on old today) and need repair. Back then, in Playback (my provider), then wait (long: 2 months). I just started to say that I found Playback waiting a bit long and the next day they sent me backing me answer a new UA25 their own stock, and that I wanted to say here: super happy with the SAV backing for the coup. Okay, verdict: If I had known, it's 18 months I should return it. No more hiss, even input amp cranked. I'm happy!

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

Full portability, flexibility. I'm working on a tower and a laptop.

For what purpose?
Audio recording, processing, mixing.

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
AMD Sempron 2600 +, 512ram, as Rock. for the tower.
Intel Atom, 1024ram on an ultra-portable Asus.
With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
Only then Audio microphone jack headphone output is 6.35 and Beyer dt990 pro or active speakers Esy near05 experience

UTILIZATION

The installation is done it without problems?
Yes but we would have preferred a manual offering French ...

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
None.

The general configuration is easy?
If you follow the manual's going, but it's a bit choppy, it must go through the SETUPINF.EXE XP ... there are more simple.

GETTING STARTED

The drivers are stable?
Very stable.

What software do you use most often?
4 Wavelab, Adobe Audition 1.5

How many tracks you get to record / play time? ...
2 mono recording (or one stereo) same output.

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
Firmly packed 3 years ...

What is so special that you like most and least?
most: complete portability and resistance (that's tough ... despite going back and forth between the permanent tower and laptop).

the least: it absorbs the current train via the power power supply! Standing at a sizzling USB. Never managed to remove ... This phenomenon occurs only on the tower, never on the laptop.

Used heavily at a friend who was looking for exits rather than acquisition.
Since, on loan at home due to TC Electronic once again to leave.

Used on any PC (portable, fixed, Windows XP, Vista, 7, 32 & 64 bit), mainly in its output, very little acquisition.

Some limiting points on Caracas
- Obligation to go through a hard switch to change the sampling frequency,
- If an ASIO driver is open, no sound through the WDM.

UTILIZATION

Drivers stable, used Reaper & Reason. Lower latency, but drivers do not support multitasking too, it cracks easily if other apps running (which is not the case with other interfaces).

GETTING STARTED

Easy installation, full.

OVERALL OPINION

Good selection, reliable, convertos D / A clean, without a very high level they have enough work without taking the lead. for mixing / mastering really will require finding the range above, but at that price we are very happy to make the sounds (or foolishly listen to the sound of the other) itself, without the fuss.

Matos although reliable, zero problem for 2 years it is used intensively, the connection holds up (a weakness of a Firebox in the same range), in short, a good horse.

No regrets, except the limits mentioned in the specifications.