not getting good quality with my berhinger uca 202

[tape smoke]

not shure whats up, I've tryed tons of different sample rate and nothing is giving me a nything close to what my machines sound like, I get waaaay better quality when I bounce to tape, record back to 404 and then drag the wave into my computer, I only use my USB sound card for multi tracking onto the beat after. it has a really dull kinda greyish sound or something. not so noticable for complete vocal tracks, but its impossible to record a beat and make it sound dynamic and rich like it sounds when you record with the 404.

[tape smoke]

might have to get an mbox and asio that bitch, its the best quality going, my uca costed 9 bucks, you get what you pay for, but it works really good for converting digital to analog tape, so i shouldnt complain.

[squ!L]

i don't know anything about the behringer uca 202 and can't help you with that. but i have an e-mu 0404 which is supposed to have a pretty good quality for the price (about 150 bucks). and i think it does. but still the sound is better when i record the beat from 404 to tape or 303 and then back in the 404 to export it. so now i try not to use my computer for recording at all.

[springwater]

Same here. It never worked well for me. Always got a buzz coming from the headphone out and the line out. Just thought it was cheap.

[tape smoke]

try unplugging your laptop when and see if the buzzing goes away.
It works perfect like I mentioned before, recording to tape, it gives it a "creamy" 1 bit sound. but for recording its harsh, I got it to sound a litttle better after I went into the recording properties and turned the microphone down to 10. then I was able to set my 404 to full blast, just like how I make my music. 48000 doesnt sound to bad, but it works good for vocals processed in the 404. sounds almost like pro tools.

[cartesia]

yeah,
uca202 is basically just a piece of crap