BEHRINGER GUITAR LINK UCG102 64 BIT DRIVER - So now the device is working correctly, now I just need to figure out how to clear up the unwanted crackling and popping noises. For interface, select.
I have not had the problems other posters have had. The ASIO driver that comes with the ucg102 works well with the guitar combo filters. (yes the website does exist to get one of the guitar combos to unlock forever). If you have problems with the device first read this section of the readme file of the driver: 3.
IMPORTANT NOTES: -Driver will be installed ONLY on USB port where your hardware is connected while installation! - After installation ALL other audio drivers are blocked on this USB port! - For using different drivers: Connect your USB audio hardware to a different USB port. Alternative drivers which work fine with the named hardware products: Win XP only: ASIO2KS (from the BEHRINGER U-CONTROL Download page) Win XP + Vista: ASIO4ALL (see providers homepage) This being said I am able to get this device to work with Audacity(one of the programs that comes with the device) just by plugging into another USB port. Also I have used the ASIO4ALL driver which eliminates the need to unplug the devices when switch between Audacity and the guitar combo application.
Initially, I wasn't sure which PC-Guitar interface to get and I avoided these things for a few years until the companies started producing 64 bit drivers to allow users to run their products on Windows x64. For this device, I am running it through Guitar Rig 5 and Mixcraft with impressive results. I have absolutely NO crackling, noise or latency issues. I have an above average desktop computer with a motherboard sound card and Windows 7 x64. If you install Behringer's 64 bit drivers and ASIO4All, configure everything properly, you shouldn't have any problems. For those who've had to run an audio chord from the unit's headphone jack directly to their speakers; this step is not required to get results. If you use ASIO4All and Behringer's USB driver together, you can select your audio output to go directly through your sound card after the signal's been processed through your recording software.
This is why I purchased the device in the first place. Because I wanted to work with a digital signal within my recording and Guitar Rig software.
The Behringer UCG102 allows you to do just that. Here are some steps to get you going in the right direction. By the way, I went through some frustrating trial and error getting this device to work the way I wanted in Windows 7 x64. It would be nice if Behringer would update their manual and website to provide better setup instruction.
This, in my opinion, is the only negative against the product. Basic Windows 7 setup. Download Behringer's Windows x64 driver from their web page. Run the Behringer driver setup and when it asks you to reboot; Go ahead and do that. Download and install the ASIO4All drivers from their web page.
If the Behringer UCG102 isn't plugged into to the USB port, do that now. If it's already plugged in, remove it and plug it back in again. This step ensures that the driver is properly loaded and the device is up and running in Windows.
Go to Windows 7 Control Panel or do a menu search for 'Sound' to configure your Windows Playback and Recording settings. The Behringer still needs to be plugged in to configure these settings.
In your Windows 'Sound' settings, make sure your 'Playback' device is set to your default speakers. If using headphones, set them as the 'Default' Playback device. Under the 'Recording' tab, select 'Line In' and if the Behringer USB driver is loaded and running properly, you should see an option to select 'Behringer USB WDM Audio 2.8.40' as the Line-in device. The '2.8.40' is the driver version you downloaded from their web page and that number may change as drivers are updated. Now you can start up your Guitar Rig or effects processor software. In Guitar Rig, you have to go into 'Audio and Midi Settings' and ensure that you are using 'Asio' as your driver and 'Asio4All V2' as your device. Under the 'Routing' tab you have to make sure your 'Outputs' are set to either speakers or headphones.
Under 'Inputs', make sure you have 'Behringer USB Audio 1' under just the 'L' or left channel only. The settings under the 'MIDI' tab don't affect this type of setup so there's nothing you need to do there. Step 8 is where you will normally run into problems and to fix this, you have to configure your ASIO4All settings. In the far right corner of your Windows taskbar, you should see a green icon, which if clicked will bring up your ASIO4All configuration window. You can also select 'ASIO Config' in Guitar Rig within the 'Audio and Midi Settings' and get into the same window.
To get everything working, you have to click on the wrench to open the ASIO configuration. This is where you'll have to do some trial and error by clicking on the input and output device icons.
What you're looking for is a green On/Off button with green arrows next to them for your input and output devices. For example, under my settings, I have the following ASIO devices showing green buttons and arrows. Top selection = Output: 'High Definition Audio Device' Bottom Selection = Input: 'Behringer USB WDM Audio 2.8.40' = (In: 2x 44.1-48kHz, 32 bits; Out: 2x 44.1-48kHz, 32 bits) A blacked out On/Off button icon with no green arrow, or a red 'X' next to these settings means something's wrong or you haven't clicked on the On/Off button icon so that device is actually turned on. Click on the wrench to exit out of the ASIO configuration. If you're not getting all the selection options in the ASIO or audio/midi configuration settings, try the following. Close Guitar Rig and other recording software 2.
Unplug the Behringer UCG102 and plug it back in again 3. Repeat steps 6, 7 and 8 and also check your Windows 'Sound' Playback and Recording settings to make sure they haven't changed If your using recording software like Mixcraft, you also have to use the ASIO device drivers within that software in order to record your guitar. By the way, I am able to run Guitar Rig's VST and real-time record with all Guitar Rig's effects within Mixcraft and achieve impressive results. Latency is not an issue because I'm using the ASIO drivers in combination with Behringer's USB driver. If you're having troubles, don't give up and keep at it. You'll be happy with the results and there's nothing like being able to record in real-time while using awesome guitar effects.
I bought this for my father, who has been playing in bands for 30 years. He was really impressed with the full feature set this cool little tool provides.
He has recorded in studio many times and was impressed with the production quality you can get with the available software. The digital amp effects sound fantastic and just like the real thing.
The multi track editing and recording software are fairly easy to use as well even for novices and computer illiterates. I plan on getting one for myself.
OK, so I got me the at a local music store, for 33€ (same price as most online stores, no shipping costs!).It comes with sparse documentation, and no CD. The guy at the store told me it all had to be downloaded.
At the site one finds the importat ASIO drivers (I got the 64 bit ones), and asio4all, as well as audacity (the last two can be found in many other places). Now, it is likely the device will produce no sound when first plugged. I found valuable advice on a review at amazon.com, author Mr. Which I copy and rewrite a little. Download Behringer’s Windows x64 driver from. Update: It does not seem to be there anymore, but google “Behringer’s Windows x64 driver” and several sites will show up. Run the Behringer driver setup and when it asks you to reboot; Go ahead and do that.
Download and install the ASIO4All drivers from. If the Behringer UCG102 isn’t plugged into to the USB port, do that now. If it’s already plugged in, remove it and plug it back in again. This step ensures that the driver is properly loaded and the device is up and running in Windows. Go to Windows 7 Control Panel or do a menu search for ‘Sound’ to configure your Windows Playback and Recording settings. The Behringer needs to be plugged in to configure these settings. In your Windows ‘Sound’ settings, make sure your ‘Playback’ device is set to your default speakers.
If using headphones, set them as the “Default” Playback device. Under the ‘Recording’ tab, select ‘Line In’ and if the Behringer USB driver is loaded and running properly, you should see an option to select “Behringer USB WDM Audio 2.8.40′ as the Line-in device. The ‘2.8.40’ is the driver version you downloaded from their web page and that number may change as drivers are updated. Now you can start up your Guitar Rig or effects processor software.
In Guitar Rig, you have to go into ‘Audio and Midi Settings’ and ensure that you are using ‘Asio’ as your driver and “Asio4All V2′ as your device. Under the ‘Routing’ tab you have to make sure your ‘Outputs’ are set to either speakers or headphones. Under ‘Inputs’, make sure you have ‘Behringer USB Audio 1’ under just the ‘L’ or left channel only.
The settings under the ‘MIDI’ tab don’t affect this type of setup so there’s nothing you need to do there.Step 6 is where you will normally run into problems and to fix this, you have to configure your ASIO4All settings. In the far right corner of your Windows taskbar, you should see a green icon, which if clicked will bring up your ASIO4All configuration window.
You can also select ‘ASIO Config’ in Guitar Rig within the ‘Audio and Midi Settings’ and get into the same window. To get everything working, you have to click on the wrench to open the ASIO advanced configuration.This is where you’ll have to do some trial and error by clicking on the input and output device icons. What you’re looking for is a green On/Off button with green arrows next to them for your input and output devices. Hey “double d”,last week I’ve sold my old Windows XP computer and tried a new install on my ‘new'(second hand bought) Windows 7 computer, exactly following your steps 1-6. When using the ASIO4ALL as device and loading a song in Tapedeck Pre, everything works fine, but when using the Berhinger as device the input and output show activity, but there’s no sound on my speakers. Using the headphone output on the Behringer to connect to a guitar amp gives a lot of noise, hiss, crack and other crap as soon as a component is loaded.
Any idea how to bypass the Behringer to get a normal sound out of the speakers. Perhaps an idea to directly connect my guitar to the computer through the line-in (?).grtz.Ron. I don’t really know the exact answer. I just did something similar myself, re-installing my windows 7 from scratch, and I had to fiddle a lot with the asio4all controls. I had to allow the Behringer as an input device, and the internal speakers as output devices. This way, I’m almost positive you could plug the headphone signal into a standard guitar amp (I haven’t done that still, but the headphones sound great). Another possibility would be to set the Behringer as input and output, and plug the Behringer jack into an amp — that I haven’t test (not even with headphones).
I know this is frustrating, specially because when things work out it’s not clear just what step was key. ‘right, but that was bugging me: the Behringer as input device and the speakers as output; this setup generates good input in Guitar Rig, but no sound coming out of the speakers although the OUT (on GR) shows enough activity.
When the device is set to Behringer, input is the guitar lead en output is the headphone out on Behringer (with the crappy sound). When the device is set to ASIO4ALL the sound coming out of the speakers is clear as a driven snow. That is why I’m trying to figure out a way to set de Behringer as input (to play thru GR) and the internal speakers as output. Number 1, I really appreciate your information, it has been a great aid in getting this far. Thank you!Secondly, my problem seems to lie in getting the ASIO4ALL to allow me to select my speakers as the output w/ the Behringer as the input. I can’t get the “play arrow” to populate on the speakers for the output when the input is selected for Behringer.
Bottom line is that I can’t get sound out of the computer and speakers just through the usb connection. I can see the sound coming in, but nothing out. I don’t want to have to run the speakers through the headphone jack when I know it should be able to come through the USB.Please advise!Thanks,Ryan. For others that may be having the same problem I was:I checked the box that said “force WDM Driver to 16 bit” (or whatever it was), once I did that I could select my speakers as the out and the behringer as the in.
At that point I could even deselect the “force WDM driver” box and use the speakers and Behringer as I wanted. So now the device is working correctly, now I just need to figure out how to clear up the unwanted crackling and popping noises. The latency seems to be pretty good. Anyone have some advice how to get rid of the unwanted noises?Thanks,Ryan. If you get crackling, then your latency is too LOW, and you need to raise your buffer setting. FYI, this guide telling people to use the Behringer as input and your onboard sound as Output is simply bad advice to workaround this buggy piece of crap that Behringer sells.This device is intended to use asio in/out all in the 1 device, if you aren’t getting an output then it’s not setup right.
The drivers are awful and it doesn’t perform very well, I used it shortly to get by and then ended up buying a Tascam 2×2 which blows this thing out of the water.If you are JUST getting into recording and want to dabble, this may be a good cheap solution (hint: there are generic ones that use the same hardware for a lot less than behringer brand and they are all equally crappy so get the cheap one just called Guitar Link). However if you expect anything of quality, look elsewhere, the amount of headaches just to get this thing functioning is not worth the savings and you will never produce quality recordinngs from this anyway. I have installed the Link on a PC the other day, and I still needed (I think) the official drivers. That was windows 8, it’s possible that other OSs (windows 10, mac, linux) don’t need those drivers. It’s also possible, as you say, that you can do without those. What is usually needed is the ASIO4ALL driver, or else you’ll have terrible latency. Again, depending on the OS and hardware.
I am even not so sure about that, since on soundtrap I tried to plug my guitar through the Link, and it worked perfectly. It also worked on BandHub, only the former includes a guitar amp simulator, while the latter picks just the bare guitar sound.