SHOULD YOU BUY THE ZOOM UAC-232? 

Thank you for pointing out the daw compatibility issue.

I really like this interface. Preety cool and straight forward. Thanks for showing it.

For videographers and film makers or for people doing unscripted podcasts 32bit float is a GODSEND! Especially for one man outfits like me where I'm the DoP, Director, Gaffer, Sound Engineer ... not having to worry about clipping is amazing. I just wish I had bought a 32bit float recorder when I replaced my old Tascam Dr40 with a DR40x after I broke it. I have access to the safety track feature where I can record the same audio to a second file at a much lower gain and that HAS saved my but on a few occasions but wiht 32bit float I wouldn;t have to worry about that at all. Not sure how useful 32bit float is in a controlled environment. I'm doing sound design and foley for a client's short film right now. Their sound guy didn't show up so the producer ended up subbing in ... on top of having takes with bad enviromental noise (loud motorcycles passing buy) and other issues like bad mic placement and no room treatment so tons of reverb there was TONS OF CLIPPING! 32bit float would have really saved their bacon.

You could use the rails to loop a belt to harness around your waist for location recording with your smartphone.

thanks for the info!

2:10 ..... awesome 23BIT Float ! Killer graphics!

Good review. 32 bit float is the train that all companies are going to be riding on for the next few years, and I agree with you that people should still learn to set their gain properly.

Thanks for the review! I agree with you about the zoom preamps. However, 32 bit floating-point is not just more headroom. It’s a wider dynamic range - 1528 dB, to be exact. By comparison, 24 bit fixed-point offers 144 dB of dynamic range. This is why there’s no need to set levels with 32 bit float.

Another headphone issue that may be an issue for others is that the output is very low especially if they want to drive professional headphones. The specs seem a bit low for monitors as well, so people would have to turn up their monitors a great deal to match what they got from a previous interface. As for the headphones, there may be need for a separate headphone amp.

Thank you for the video. The Amazon Canadian link is a problem. Currently not available. Which might be a good thing. I have poor impulse control, little self restraint and a strong affection for the floats of 32.

Good day to you mate Can you take 2 lines outputs from Yamaha Mixer then feeding it to this interface, for Instagram live streaming using my iphone? If you have any ideas, I would appreciate it

Is it correct to say that 32-bit float only works for recording? What about livestreaming: how do you adjust the levels then? Can the output of this interface be used with OBS?

I often have trouble with the dynamics of my voice in recordings for my videos, I get loud and then get real quiet and I've had difficulty in the past with clipping and having to re-record things at different gain settings to get things right and this seems like the perfect solution to that problem. Though I think I'll wait to see what other 32-bit float interfaces pop up this year before I bite the bullet.

I went for the Motu M4 and love it to bits

This so amazing zoom uac 232 32 bit floating recording and have 130 db preamp i want to buy this . Thanks My Brother

Good video, thanks! I can't get the hardware to initialize in Reaper. (I installed the ZOOM driver and configured it in Reaper in the same was as my other interfaces). Reaper is supported as per ZOOM. Anyone know a trick?

I'm waiting for another company to do this as do prefer a metal exterior.

Thank you!

I have not investigated the floating 32-bit thing yet. It seems relatively pointless for speech (ie: podcasters) but might be really cool for anything with hot transients (ie: drums & percussions).

roland rubix22 ,focusrite 2i2 or this zoom UAC 232 which should I go for ?

one of your pop up labels (2:11) was 23bit float, a simple typo that made me blink. Luckily you said and showed the correct value about 100 times, so I guess it is OK. thanks. lol

Does this do what the Roland Octacapure does or similar?

Thank you for the detailed review! Sorry if it's kind of obvious, but I'd love to know: Does 32-bit float through the UAC-232 provide preak protection for any recording equipment connected to it? For example, I have an sE Electronics mic with an XLR cable and a Boss Katana amp through its Line Out (with an unbalanced, mono TRS cable) both connected to my current interface. Would connecting both things to this interface with the same cables provide peak protection to both signals at the same time (when using a compatible DAW)? If so, it'd be an insanely powerful tool for any project really.

Does anyone know if the Zoom UAC-232 and Zoom R4 have the same preamps? Seems like for the same price or-- at most-- twenty bucks more, someone looking for a 32 bit float USB audio interface might as well opt for the ability to additionally have a 4-track field recorder with a mic.

Hey, awesome review, and I like your style :) Did I understand correctly that you can't even set input gain?? I mean there are no input gain knobs and apparently the software mixer doesn't either... You have to fix everything in post?

Why not another yet in market ?

Steinberg UR22C seems to have 32 bit recording and it has been out for years. Not sure why this is big now

Zoom seems kind of okay with noisy headphone preamps. A lot of their recorders have just meh preamps.

ZOOM UAC-232 utilizes an interesting but not new idea of 2 ADCs with different gain preamps, and nothing regarding 32b float. The idea came from the industrial design and its drawback is well-known - a poor linearity due to nearly impossible to match gains vs ADCs switching level. The same problem with ZOOM UAC-232, the interface has the THD level(-90db@1k) like your laptop built-in audio 3.5mm jack or even worse. At the same time, the top ADC chip ES9822 has THD 200x times less with 125db(A) of the dynamic range, which is more than enough for everything you may need.

I was like "WOW, that voice sounds familiar!" I realized after a while that it is VERY similar to John Malkovich! Aside from that, thanks for the GREAT review! 🙌

@ 2:10 you wrote 23 bit instead of 32 bit btw

Most pro music people and studio's use a Mac ! Try using pro software. Headphones during recording are for keeping place in a song. Not the recorded file. What we want is a clean recording ! If the full band is in the room, headsets might not be used at all like U2 ?

2:11 The dyslexia is strong with this one lol. It's okay, just found the 23 bit float to be entertaining 😄

Midnight Wolf gets the shout outs. Well that's okay. He seems nice enough.

WOAH i didnt realize this interface can work with IOS Devices

32 bits floating point is objectively better. I do this for a living, but it's still is better period. You are certain to not clip unless you want to, basically. There are also some scenarios that can happen : Hi-Z inputs on interfaces like this do not usually have the headroom to take very very hot pick-ups, for example. Using a device like this do NOT prevent you from learning how to set gain. Using a device like this prevent you from mistakes anyone can make, especially in live recording situations. I don't know why people push against it. I've always found Zoom products to be exceptionally reliable; I still use my R16/24 professionally for small on-location concert recordings, believe it or not. Great result, stability is perfect. Behringer can eat my shit at this price point. Zoom is the most underrated company in audio IMHO.

Question from the unknowing. Could 32-Float be put into devices already on the market via firmware updates or is it baked into the hardware of device itself. Think something like the rodecasterpro 2

only not literal headroom

So how does 32bit Float work in a 64bit float system?

Just get an RME and forget about audio interfaces for the next decade

Zoom Me

Of course 32 bit..more headroom thats it u quit your 24 bit appatement u been living for so loooooong doing ur gain everyday and go live in your new 32bit propriety with servants doing ur gain.. and u remember and tell ur kids ..we were doing gain proprly..u need to learn that old thing but they really dont care

Guy it was a reasonable review but I put my thumb down realy because you did include at least at the end Epidemic marketing… was a reason to keep yours channel not realy serious. I was the first time on yours channel…

NO. Cheap preamps.

Just talk no practical tests , again a useless product review🙄