After reading the reviews, most were good, some were bad. I experienced everything in the bad reviews right out of the box. The background noise was disgusting, the drivers changed nothing, and believe it or not, the interface actually CHANGED the pitch I was singing! I don't understand technology too well, that much I'll admit. But after using this product, I'll go back to borrowing my uncle's M-Audio interface. This interface really, really sucked. I would not recommend it.