hey i just thought i should tell everyone that i found a way to get rid of the annoying crackling and popping. im not sure if anyone has already posted this but i couldn't find anything on it so here it is (i think this also fixes the audio drop outs). the whole problem with the ux2 is the driver behind it so why not run it through a different audio driver? what i did was just went to devices and chose asio_v4all then went to the asio control panel and switched the audio device to the ux2. then of course you have to assign your inputs/outputs. this immediatly solved my problem, let me know if it helps.