Yup :) The UCA202 works just fine. But recording though the Presonus is awful. There is one difference, and I'll have to try it in morning ... using the UCA202 I have a mic connected to a mixer and the mixer is to the UCA202. Using the Presonus I have the mic directly into it. I'll see if putting a mixer in the chain changes things.

And, yes, I've tried different USB ports. And, yes, about a year ago it all worked just fine :)

As to hardware, etc:

Linux version 4.18.0-12-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-033) (gcc version 8.2.0 (Ubuntu 8.2.0-7ubuntu1)) #13-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 14 15:17:05 UTC 2018

MB Asus Prime H310M

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz

Best,