Feature:
Comes with what you need to get the job done on the go or in a sall home studio setup. While it will not allow you to create custom bus sets or change desinated outputs it still works for me. I would like to see "all" the mising features and DSP on the Unit rather than in software.

Quality:
It's plastic and the software is cheap, low budget.

Value:
You can get several Prosumer rigs in the $500-$800 range, but for $349 you can't beat it.

Desirability:
While it's not sexy, I did special order it to get one as they came available and haven't benn disappointed.

Sound:
Overall, the sound is good enough. Pre's are a little weak.

Ease of Use:
Too easy to use. I put the software mixer up on one monitor and my DAW on the others. For portable use it's still easier to use my BOSS BR600 or MicroBR, but for a week stay in a new location the Ultra still fits in my comuter case for a portable studio.

Support:
While it may take FOREVER to get through, once you get them on the phone they hang in there till it gets worked out. Overall, for a 1.0 set of drivers I'm amazed at how well it works.

Overall:
I've gone through several interfaces at this price point to arrive at the Fast Track Ultra. Above all, it has worked for me right out of the box. With so many interfaces out there that have terrible driver sets, who cares what knobs they have on the hardware if the product isn't stable and reliable from a software standpoint.

Quality:
Plastic...but surprisingly tight dials and solid buttons and jacks.

Value:
There's a lot of junk out there for this price.

Sound:
The pres are decent for this type of product - on par with the Yamaha MG or Mackie preamps. Good conversion, clean sound.

Ease of Use:
With so many nightmares I've had with Vista 64 and Adobe Auditon 3, I was shocked that I was up and running straight away. Everything worked perfectly...just make sure you dowload your drivers from their website. Echo Audio's Vista drivers are rubbish, by comparison.

Support:
Haven't needed their support yet.

Overall:
If the thing can work with Vista 64...it deserves a medal.

Feature:
4 mic preamps at this price. DSP-FX for monitoring. Expandable with quality preamps, since rear ins bypass the preamps. It´s a cleaver design.

Quality:
Its plastic, but it feels sturdy

Value:
4 mic preamps at this price. DSP-FX for monitoring. Expandable with quality preamps, since rear ins bypass the preamps. It´s a cleaver design.

Desirability:
I have it and like it.

Sound:
It has good sound at this pricepoint.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use. Never had any problems.

Support:
Wrote to M-Audio about some questions. They answered me in 24 hours. Thats pretty good

Overall:
I´m very satisfied.

Feature:
When it works the 6 in 6 out means for me no mixer. In theory it was meant to be simpler and reduce signal path, noise etc. In practice, it means you are entirely reliant on the Fast Track Ultra and when it doesn't work you have no music!

Quality:
Problem is the drivers with Vista. Doesn't work with SP1 - make sure that's not on. It is inconsistent in it's behaviour, meaning you can get it working for weeks, then it will drop out and not even reinstall (I've been through every method). If you want to make music rather than do computer support I'd avoid like the plague!

Value:
It's a steal - if it worked.

Sound:
When it works it sounds great. I've had mine for 4 months now. It's working 50% of the time.

Support:
They are responsive at m-audio but they haven't solved my problems.

Overall:
As I'm using Protools M-powered I'm stuck with M-Audio. My previous Delta 44 worked great for years, so I trusted then! I believed that it would work.

Quality:
Decent quality for what it is.

Sound:
Not bad sound. Decent quality. M-audio is a fine company with some good products.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use, when it works.

Support:
Good/Fair. Still working existing problems out so I can't really say.

Overall:
It hangs/glitches all the time. Externally powered, computer running dual 2g CPU, 2g RAM, running idle and the Ultra will just freeze. The control panel freezes, and the device disappears as if it was unplugged from the USB. Unless this new driver works 3/17. It happens so much that I think we are going to have to get something else. We will be using it live on air 24x7 and it cannot glitch or it's useless. I have other $150 Alesis units that do not do this. I also have other m-audio products that I am very happy with but this thing does not work in it's present state. Google it and you will find other folks having the same problems.

Sound:
There never was any...

Support:
Webhelp was of zero value. Tech support told me to send it back. wow, thanks.

Overall:
I got a “install failed” error with the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra driver on an iMac running Leopard OS X 10.5. The web-based online support was no help, so I called telephone support. I was told that “this is a known issue and our team is working on it.” I was told that they THINK it might be because I upgraded to 10.5 from 10.4 rather than doing a clean install of 10.5 and that “engineering thinks this is the issue.” He suggested I “back up all data and do a clean install of leopard.” Of course, it’s not as simple as just backing up all data. To do a clean install of OS X 10.5 would wipe the disk so I would have to then re-install all my software packages as well as restore all my data. This would take days! I bought the item because of its sound quality and features. But, if you can't install the driver, all the features in the world are worthless, so I rate this product's features, quality and so on as a "1" on a scale of 10. I’ll be returning the item for a full refund.