Nothing like a good ole tracker bash thread, oh wait, no.
And M-Audio deserves every bit of the critique.
Anyone else recall how M-Audio published and represented the raw specs of the audio chipset as the audio specs of the microtracker? Those fantasy specs were really, really good - comparable to the best hardware available (v3/722/etc). Tell me that M-Audio didn't know better. "Lie" and "deception" are words that come to mind.
As M-Audio tries to hype their replacement product it is important for new potential users to know that a lot of folks who bought the original mt in good faith were very disappointed. Not only in the product but in the way m-audio over-hyped and over-sold and then didn't really fix many of the greatest flaws. Their communication with customers during that time was TERRIBLE. The product Q/A was hugely pathetic ("note to self - actually use new product for at least 5 minutes before release").
Even with the mt as it was, M-audio could have done a much better job with customers. They would have a lot more credibility if they'd been more honest about the product. But since they went the hype route instead, they really lost a lot of credibility as a company and brand.
So.. of course M-audio would like to forget how they handled the situation with the original MT and the customers who bought it.
Nick, a couple missing from your list:
noisy analog section
hangs if digi signal lost before file save